General Freight Trucking Local · Massachusetts

Southborough (Masou)

Southborough, MA · ~57 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
8.9
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Southborough (Masou) runs at 197% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General Freight Trucking Local workplace, earning a grade D.

Southborough (Masou): 8.9 TCR = 197% of General Freight Trucking Local BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southborough (Masou) safety composite

Southborough (Masou) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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

−0.7

2016→2018

Southborough (Masou) injury rate improved

Southborough (Masou)'s TCR fell 0.7 from 7.5 in 2016 to 6.8 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 12.4 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.5 · 2017=12.4 · 2018=6.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484110 · Southborough, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 8.9 · 197% of ind

  • DART 5.1 DART
  • RANK #30/43
  • PHOTO Pottle's Transportat…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~57 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pottle's Transportation, LLC Kutztown Terminal (0.0 TCR gap)

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Southborough (Masou) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Southborough (Masou) averages 8.9 TCR (197% of the General Freight Trucking Local BLS benchmark).

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

Southborough (Masou) TCR series: 2016=7.5 · 2017=12.4 · 2018=6.8 · BLS 4.5

Where Southborough (Masou) falls in its industry

2,784 General Freight Trucking Local establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #30 safest of 43 General Freight Trucking Local employers in Massachusetts.

Southborough (Masou) (57 employees, TCR 8.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Southborough (Masou)
Southborough (Masou) (57 employees, TCR 8.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Southborough (Masou) has more employees than the General Freight Trucking Local median and a higher 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
2018 6.8 5.1 4 0 0
2017 12.4 10.6 7 0 0
2016 7.5 5.6 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484110 · MA · Southborough

2,784 General Freight Trucking Local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 16 employers in Southborough, 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 Pottle's Transportation, LLC Kutztown Terminal 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Penske : 5107-00 Starbucks/Macedonia, OH 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Discover Goodwill of Southern and Western Colorado- Attended Donation Center (All) 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Discover Goodwill of Southern and Western Colorado-Rehab Transportation 8.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Delphi Construction Inc 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Timberline Construction Corporation 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gilbert & Becker Co., Inc 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE John F. Shea Co., Inc. 57 FTE
CITY-NEAR The New England Center for Children, INC 1,152 FTE
CITY-NEAR Arbor Associates - Main Office 493 FTE
CITY-NEAR Eversource - Southboro Electric 363 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gyrus ACMI, Inc. d/b/a Olympus Surgical Technologies America 278 FTE
NAT-TCR Las Vegas North (Nvlas) 8.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Newbury Park (Westlake) Center (Canew) 8.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Fort Worth (Txftw) 8.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Penske : 5107-00 Starbucks/Macedonia, OH 8.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ruston (Larus) 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Butte (Mtbut) 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dickinson (Nddic) 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Philadelphia Freight Hub (Papil) 57 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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