Beverages, soft drink (including artificially carbonated waters), manufacturing · Massachusetts
Polar Elm St
Bridgewater, MA · ~273 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Polar Elm St runs at 162% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Beverages, soft drink (including artificially carbonated waters), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Polar Elm St: 5.4 TCR = 162% of Beverages, soft drink (including artificially carbonated waters), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Polar Elm St safety composite
Polar Elm St scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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).
36/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.36 per 100 workers
Safer than 45% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7.74 per 100 workers
Safer than 16% 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
Polar Elm St: 5.3 → 7.7 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 7.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.44× in 2024
Polar Elm St's TCR rose 2.5 from 5.3 in 2021 to 7.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 312111 · Bridgewater, MA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 5.4 · 162% of ind
- DART 7.7 DART
- RANK #9/12
- PHOTO Swire Coca-Cola of T…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 51 inj
- SIZE ~273 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Swire Coca-Cola of Tempe (0.0 TCR gap)
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Polar Elm St in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Polar Elm St
5.4 TCR
- Patriot Bevera
Patriot Beverages
5.4 TCR
- Swire Coca-Col
Swire Coca-Cola of Tempe
5.3 TCR
- C089 Memphis P
C089 Memphis PC
5.3 TCR
- The Cleveland
The Cleveland Coca-Cola Bottling Company
5.3 TCR
What this shows Polar Elm St averages 5.4 TCR (162% of the Beverages, soft drink (including artificially carbonated waters), manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Polar Elm St TCR series: 2021=5.3 · 2022=5.1 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=7.7 · BLS 3.3
Where Polar Elm St falls in its industry
516 Beverages, soft drink (includi establishmentsSafer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.
Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 12 Beverages, soft drink (includi employers in Massachusetts.
Polar Elm St has more employees than the Beverages, soft drink (including artific median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. 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 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
312111 · MA · Bridgewater
516 Beverages, soft drink (including artificially carbonated waters), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 35 employers in Bridgewater, 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 | Swire Coca-Cola of Tempe | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | C089 Memphis PC | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | The Cleveland Coca-Cola Bottling Company | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Patriot Beverages | 5.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | DotHouse Health | 273 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 2576-51 | 273 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WEST ROXBURY RIVERMOOR (MA50) | 272 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Engineered Materials Solutions | 272 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bridgewater State Hospital | 507 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amazon.com Services LLC - SMA2 | 463 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lucini Bus Lines, Inc. | 256 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ROCHE BROS - BRIDGEWATER | 217 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Jet Aviation Teterboro, L.P. | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Prisma Health Richland | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Lafayette Medical Investors LP | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Store 1041 | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Manitou Equipment America LLC - Yankton | 273 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Store 0877 | 273 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CNH Reman, LLC | 273 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Box Board Products | 273 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.