Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dealers, direct selling · Massachusetts

Retail East - Northbridge

Northbridge, MA · ~36 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.9
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Retail East - Northbridge runs at 293% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dealers, direct selling workplace, earning a grade F.

Retail East - Northbridge: 9.9 TCR = 293% of Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dealers, direct selling BLS 3.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Retail East - Northbridge safety composite

Retail East - Northbridge scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 21%), 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).

D

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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%).

TCR Δ

−28.3

2018→2023

Retail East - Northbridge injury rate improved

Retail East - Northbridge's TCR fell 28.3 from 28.3 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 28.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=28.3 · 2019=12.8 · 2020=4.1 · 2021=3.0 · 2022=11.4 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 454310 · Northbridge, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.9 · 293% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #14/21
  • PHOTO Rochester
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Rochester (0.0 TCR gap)

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Retail East - Northbridge in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Retail East - Northbridge averages 9.9 TCR (293% of the Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dealers, direct selling BLS benchmark).

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

Retail East - Northbridge TCR series: 2018=28.3 · 2019=12.8 · 2020=4.1 · 2021=3 · 2022=11.4 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Retail East - Northbridge falls in its industry

366 Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 21 Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) employers in Massachusetts.

Retail East - Northbridge (36 employees, TCR 9.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 33 employees and a TCR of 6.1 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 020406080100 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Retail East - Northbridge
Retail East - Northbridge (36 employees, TCR 9.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 33 employees and a TCR of 6.1

Retail East - Northbridge has more employees than the Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dealers, d median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.1. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 11.4 8.6 4 0 0
2021 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2020 4.1 0.0 1 0 0
2019 12.8 9.6 4 0 0
2018 28.3 21.2 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

454310 · MA · Northbridge

366 Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dealers, direct selling employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 5 employers in Northbridge, 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 Rochester 9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Earhart Propane 10.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR AmeriGas - Commerce City, CO 10.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Blue Flame Gas - Mt Pleasant, SC 10.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Jonathan's Sprouts Inc. 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Metro Elevator NE, Inc. 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cafco Construction Management, LLC 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE White Schiavone JV 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR Polyfoam LLC 136 FTE
CITY-NEAR Riverdale Mills Corporation 130 FTE
CITY-NEAR UN1F1ED2WH 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northbridge Site 23 FTE
NAT-TCR Five Star Laundry Chicago 9.9 TCR
NAT-TCR RK-062-Bloomington ( RK-062 ) 9.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Seago Health Care Center Ltd. Co. d/b/a The Manor at Seagoville 9.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Primary Branch 9.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Geisinger Emergency Services Berwick 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Macedon 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aircraft Component Repair Inc 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Northern Metal Recycling Great Western St Paul 36 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.