Insulating purchased nonferrous wire · Massachusetts

Quirk Wire Co. Inc.

West Brookfield, MA · ~40 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Quirk Wire Co. Inc. runs at 78% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Insulating purchased nonferrous wire workplace, earning a grade B.

Quirk Wire Co. Inc.: 2.6 TCR = 78% of Insulating purchased nonferrous wire BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Quirk Wire Co. Inc. safety composite

Quirk Wire Co. Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 41%), 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

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.0

2016→2024

Quirk Wire Co. Inc. injury rate improved

Quirk Wire Co. Inc.'s TCR fell 3.0 from 3.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 9.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.0 · 2017=2.6 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2021=2.9 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=9.7 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 335929 · West Brookfield, MA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 78% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #11/20
  • PHOTO Radix Wire Plant 2
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Radix Wire Plant 2 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Quirk Wire Co. Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Quirk Wire Co. Inc. averages 2.6 TCR (78% of the Insulating purchased nonferrous wire BLS benchmark).

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

Quirk Wire Co. Inc. TCR series: 2016=3 · 2017=2.6 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2021=2.9 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=9.7 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Quirk Wire Co. Inc. falls in its industry

144 Insulating purchased nonferrou establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 20 Insulating purchased nonferrou employers in Massachusetts.

Quirk Wire Co. Inc. (40 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 97 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Quirk Wire Co. Inc.
Quirk Wire Co. Inc. (40 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 97 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Quirk Wire Co. Inc. has fewer employees than the Insulating purchased nonferrous wire median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 9.7 7.2 4 0 0
2022 2.5 0.0 1 0 0
2021 2.9 2.9 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 2.6 0.0 0 1 0
2016 3.0 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

335929 · MA · West Brookfield

144 Insulating purchased nonferrous wire employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 4 employers in West Brookfield, 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 Radix Wire Plant 2 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nexans High Voltage USA, Inc. 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Prysmian Group General Cable Lebanon RDC 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR General Cable Sedalia 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Eversource - Hyde Park Gas 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Springfield, MA 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dacon Corporation 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Herzog Contracting Corp. - GLX Constructors 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR Quaboag Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Center 249 FTE
CITY-NEAR Alleguard - West Brookfield 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR Brookfield Wire Company, Inc. 23 FTE
NAT-TCR Big Island Office 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Windsor Ridge 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Flooring - Orlando 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR James Peterson Sons, Inc. 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Santa Fe Springs Distribution 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE ONY Biotech 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Clemmons Pallet & Skid Works, Inc. 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eastern Store 40 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, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.