Bandsaws, woodworking-type, manufacturing · Massachusetts

Simonds International, Fitchburg MA

Fitchburg, MA · ~27 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Simonds International, Fitchburg MA runs at 388% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Bandsaws, woodworking-type, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Simonds International, Fitchburg MA: 12.8 TCR = 388% of Bandsaws, woodworking-type, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Simonds International, Fitchburg MA safety composite

Simonds International, Fitchburg MA scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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

−5.6

2016→2021

Simonds International, Fitchburg MA injury rate improved

Simonds International, Fitchburg MA's TCR fell 5.6 from 8.4 in 2016 to 2.8 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 25.2 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.4 · 2018=25.2 · 2019=11.9 · 2020=15.8 · 2021=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333243 · Fitchburg, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.8 · 388% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/6
  • PHOTO Simonds Internationa…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Simonds International LLC, Portland OR (0.1 TCR gap)

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Simonds International, Fitchburg MA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Simonds International, Fitchburg MA averages 12.8 TCR (388% of the Bandsaws, woodworking-type, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Simonds International, Fitchburg MA TCR series: 2016=8.4 · 2018=25.2 · 2019=11.9 · 2020=15.8 · 2021=2.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Simonds International, Fitchburg MA falls in its industry

137 Bandsaws, woodworking-type, ma establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 6 Bandsaws, woodworking-type, ma employers in Massachusetts.

Simonds International, Fitchburg MA (27 employees, TCR 12.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 Simonds International, Fitchburg MA
Simonds International, Fitchburg MA (27 employees, TCR 12.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Simonds International, Fitchburg MA has fewer employees than the Bandsaws, woodworking-type, manufacturin median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2021 2.8 0.0 1 0 0
2020 15.8 4.0 4 0 0
2019 11.9 0.0 0 4 0
2018 25.2 2.8 3 6 0
2016 8.4 2.8 1 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333243 · MA · Fitchburg

137 Bandsaws, woodworking-type, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 46 employers in Fitchburg, 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 Simonds International LLC, Portland OR 12.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 27 Enterprise Drive 12.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fibre Converters, INC 12.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pendu Manufacturing LLC 13.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE High Profile - Dorchester 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE NAES Salem Harbor Station 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE NORTH ANDOVER-METHUEN-MA30 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE TEWKSBURY-MA47 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR Market Basket #14 293 FTE
CITY-NEAR WORKERS CREDIT UNION 290 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Arc of Opportunity in North Central Massachusetts 250 FTE
CITY-NEAR the highlands 236 FTE
NAT-TCR Dickinson Frozen Foods Sugar City 12.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Prairie House Assisted Living and Memory Care 12.8 TCR
NAT-TCR JSM Management Inc 12.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Northwest St. Clair County Fire Fire Protection District 12.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Markman Peat 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE OCPW OC Survey Field Unit 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Joliet TownePlace Suites 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Signal Hill Office 27 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. 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.