Insulating purchased nonferrous wire · Massachusetts
Quabbin Wire & Cable Co., Inc.
Ware, MA · ~97 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Quabbin Wire & Cable Co., Inc. runs at 118% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Insulating purchased nonferrous wire workplace, earning a grade C.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.9
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 35
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Quabbin Wire & Cable Co., Inc.'s OSHA Total Case Rate of 3.9 to the Insulating purchased nonferrous wire BLS benchmark of 3.3 (118% of benchmark) across 9 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). This reflects reported recordable injuries, not an independent safety inspection -- underreporting is a known limitation of employer self-recordkeeping.
Injury rate over time
Quabbin Wire & Cable Co., Inc.'s yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where Quabbin Wire & Cable Co., Inc. falls in its industry
157 Insulating purchased nonferrou establishmentsSafer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.
Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 20 Insulating purchased nonferrou employers in Massachusetts.
Trend analysis for Quabbin Wire & Cable Co., Inc.
Between 2016 and 2024, Quabbin Wire & Cable Co., Inc.'s Total Case Rate worsened from 3.0 to 3.4 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 13% increase across 8 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2018, at a TCR of 2.0, while 2022 saw the highest rate, at 7.1, a spread of 5.1 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 9 reporting years, Quabbin Wire & Cable Co., Inc. recorded 35 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 9-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 35 injuries, 1 illnesses shown on this page for Quabbin Wire & Cable Co., Inc. are sourced from its own 9 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 335929 - Insulating purchased nonferrous wire.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
2 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 178,129 hours worked = 2.25 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Quabbin Wire & Cable Co., Inc. (this establishment) | 3.90 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 9-year avg |
| Cable, nonferrous, insulated, or armored, made from purchased nonferrous wire industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 335929 |
| Massachusetts state avg (all industries) | 4.94 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Quabbin Wire & Cable Co., Inc. to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 3 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 5 reportable incidents · 5 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 8 reportable incidents · 7 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 4 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 3 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 5 reportable incidents · 5 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 3 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 3 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.7 | 2.8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7.1 | 3.5 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Quabbin Wire & Cable Co., Inc.'s reported OSHA injury record versus its Insulating purchased nonferrous wire peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 118% of the Insulating purchased nonferrous wire benchmark, Quabbin Wire & Cable Co., Inc. reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Insulating purchased nonferrous wire sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.