Abrasives merchant wholesalers · Massachusetts

Springfield - BlackHawk Industrial

Name: Springfield - BlackHawk Industrial Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Agawam, MA · ~37 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.0
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Springfield - BlackHawk Industrial runs at 90% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Abrasives merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

Springfield - BlackHawk Industrial: 2.0 TCR = 90% of Abrasives merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Springfield - BlackHawk Industrial safety composite

Springfield - BlackHawk Industrial scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 1.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.5

2019→2021

Springfield - BlackHawk Industrial injury rate improved

Springfield - BlackHawk Industrial's TCR fell 2.5 from 2.5 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 3.5 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=2.5 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423840 · Agawam, MA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.0 · 90% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #6/12
PHOTO Elmhurst , IL - 01
BOOK 3y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Elmhurst , IL - 01 (0.0 TCR gap)

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2
Elmhurst , IL

2
201135

2
Four Corners W

2
Poplar Bluff P

1.9

What this shows Springfield - BlackHawk Industrial averages 2.0 TCR (90% of the Abrasives merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Springfield - BlackHawk Industrial TCR series: 2019=2.5 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Springfield - BlackHawk Industrial falls in its industry

589 Abrasives merchant wholesalers establishments

Safer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade C

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 12 Abrasives merchant wholesalers employers in Massachusetts.

Springfield - BlackHawk Industrial (37 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Springfield - BlackHawk Industrial has fewer employees than the Abrasives merchant wholesalers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2021	0.0	0.0	0
2020	3.5	0.0	1
2019	2.5	2.5	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423840 · MA · Agawam

589 Abrasives merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 65 employers in Agawam, 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	Elmhurst , IL - 01	ELMHURST, IL	2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	201135	RUSTON, LA	2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Four Corners Welding & Gas Supply	GALLUP, NM	2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Poplar Bluff Packaging Center	POPLAR BLUFF, MO	1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Town of Danvers, Electric Division	DANVERS	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	MIDDLESEX GASES & TECHNOLOGIES, INC	EVERETT	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Western Builders	GRANBY	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Core Concepts Inc.	FRANKKLIN	37 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Johnson Real Estate Investors, Inc	Agawam	656 FTE
CITY-NEAR	OMG, Inc.	Agawam	517 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ABC Express Delivery, Inc.	Agawam	475 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Diana's Bakery	Agawam	308 FTE
NAT-TCR	Nutrius, LLC	Kingsburg, CA	2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	RW Delaney Construction	Natchez, MS	2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Marc Refrigeration Manufacturing Inc.	Miami, FL	2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Meijer Store 29	Burton, MI	2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Workplace Resource- AU Showroom	Austin, TX	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Factory	Wilkesboro, NC	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Accurate Corporate Services	Wilsonville, OR	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	US Zinc Houston Dust Plant	Houston, TX	37 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. 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.