Fuel oil (i.e., heating) dealers, direct selling · Massachusetts

The Alliance Express

Chelsea, MA · ~54 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.3
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Alliance Express runs at 334% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fuel oil (i.e., heating) dealers, direct selling workplace, earning a grade F.

The Alliance Express: 11.3 TCR = 334% of Fuel oil (i.e., heating) dealers, direct selling BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Alliance Express safety composite

The Alliance Express scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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).

F

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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

−17.7

2016→2023

The Alliance Express injury rate improved

The Alliance Express's TCR fell 17.7 from 22.5 in 2016 to 4.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 22.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=22.5 · 2017=11.4 · 2018=17.1 · 2019=9.8 · 2020=9.7 · 2021=8.6 · 2022=6.7 · 2023=4.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 457210 · Chelsea, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.3 · 334% of ind

  • DART 4.8 DART
  • RANK #4/5
  • PHOTO R22 Illinois IL
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 44 inj
  • SIZE ~54 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: R22 Illinois IL (0.1 TCR gap)

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The Alliance Express in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Alliance Express averages 11.3 TCR (334% of the Fuel oil (i.e., heating) dealers, direct selling BLS benchmark).

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

The Alliance Express TCR series: 2016=22.5 · 2017=11.4 · 2018=17.1 · 2019=9.8 · 2020=9.7 · 2021=8.6 · 2022=6.7 · 2023=4.8 · BLS 3.4

Where The Alliance Express falls in its industry

71 Fuel oil (i.e., heating) deale establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 5 Fuel oil (i.e., heating) deale employers in Massachusetts.

The Alliance Express (54 employees, TCR 11.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 26 employees and a TCR of 7.2 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate The Alliance Express
The Alliance Express (54 employees, TCR 11.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 26 employees and a TCR of 7.2

The Alliance Express has more employees than the Fuel oil (i.e., heating) dealers, direct median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.2. 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 4.8 4.8 2 0 0
2022 6.7 6.7 3 0 0
2021 8.6 6.5 4 0 0
2020 9.7 7.8 5 0 0
2019 9.8 9.8 5 0 0
2018 17.1 13.3 9 0 0
2017 11.4 11.4 6 0 0
2016 22.5 15.8 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

457210 · MA · Chelsea

71 Fuel oil (i.e., heating) dealers, direct selling employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 52 employers in Chelsea, 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 R22 Illinois IL 11.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR R11 Milford, NH 11.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR R12 Greater Mid-Hudson NY 11.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR R31 Richmond VA 11.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Eversource - Pittsfield 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE 130 West Street Waltham-MAAG 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Keith Construction Inc. 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Truss Engineering Corporation 54 FTE
CITY-NEAR Market Basket #32 683 FTE
CITY-NEAR State Garden, Inc. 425 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kayem Foods, Inc 308 FTE
CITY-NEAR 240055-BOS-CHELSEA CARRIER ANNEX 284 FTE
NAT-TCR OSW Equipment & Repair, LLC 11.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Tri Cities Foundations Inc 11.3 TCR
NAT-TCR NorthState - 32 11.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Eagleville Hospital 11.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE South Coast Hospice & Palliative Care Services, Inc. 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ardmore TC Service Center 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hazard Svc Ctr 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Master Craft Plumbing Contractors, Inc 54 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.