Etching metals and metal products (except printing plates) for the trade · Massachusetts

Tech Etch Fall River

Fall River, MA · ~120 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Tech Etch Fall River runs at 115% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Etching metals and metal products (except printing plates) for the trade workplace, earning a grade C.

Tech Etch Fall River: 3.8 TCR = 115% of Etching metals and metal products (except printing plates) for the trade BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tech Etch Fall River safety composite

Tech Etch Fall River scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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).

D

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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

−2.5

2019→2024

Tech Etch Fall River injury rate improved

Tech Etch Fall River's TCR fell 2.5 from 7.0 in 2019 to 4.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 7.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.17× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=7.0 · 2020=3.2 · 2021=2.6 · 2023=1.9 · 2024=4.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332812 · Fall River, MA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 115% of ind

  • DART 4.4 DART
  • RANK #6/14
  • PHOTO Systems Electro Coat…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~120 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Systems Electro Coating, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Tech Etch Fall River in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Tech Etch Fall River averages 3.8 TCR (115% of the Etching metals and metal products (except printing plates) for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

Tech Etch Fall River TCR series: 2019=7 · 2020=3.2 · 2021=2.6 · 2023=1.9 · 2024=4.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Tech Etch Fall River falls in its industry

646 Etching metals and metal produ establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

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 14 Etching metals and metal produ employers in Massachusetts.

Tech Etch Fall River (120 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Tech Etch Fall River
Tech Etch Fall River (120 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Tech Etch Fall River has more employees than the Etching metals and metal products (excep median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2024 4.4 4.4 4 0 0
2023 1.9 1.9 2 0 0
2021 2.6 2.6 3 0 0
2020 3.2 2.4 4 0 0
2019 7.0 3.9 8 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332812 · MA · Fall River

646 Etching metals and metal products (except printing plates) for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 138 employers in Fall River, 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 Systems Electro Coating, LLC 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR V&S Korns Galvanizing LLC 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Monogram Metals 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR AZZ Galvanizing - Kennedale 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE DORCHESTER COMM L PT-MA10 120 FTE
STATE-SIZE Structure Tone Building Group 120 FTE
STATE-SIZE NEL Corporation 120 FTE
STATE-SIZE PRIME STEEL ERECTING, INC 120 FTE
CITY-NEAR Charlton Memorial Hospital 1,944 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saint Anne's Hospital 1,586 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : BOS7 1,388 FTE
CITY-NEAR Blount Fine Foods 1,169 FTE
NAT-TCR Irwin Seating Company 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Peerless Products Inc 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Griffin Beverage CO West Branch 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Mary Goss Nursing Home 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Automation & Electronics 120 FTE
NAT-SIZE Worthington Healthcare Center 120 FTE
NAT-SIZE Howlett Logistics LLC 120 FTE
NAT-SIZE Springs Fabrication, LLC 120 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, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.