Pet food merchant wholesalers · Massachusetts

Taunton, MA

East Taunton, MA · ~76 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Taunton, MA runs at 138% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Pet food merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Taunton, MA: 3.0 TCR = 138% of Pet food merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Taunton, MA safety composite

Taunton, MA scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 91% 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).

B

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 3.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 91% 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

−7.7

2016→2023

Taunton, MA injury rate improved

Taunton, MA's TCR fell 7.7 from 7.7 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.7 · 2017=4.3 · 2018=4.7 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=1.4 · 2021=4.8 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424490 · East Taunton, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.0 · 138% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/11
  • PHOTO The CORE Group- Dallas
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~76 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The CORE Group- Dallas (0.0 TCR gap)

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Taunton, MA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Taunton, MA averages 3.0 TCR (138% of the Pet food merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Taunton, MA TCR series: 2016=7.7 · 2017=4.3 · 2018=4.7 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=1.4 · 2021=4.8 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Taunton, MA falls in its industry

1,278 Pet food merchant wholesalers establishments

Safer than 84% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 11 Pet food merchant wholesalers employers in Massachusetts.

Taunton, MA (76 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 6.0 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Taunton, MA
Taunton, MA (76 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 6.0

Taunton, MA has more employees than the Pet food merchant wholesalers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.0. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 4.8 4.8 3 0 0
2020 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2019 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2018 4.7 2.3 4 0 0
2017 4.3 4.3 4 0 0
2016 7.7 6.6 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424490 · MA · East Taunton

1,278 Pet food merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 8 employers in East Taunton, 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 The CORE Group- Dallas 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR PBV-Statesville 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Milton Drop Site 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR LAWTON OK 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Insa Springfield Recreational 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eversource - Hadley 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE SOMERSET-MA45 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cutler Associates, Inc 76 FTE
CITY-NEAR Summit Delivery Solutions LLC 77 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - HBO1 65 FTE
CITY-NEAR MP Masonry, Inc. 59 FTE
CITY-NEAR Great Day Boston 51 FTE
NAT-TCR Alexandria VA 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR AZZ Galvanizing - Cincinnati 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 0163 - Allen 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Valassis Direct Mail Inc 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE A Good Egg Headquarters 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Frontier Basement Systems 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fulshear Treatment to Transition 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Proserv Gilmore Valve LLC 76 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.