Boilers (e.g., heating, hot water, power, steam) merchant wholesalers · Massachusetts

The Portland Group Medford

Medford, MA · ~13 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

The Portland Group Medford runs at 156% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Boilers (e.g., heating, hot water, power, steam) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

The Portland Group Medford: 3.4 TCR = 156% of Boilers (e.g., heating, hot water, power, steam) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Portland Group Medford safety composite

The Portland Group Medford scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 0%), 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 0% 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

−10.3

2021→2023

The Portland Group Medford injury rate improved

The Portland Group Medford's TCR fell 10.3 from 10.3 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 10.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=10.3 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423720 · Medford, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.4 · 156% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #13/33
  • PHOTO Ferguson Enterprises…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~13 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ferguson Enterprises LLC: IL Rockford - 5730 Columbia Pkwy (0.0 TCR gap)

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The Portland Group Medford in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Portland Group Medford averages 3.4 TCR (156% of the Boilers (e.g., heating, hot water, power, steam) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

The Portland Group Medford TCR series: 2021=10.3 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.2

Where The Portland Group Medford falls in its industry

853 Boilers (e.g., heating, hot wa establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 33 Boilers (e.g., heating, hot wa employers in Massachusetts.

The Portland Group Medford (13 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 The Portland Group Medford
The Portland Group Medford (13 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 3.3

The Portland Group Medford has fewer employees than the Boilers (e.g., heating, hot water, power median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 10.3 0.0 1 0 1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423720 · MA · Medford

853 Boilers (e.g., heating, hot water, power, steam) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 54 employers in Medford, MA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Ferguson Enterprises LLC: IL Rockford - 5730 Columbia Pkwy 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4505 Triangle St 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2201 E Medina Rd 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6988_16058 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE CannaTech Medicinals, Inv. 13 FTE
STATE-SIZE WALDRON - BAY STATE MEDICAL CT 13 FTE
STATE-SIZE MASS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHOR 13 FTE
STATE-SIZE ETC/181 13 FTE
CITY-NEAR Melrose Wakefield Hospital 1,232 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lawrence Memorial Hospital 584 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wegmans Medford 134 434 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bond Brothers, Inc. 414 FTE
NAT-TCR Ultrafab KS 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Unit #2912 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Dixie Tank Company 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR C&H Sugar 3.4 TCR

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. 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.