Intellectually and developmentally disabled advocacy groups · Massachusetts

The Arc of Opportunity in North Central Massachusetts

Name: The Arc of Opportunity in North Central Massachusetts Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Fitchburg, MA · ~250 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · September 26, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 5.1
Avg TCR: 2.1
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

The Arc of Opportunity in North Central Massachusetts runs at 244% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Intellectually and developmentally disabled advocacy groups workplace, earning a grade F.

The Arc of Opportunity in North Central Massachusetts: 5.1 TCR = 244% of Intellectually and developmentally disabled advocacy groups BLS 2.1 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Arc of Opportunity in North Central Massachusetts safety composite

The Arc of Opportunity in North Central Massachusetts scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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).

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 5.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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%).

Rising injury rate

The Arc of Opportunity in North Central Massachusetts: 3.9 → 6.3 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 6.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.79× in 2019

The Arc of Opportunity in North Central Massachusetts's TCR rose 2.4 from 3.9 in 2018 to 6.3 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0.79× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 813311 · Fitchburg, MA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 5.1 · 244% of ind

DART 4.1 DART
RANK P27
PHOTO YFT-Bristow (HQ)
BOOK 2y book
INJ 22 inj
SIZE ~250 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: YFT-Bristow (HQ) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cylar House

5.4
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5.2
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5.1

What this shows The Arc of Opportunity in North Central Massachusetts averages 5.1 TCR (244% of the Intellectually and developmentally disabled advocacy groups BLS benchmark).

The Arc of Opportunity in North Central Massachusetts TCR series: 2018=3.9 · 2019=6.3 · BLS 2.1

Where The Arc of Opportunity in North Central Massachusetts falls in its industry

33 Intellectually and development establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

The Arc of Opportunity in North Central Massachusetts (250 employees, TCR 5.1) among 20 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 306 employees and a TCR of 1.5

The Arc of Opportunity in North Central Massachusetts has fewer employees than the Intellectually and developmentally disab median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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	Illnesses	Fatalities
2019	6.3	4.1	14	0	0
2018	3.9	1.0	8	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

813311 · MA · Fitchburg

33 Intellectually and developmentally disabled advocacy groups employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 46 employers in Fitchburg, 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	YFT-Bristow (HQ)	BRISTOW, VA	5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Cylar House	NEW YORK, NY	5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Desert Area Resources and Training	RIDGECREST, CA	5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	The Arc of Chemung-Schuyler	ELMIRA, NY	5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Andover healthcare inc.	SALISBURY	250 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Signature Breads Inc.	CHELSEA	250 FTE
STATE-SIZE	BHH - Baystate Home Health	WEST SPRINGFIELD	250 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Gulfstream Aerospace Services Corp	WESTFIELD	250 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Market Basket #14	Fitchburg	293 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WORKERS CREDIT UNION	Fitchburg	290 FTE
CITY-NEAR	the highlands	Fitchburg	236 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Market Basket #27	Fitchburg	189 FTE
NAT-TCR	Phoenix Inns Salem	Salem, OR	5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ziegler's Ace Elgin East	Elgin, IL	5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	DPI Specialty Foods - Mid Atlantic	Upper Marlboro, MD	5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	CHC of Williamsburg	Williamsburg, VA	5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	PPC - Eugene	Eugene, OR	250 FTE
NAT-SIZE	The Knickerbocker	New York, NY	250 FTE
NAT-SIZE	1969-FC1	Knoxville, TN	250 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Commercial Jet Inc.	Miami, FL	250 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: 2019, 2018. 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.