Industrial product finishes and coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing · Massachusetts
RPC-Chicopee
Chicopee, MA · ~32 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 13.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
RPC-Chicopee runs at 398% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Industrial product finishes and coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
RPC-Chicopee: 13.1 TCR = 398% of Industrial product finishes and coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
RPC-Chicopee safety composite
RPC-Chicopee scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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).
14/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 13.12 per 100 workers
Safer than 2% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 17.9 per 100 workers
Safer than 1% 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%).
Rising injury rate
RPC-Chicopee: 13.6 → 21.5 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 21.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.36× in 2022
RPC-Chicopee's TCR rose 7.9 from 13.6 in 2016 to 21.5 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 1.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325510 · Chicopee, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 13.1 · 398% of ind
- DART 17.9 DART
- RANK #14/14
- PHOTO Minocqua
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 25 inj
- SIZE ~32 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Minocqua (0.2 TCR gap)
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RPC-Chicopee in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Tnemec Baltimo
Tnemec Baltimore
13.5 TCR
- New Brick by D
New Brick by Dryvit
13.5 TCR
- This site
RPC-Chicopee
13.1 TCR
- Minocqua
Minocqua
12.9 TCR
- Division 56
Division 56
12.7 TCR
What this shows RPC-Chicopee averages 13.1 TCR (398% of the Industrial product finishes and coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
RPC-Chicopee TCR series: 2016=13.6 · 2017=14.5 · 2018=6 · 2019=5.9 · 2020=9.3 · 2021=21.1 · 2022=21.5 · BLS 3.3
Where RPC-Chicopee falls in its industry
530 Industrial product finishes an establishmentsSafer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.
Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 14 Industrial product finishes an employers in Massachusetts.
RPC-Chicopee has fewer employees than the Industrial product finishes and coatings median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 21.5 | 17.9 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 21.1 | 18.1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 9.3 | 6.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.9 | 2.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 14.5 | 11.6 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 13.6 | 10.9 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325510 · MA · Chicopee
530 Industrial product finishes and coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 104 employers in Chicopee, 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 | Minocqua | 12.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Tnemec Baltimore | 13.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | New Brick by Dryvit | 13.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Division 56 | 12.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Gradiant Corp | 32 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | FirstLight Power | 32 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Fore River Energy Center | 32 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Williams Building Company, Inc. | 32 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MA-04 | 4,429 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Consumer Product Distributors LLC dba J Polep Distribution Services | 774 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | J Polep Distribution Services | 686 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 5278 | 526 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 5472-NAI-0034-0034-02914 | 13.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 050230-Ana-Sunkist Sta | 13.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 180153-Algona Po | 13.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 252506-Det-Gratiot Sta | 13.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Atlantic Aviation - FRG | 32 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | National Management Resources (Faulkner University) | 32 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cleveland Network | 32 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | University Village | 32 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.