Foam plastics products (except polystrene) manufacturing · Massachusetts
UFP Technologies
Newburyport, MA · ~303 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 1.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
UFP Technologies runs at 52% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Foam plastics products (except polystrene) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.
UFP Technologies: 1.7 TCR = 52% of Foam plastics products (except polystrene) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
UFP Technologies safety composite
UFP Technologies scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% 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).
64/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.71 per 100 workers
Safer than 78% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.1 per 100 workers
Safer than 56% 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%).
UFP Technologies held a steady TCR band
UFP Technologies's TCR held near 0.0 from 1.4 in 2019 to 1.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 3.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.64× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2019=1.4 · 2020=0.9 · 2021=3.1 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=1.4
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 326150 · Newburyport, MA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 52% of ind
- DART 1.1 DART
- RANK #1/10
- PHOTO Jamestown Container …
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 24 inj
- SIZE ~303 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Jamestown Container Rochester Inc. HP Neun Division (0.0 TCR gap)
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UFP Technologies in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
UFP Technologies
1.7 TCR
- Jamestown Cont
Jamestown Container Rochester Inc. HP Neun Division
1.7 TCR
- Sekisui Kasei
Sekisui Kasei USA Inc.
1.7 TCR
- Muscle Shoals
Muscle Shoals (BP)
1.7 TCR
- Newnan, Sprayb
Newnan, Sprayberry
1.7 TCR
What this shows UFP Technologies averages 1.7 TCR (52% of the Foam plastics products (except polystrene) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
UFP Technologies TCR series: 2019=1.4 · 2020=0.9 · 2021=3.1 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=1.4 · BLS 3.3
Where UFP Technologies falls in its industry
474 Foam plastics products (except establishmentsSafer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.
Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 10 Foam plastics products (except employers in Massachusetts.
UFP Technologies has more employees than the Foam plastics products (except polystren median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
326150 · MA · Newburyport
474 Foam plastics products (except polystrene) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 59 employers in Newburyport, 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 | Jamestown Container Rochester Inc. HP Neun Division | 1.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sekisui Kasei USA Inc. | 1.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Muscle Shoals (BP) | 1.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Newnan, Sprayberry | 1.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | 6340-NORTHEAST-MA001 | 303 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Market Basket #04 | 303 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Corporate Living Enterprises MA | 303 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Work, Community, Independence, Inc. | 303 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Anna Jaques Hospital | 946 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | BETH ISREAL DEACONESS HOSPITAL ANNA JAQUES | 491 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Rochester Electronics LLC | 470 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Turning Point, Inc. | 334 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Monterey Mushrooms | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Meritum Energy GP, LLC | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ruth Jensen Village | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Box Systems Electrical Contractors LLC | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | MDC Holdings Inc | 303 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | C067 Greensboro | 303 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Uplink - Cheyenne | 303 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Masterpiece Flower Company LLC | 303 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.