Plumbing and heating contractors · Massachusetts

Spath & Son, Inc.

Westfield, MA · ~21 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.1
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Spath & Son, Inc. runs at 253% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Plumbing and heating contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Spath & Son, Inc.: 7.1 TCR = 253% of Plumbing and heating contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Spath & Son, Inc. safety composite

Spath & Son, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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

2022→2024

Spath & Son, Inc. injury rate improved

Spath & Son, Inc.'s TCR fell 0.7 from 5.5 in 2022 to 4.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 10.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=5.5 · 2023=10.9 · 2024=4.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Westfield, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.1 · 253% of ind

  • DART 4.8 DART
  • RANK #112/140
  • PHOTO Fireline Sprinkler, …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fireline Sprinkler, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Spath & Son, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Spath & Son, Inc. averages 7.1 TCR (253% of the Plumbing and heating contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Spath & Son, Inc. TCR series: 2022=5.5 · 2023=10.9 · 2024=4.8 · BLS 2.8

Where Spath & Son, Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Plumbing and heating contracto establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #112 safest of 140 Plumbing and heating contracto employers in Massachusetts.

Spath & Son, Inc. (21 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Spath & Son, Inc.
Spath & Son, Inc. (21 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Spath & Son, Inc. has fewer employees than the Plumbing and heating contractors median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 4.8 4.8 1 0 0
2023 10.9 5.5 2 0 0
2022 5.5 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · MA · Westfield

5,793 Plumbing and heating contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 84 employers in Westfield, 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 Fireline Sprinkler, LLC 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Climate Control Mechanical Services, Inc. 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Culligan - St. Louis 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR CS3, Inc 7.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bellingham Energy 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE West Medway 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE West Medway Power Plant 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Allendale Biomass LLC 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR BNH - Baystate Noble Hospital 541 FTE
CITY-NEAR CS Wholesale Grocers : Westfield, MA (FDC) 499 FTE
CITY-NEAR Savage Arms, Inc. 405 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2174 401 FTE
NAT-TCR Solomon Colors, Inc Rialto 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Maple Grove Mn - 3137 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Port Huron Mi - 3307 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR United Foods International USA Inc. Phoenix AZ 7.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Phillips Diversified Mfg., Inc.-Muddy Gap 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bay State Milling Platteville 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE WST 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE M&R Graphics 21 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, 2022. 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.