Boron compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing · Massachusetts

Specialty Materials

Name: Specialty Materials Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Lowell, MA · ~35 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.7
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Specialty Materials runs at 20% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Boron compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Specialty Materials: 0.7 TCR = 20% of Boron compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Specialty Materials safety composite

Specialty Materials scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 0.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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%).

Specialty Materials held a steady TCR band

Specialty Materials's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 3.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=3.3 · 2020=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325180 · Lowell, MA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 20% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #1/6
PHOTO Pioneer Americas LLC…
BOOK 5y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pioneer Americas LLC, St. Gabriel (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Specialty Materials averages 0.7 TCR (20% of the Boron compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Specialty Materials TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=3.3 · 2020=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Specialty Materials falls in its industry

418 Boron compounds, not specified establishments

Safer than 84% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 6 Boron compounds, not specified employers in Massachusetts.

Specialty Materials (35 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Specialty Materials has fewer employees than the Boron compounds, not specified elsewhere median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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
2024	0.0	0.0	0
2020	0.0	0.0	0
2018	3.3	3.3	1
2017	0.0	0.0	0
2016	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325180 · MA · Lowell

418 Boron compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 81 employers in Lowell, MA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Pioneer Americas LLC, St. Gabriel	ST. GABRIEL, LA	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Nouryon, Pulp and Performance Chemicals	MOSES LAKE, WA	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	HoneywellLA04	CARVILLE, LA	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Orion Engineered Carbons Belpre Plant	BELPRE, OH	0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Ethos Fitchburg	FITCHBURG	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Resinate, Inc. - Worcester	WORCESTER	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	TIS - MA	WESTFIELD	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Supreme Systems, Inc. NE	CHICOPEE	35 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lowell General Hospital	Lowell	2,314 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Pathfinder	Lowell	1,082 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lowell General Hospital Saints	Lowell	741 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Macom Technology Solutions	Lowell	507 FTE
NAT-TCR	East Bend Generating Station	Union, KY	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	8027656 Nike Centerpointe	Memphis, TN	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Vinvale	South Gate, CA	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Atlanta 03 HIS	Atlanta, GA	0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	BrandSafway Industries LLC - Prairie State Energy Campus-IL	Marissa, IL	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Mooresville Operations Center	Mooresville, NC	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Independence Village of Olde Raleigh	Raleigh, NC	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Aberdeen Complex	Aberdeen, NC	35 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, 2020, 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.