Machine shops · Massachusetts

Paragon Manufacturing Inc.

Westfield, MA · ~25 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Paragon Manufacturing Inc. runs at 76% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade B.

Paragon Manufacturing Inc.: 2.5 TCR = 76% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Paragon Manufacturing Inc. safety composite

Paragon Manufacturing Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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%).

TCR Δ

−4.1

2018→2024

Paragon Manufacturing Inc. injury rate improved

Paragon Manufacturing Inc.'s TCR fell 4.1 from 4.1 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 10.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=4.1 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=10.4 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Westfield, MA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 76% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #25/54
  • PHOTO Lancaster Machine & …
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lancaster Machine & Tool, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Paragon Manufacturing Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Paragon Manufacturing Inc. averages 2.5 TCR (76% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Paragon Manufacturing Inc. TCR series: 2018=4.1 · 2019=0 · 2020=10.4 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Paragon Manufacturing Inc. falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 54 Machine shops employers in Massachusetts.

Paragon Manufacturing Inc. (25 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Paragon Manufacturing Inc.
Paragon Manufacturing Inc. (25 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Paragon Manufacturing Inc. has fewer employees than the Machine shops median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 3.2 3.2 1 0 0
2020 10.4 3.5 3 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 4.1 4.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · MA · Westfield

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 84 employers in Westfield, 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 Lancaster Machine & Tool, Inc. 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR LOGAN MACHINE COMPANY 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bracalente Mfg Group 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Courser Incorporated 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE GREAT BARRINGTON-MA11 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE HANOVER-MA12 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eversource - Marshfield 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Knollmeyer Building Corp. - 01 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR BNH - Baystate Noble Hospital 541 FTE
CITY-NEAR CS Wholesale Grocers : Westfield, MA (FDC) 499 FTE
CITY-NEAR Savage Arms, Inc. 405 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2174 401 FTE
NAT-TCR CS Wholesale Grocers : Jacksonville, FL (GMD) 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Rapid Production Tooling 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR San Antonio, TX - 4340 IH-35N 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Lockheed Martin Corporation US MD Pax River Standley Rd (1431) 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dallas Grocery Outlet 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Enzo Caserta Landscaping, Inc. 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Smg Warrington LLC 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mid-States Recycling & Refining 25 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.