Barrels, light gauge metal, manufacturing · Massachusetts

Roche Bros. Barrel & Drum

Lowell, MA · ~47 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Roche Bros. Barrel & Drum runs at 125% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Barrels, light gauge metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Roche Bros. Barrel & Drum: 4.1 TCR = 125% of Barrels, light gauge metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Roche Bros. Barrel & Drum safety composite

Roche Bros. Barrel & Drum scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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

−9.9

2017→2024

Roche Bros. Barrel & Drum injury rate improved

Roche Bros. Barrel & Drum's TCR fell 9.9 from 9.9 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 9.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=9.9 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=2.2 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332439 · Lowell, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 125% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P57
  • PHOTO Matco Tools Lakewood
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~47 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Matco Tools Lakewood (0.1 TCR gap)

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Roche Bros. Barrel & Drum in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Roche Bros. Barrel & Drum averages 4.1 TCR (125% of the Barrels, light gauge metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Roche Bros. Barrel & Drum TCR series: 2017=9.9 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=2.2 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Roche Bros. Barrel & Drum falls in its industry

175 Barrels, light gauge metal, ma establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Roche Bros. Barrel & Drum (47 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Roche Bros. Barrel & Drum
Roche Bros. Barrel & Drum (47 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Roche Bros. Barrel & Drum has fewer employees than the Barrels, light gauge metal, manufacturin median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2020 2.2 2.2 1 0 0
2019 4.5 4.5 2 0 0
2017 9.9 9.9 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332439 · MA · Lowell

175 Barrels, light gauge metal, manufacturing 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 Matco Tools Lakewood 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR E-Box 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northstar 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR DESAPRO, INC. 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rockwell Roofing, Inc 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pioneer Valley Photovoltaics Cooperative, Inc 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE MONSON-MA23 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE 855-NiSource-Westborough MA 47 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 0693 - Brooklyn Park 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 1543 - Olathe South 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 1401 Ada Market 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR BAE Assembly 4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Heritage Woods of Sterling 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE dormakaba - Columbia, MD 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shore Medical Center 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Doll Distributing LLC - Spencer 47 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, 2020, 2019, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.