General warehousing and storage · Massachusetts

PODS Norwood, MA

Name: PODS Norwood, MA Workplace Safety Data
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Norwood, MA · ~19 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 9.8
Avg TCR: 5.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

PODS Norwood, MA runs at 169% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General warehousing and storage workplace, earning a grade D.

PODS Norwood, MA: 9.8 TCR = 169% of General warehousing and storage BLS 5.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

PODS Norwood, MA safety composite

PODS Norwood, MA scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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).

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 9.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers
DART rate: F 5.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% 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%).

Rising injury rate

PODS Norwood, MA: 7.8 → 11.9 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 11.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.6× in 2023

PODS Norwood, MA's TCR rose 4.1 from 7.8 in 2022 to 11.9 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 493110 · Norwood, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 9.8 · 169% of ind

DART 5.9 DART
RANK #102/121
PHOTO 4538-8810
BOOK 2y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~19 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 4538-8810 (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows PODS Norwood, MA averages 9.8 TCR (169% of the General warehousing and storage BLS benchmark).

PODS Norwood, MA TCR series: 2022=7.8 · 2023=11.9 · BLS 5.8

Where PODS Norwood, MA falls in its industry

9,477 General warehousing and storag establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #102 safest of 121 General warehousing and storag employers in Massachusetts.

PODS Norwood, MA (19 employees, TCR 9.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 3.5

PODS Norwood, MA has fewer employees than the General warehousing and storage median and a higher 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
2023	11.9	5.9	2	0	0
2022	7.8	7.8	2	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

493110 · MA · Norwood

9,477 General warehousing and storage employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 79 employers in Norwood, MA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	4538-8810	CRANBURY, NJ	9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : TEB3	LOGAN TOWNSHIP, NJ	9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Amazon.com Services LLC - BOS7	FALL RIVER, MA	9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Terminal Transportation	BALTIMORE, MD	9.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	ALL ENERGY SOLAR North East	WESTFIELD	19 FTE
STATE-SIZE	911-NiSource-Ludlow MA	LUDLOW	19 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Douglas A King Builders, Inc	NORTH EASTON	19 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Saloomey Construction Inc	WESTFIELD	19 FTE
CITY-NEAR	HallKeen Assisted Living	Norwood	717 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MANOR - NORWOOD	Norwood	660 FTE
CITY-NEAR	NORWOOD (MANOR)	Norwood	660 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Home Market Foods	Norwood	428 FTE
NAT-TCR	At Home Stores #152	Columbus, GA	9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Andre Landscape Service, Inc.	Azusa, CA	9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Above the Rest Home Care, LLC	Milford, PA	9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Water & Sewer - Spring Street	Manchester, CT	9.8 TCR

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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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