Pails, plastics, manufacturing · Massachusetts

Sterling Manufacturing Co

Name: Sterling Manufacturing Co Workplace Safety Data
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Lancaster, MA · ~59 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 1.7
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Sterling Manufacturing Co runs at 52% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Pails, plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Sterling Manufacturing Co: 1.7 TCR = 52% of Pails, plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sterling Manufacturing Co safety composite

Sterling Manufacturing Co scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% 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): B 1.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% 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

−0.8

2017→2023

Sterling Manufacturing Co injury rate improved

Sterling Manufacturing Co's TCR fell 0.8 from 2.3 in 2017 to 1.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.84× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.3 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=1.4 · 2023=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Lancaster, MA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 52% of ind

DART 1.4 DART
RANK #11/51
PHOTO 4742_10800
BOOK 4y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~59 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 4742_10800 (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.7
4742_10800

1.7
Schutz Contain

1.7
MTNA-Greenvill

1.7
Armorcore

1.7

What this shows Sterling Manufacturing Co averages 1.7 TCR (52% of the Pails, plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Sterling Manufacturing Co TCR series: 2017=2.3 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=1.4 · 2023=1.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Sterling Manufacturing Co falls in its industry

2,838 Pails, plastics, manufacturing establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 51 Pails, plastics, manufacturing employers in Massachusetts.

Sterling Manufacturing Co (59 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Sterling Manufacturing Co has fewer employees than the Pails, plastics, manufacturing median and a lower 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
2023	1.4	1.4	1
2021	1.4	0.0	1
2020	1.8	1.8	1
2017	2.3	2.3	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · MA · Lancaster

2,838 Pails, plastics, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 13 employers in Lancaster, 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	4742_10800	FAIRLAND, IN	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Schutz Container Systems	LEXINGTON, NC	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	MTNA-Greenville Plant	GREENVILLE, OH	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Armorcore	WACO, TX	1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Eversource - Brookdale Ave	SPRINGFIELD	59 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Structures Derek International sa	SAINTE-MARIE, QUEBEC, CANADA G6E 4B6	59 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Grattan Line Construction	BILLERICA	59 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Ballard - Mid-Atlantic	BALTIMORE	59 FTE
CITY-NEAR	RFK Community Alliance	Lancaster	513 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Doctor Franklin Perkins School	Lancaster	354 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Ron Bouchard's Auto Sales, Inc	Lancaster	134 FTE
CITY-NEAR	River Terrace Operator LLC	Lancaster	99 FTE
NAT-TCR	BT Pensacola	Pensacola, FL	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	TX Austin Kramer Lane	Austin, TX	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Posillico Civil	Farmingdale, NY	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Tec 99	Birmingham, AL	1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	BT Phoenix	Tempe, AZ	59 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Grundfos Water Utility Inc.	Aurora, IL	59 FTE
NAT-SIZE	N.A. Manosh, Inc.	Morrisville, VT	59 FTE
NAT-SIZE	HDPE	Mulberry, FL	59 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: 2023, 2021, 2020, 2017. 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.