Couplings, mechanical power transmission, manufacturing · Massachusetts

Ruland Manufacturing

Marlborough, MA · ~66 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ruland Manufacturing runs at 175% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Couplings, mechanical power transmission, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Ruland Manufacturing: 5.8 TCR = 175% of Couplings, mechanical power transmission, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ruland Manufacturing safety composite

Ruland Manufacturing scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 20%), 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).

F

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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

Ruland Manufacturing: 1.4 → 7.5 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 8.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.32× in 2024

Ruland Manufacturing's TCR rose 6.1 from 1.4 in 2018 to 7.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 8.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333613 · Marlborough, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.8 · 175% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #4/4
  • PHOTO Renold Jeffrey
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~66 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Renold Jeffrey (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ruland Manufacturing in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ruland Manufacturing averages 5.8 TCR (175% of the Couplings, mechanical power transmission, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Ruland Manufacturing TCR series: 2018=1.4 · 2021=5.6 · 2023=8.7 · 2024=7.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Ruland Manufacturing falls in its industry

111 Couplings, mechanical power tr establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 4 Couplings, mechanical power tr employers in Massachusetts.

Ruland Manufacturing (66 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Ruland Manufacturing
Ruland Manufacturing (66 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Ruland Manufacturing has fewer employees than the Couplings, mechanical power transmission median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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 7.5 1.9 3 1 0
2023 8.7 1.7 3 2 0
2021 5.6 2.8 2 2 0
2018 1.4 1.4 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333613 · MA · Marlborough

111 Couplings, mechanical power transmission, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 121 employers in Marlborough, 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 Renold Jeffrey 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Helical Products 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Don Dye Company, Inc. 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dynametal 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE A&M Roofing Services, LLC 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE New England electrical contracting corp 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE BT Auburndale 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Main Office-Main 66 FTE
CITY-NEAR Raytheon - Marlborough 2,332 FTE
CITY-NEAR Raytheon_Marlborough_MA 2,054 FTE
CITY-NEAR Field 1,438 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hologic : Marlborough Campus 700 FTE
NAT-TCR Cardinal Health Syracuse DC 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR TRI-K, Industries 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Commerce City 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR LAX-249 5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE WER Corp.dba Aluminum Alloys, Inc 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pfeifer Roofing, Inc 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE CS Bay Village LLC 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Skyward Corp DBA Meridian 66 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, 2021, 2018. 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.