Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction · Massachusetts
Palmer Paving Corp. Road Construction and Support Office
Palmer, MA · ~101 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.2
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Palmer Paving Corp. Road Construction and Support Office runs at 79% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction workplace, earning a grade B.
Palmer Paving Corp. Road Construction and Support Office: 2.2 TCR = 79% of Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Palmer Paving Corp. Road Construction and Support Office safety composite
Palmer Paving Corp. Road Construction and Support Office scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 48%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).
55/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.2 per 100 workers
Safer than 62% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.24 per 100 workers
Safer than 48% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 53% of industry peers
Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).
Rising injury rate
Palmer Paving Corp. Road Construction and Support Office: 1.7 → 2.5 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 4.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.56× in 2024
Palmer Paving Corp. Road Construction and Support Office's TCR rose 0.8 from 1.7 in 2016 to 2.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237310 · Palmer, MA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 79% of ind
- DART 1.2 DART
- RANK #19/56
- PHOTO Ranger Construction_…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 17 inj
- SIZE ~101 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Ranger Construction_West Palm Beach (0.0 TCR gap)
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Palmer Paving Corp. Road Construction and Support Office in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Palmer Paving Corp. Road Construction and Support Office
2.2 TCR
- Ranger Constru
Ranger Construction_West Palm Beach
2.2 TCR
- Banks Construc
Banks Construction Company
2.2 TCR
- TRAFFIC HIGHWA
TRAFFIC HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE LLC
2.2 TCR
- Lone Star Pavi
Lone Star Paving - Jung Road
2.2 TCR
What this shows Palmer Paving Corp. Road Construction and Support Office averages 2.2 TCR (79% of the Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction BLS benchmark).
Palmer Paving Corp. Road Construction and Support Office TCR series: 2016=1.7 · 2017=0 · 2018=3 · 2019=4.3 · 2020=4.3 · 2022=1.8 · 2023=0 · 2024=2.5 · BLS 2.8
Where Palmer Paving Corp. Road Construction and Support Office falls in its industry
4,078 Pavement, highway, road, stree establishmentsSafer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 56 Pavement, highway, road, stree employers in Massachusetts.
Palmer Paving Corp. Road Construction and Support Office has more employees than the Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237310 · MA · Palmer
4,078 Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 27 employers in Palmer, MA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.
| Rel | Establishment | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | Ranger Construction_West Palm Beach | 2.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Banks Construction Company | 2.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | TRAFFIC HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE LLC | 2.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lone Star Paving - Jung Road | 2.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | W.T. Rich Company | 101 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Erland Construction, Inc. Main Office | 101 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mass Bay Electrical Corp. | 101 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Cogswell Sprinkler Co., Inc. | 101 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WMH - Wing Memorial Hospital | 676 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | BWH - Baystate Wing Hospital | 668 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Northern Tree Service, LLC | 189 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Northern General Contractors Inc | 168 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Hummel Station | 2.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | White Bear CM LLC | 2.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Heely-Brown Company | 2.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cassville Hatchery | 2.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Fort Wayne Allen County Airport Authority | 101 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | The Holden Arboretum | 101 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Zinpro Corporate Headquarters | 101 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hotel Viata | 101 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.