Waste recovery facilities · Massachusetts

Parallel Products of New England (NB)

New Bedford, MA · ~56 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Parallel Products of New England (NB) runs at 76% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Waste recovery facilities workplace, earning a grade B.

Parallel Products of New England (NB): 2.0 TCR = 76% of Waste recovery facilities BLS 2.6 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Parallel Products of New England (NB) safety composite

Parallel Products of New England (NB) scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

Parallel Products of New England (NB) held a steady TCR band

Parallel Products of New England (NB)'s TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=7.9 · 2019=4.8 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=1.8 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562920 · New Bedford, MA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 76% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/9
  • PHOTO S04402 - Medley Land…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~56 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S04402 - Medley Landfill and Recycling Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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Parallel Products of New England (NB) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Parallel Products of New England (NB) averages 2.0 TCR (76% of the Waste recovery facilities BLS benchmark).

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

Parallel Products of New England (NB) TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=7.9 · 2019=4.8 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=1.8 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.6

Where Parallel Products of New England (NB) falls in its industry

422 Waste recovery facilities establishments

Safer than 77% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 9 Waste recovery facilities employers in Massachusetts.

Parallel Products of New England (NB) (56 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Parallel Products of New England (NB)
Parallel Products of New England (NB) (56 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Parallel Products of New England (NB) has more employees than the Waste recovery facilities median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2021 1.8 1.8 1 0 0
2020 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2019 4.8 3.2 3 0 0
2018 7.9 7.9 2 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562920 · MA · New Bedford

422 Waste recovery facilities employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 109 employers in New Bedford, 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 S04402 - Medley Landfill and Recycling Center 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR S09363 - Kansas City MRF 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR S11004 - Orange MRF 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 825 - SRQ MRF 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Smolak Farms 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Liberty Utilities Fifth Street 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE 7238_16578 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fontaine Bros. Inc. 56 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Luke's Hospital 2,204 FTE
CITY-NEAR High Point & Affiliated Organizations 1,264 FTE
CITY-NEAR JAMCO 690 FTE
CITY-NEAR LifeStream 644 FTE
NAT-TCR Shamrad 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Vs Inc - Wi 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Gildan Yarns, LLC (Plant # 73) 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Midwest Fabrication & Supply, Inc - Zumbrota 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Des Plaines Yard 140 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Montgomery Place Nursing Center 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Milton - BMD 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ketchikan Alaska CS 56 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, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.