Ambulance services, air or ground · Massachusetts
Pridestar EMS
Lowell, MA · ~205 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 10.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Pridestar EMS runs at 277% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ambulance services, air or ground workplace, earning a grade F.
Pridestar EMS: 10.5 TCR = 277% of Ambulance services, air or ground BLS 3.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Pridestar EMS safety composite
Pridestar EMS scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 37%), 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).
49/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 10.53 per 100 workers
Safer than 37% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 3.31 per 100 workers
Safer than 60% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Pridestar EMS: 7.2 → 8.7 TCR
Peak year 2017 @ 21.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.31× in 2024
Pridestar EMS's TCR rose 1.5 from 7.2 in 2016 to 8.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 21.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 621910 · Lowell, MA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 10.5 · 277% of ind
- DART 3.3 DART
- RANK #9/17
- PHOTO Northfield Hospital …
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 60 inj
- SIZE ~205 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Northfield Hospital + Clinics- Emergency Medical Services (0.0 TCR gap)
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Pridestar EMS in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Midwest Medica
Midwest Medical Transport Company - Kansas City Station
10.6 TCR
- This site
Pridestar EMS
10.5 TCR
- Northfield Hos
Northfield Hospital + Clinics- Emergency Medical Services
10.5 TCR
- Independence
Independence Operations
10.5 TCR
- Starnet Emerge
Starnet Emergency Services
10.5 TCR
What this shows Pridestar EMS averages 10.5 TCR (277% of the Ambulance services, air or ground BLS benchmark).
Pridestar EMS TCR series: 2016=7.2 · 2017=21.3 · 2023=5 · 2024=8.7 · BLS 3.8
Where Pridestar EMS falls in its industry
976 Ambulance services, air or gro establishmentsSafer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 8.3.
Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 17 Ambulance services, air or gro employers in Massachusetts.
Pridestar EMS has more employees than the Ambulance services, air or ground median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 8.3. 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 | 8.7 | 3.3 | 13 | 8 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.0 | 3.3 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| 2017 | 21.3 | 6.9 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
621910 · MA · Lowell
976 Ambulance services, air or ground employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 81 employers in Lowell, 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 | Northfield Hospital + Clinics- Emergency Medical Services | 10.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Midwest Medical Transport Company - Kansas City Station | 10.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Independence Operations | 10.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Starnet Emergency Services | 10.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Supply New England | 205 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 5472-000000645 | 205 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sancta Maria Nursing Facility | 205 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Baypointe Rehab LLC | 205 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lowell General Hospital | 2,314 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Pathfinder | 1,082 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lowell General Hospital Saints | 741 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Macom Technology Solutions | 507 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | FV American Dynasty | 10.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Joe Daniels Construction Co., Inc. | 10.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Park Ridge Living Center | 10.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Erdman Machine Co. | 10.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Public Works | 205 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Paxton Square Karns Food Store | 205 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Buckeye Powe Sales - Blacklick | 205 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Crown Lift Trucks Joliet | 205 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.