Packaging, foam plastics (except polystyrene), manufacturing · Massachusetts

UFP Technologies Newburyport

Newburyport, MA · ~270 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

UFP Technologies Newburyport runs at 75% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Packaging, foam plastics (except polystyrene), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

UFP Technologies Newburyport: 2.5 TCR = 75% of Packaging, foam plastics (except polystyrene), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

UFP Technologies Newburyport safety composite

UFP Technologies Newburyport scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 60% 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).

C

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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

−1.1

2017→2022

UFP Technologies Newburyport injury rate improved

UFP Technologies Newburyport's TCR fell 1.1 from 3.0 in 2017 to 1.9 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.52× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.0 · 2022=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326150 · Newburyport, MA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 75% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #3/10
  • PHOTO Innocor East, LLC - …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~270 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Innocor East, LLC - Baldwyn North (0.0 TCR gap)

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UFP Technologies Newburyport in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows UFP Technologies Newburyport averages 2.5 TCR (75% of the Packaging, foam plastics (except polystyrene), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

UFP Technologies Newburyport TCR series: 2017=3 · 2022=1.9 · BLS 3.3

Where UFP Technologies Newburyport falls in its industry

474 Packaging, foam plastics (exce establishments

Safer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 10 Packaging, foam plastics (exce employers in Massachusetts.

UFP Technologies Newburyport (270 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate UFP Technologies Newburyport
UFP Technologies Newburyport (270 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.1

UFP Technologies Newburyport has more employees than the Packaging, foam plastics (except polysty 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
2022 1.9 1.3 6 0 0
2017 3.0 2.0 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326150 · MA · Newburyport

474 Packaging, foam plastics (except polystyrene), 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 Innocor East, LLC - Baldwyn North 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR ICP - Norton 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Temple Pouring Plant 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Peru 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE WM 5448 270 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eastpointe Rehab LLC 270 FTE
STATE-SIZE Taj Boston 270 FTE
STATE-SIZE Markforged 271 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 SAG-ODFL 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Masonite - Vandalia 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR South Mill Champs 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 413 - North Dallas 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE PAR-ODFL 270 FTE
NAT-SIZE SportsGroup 270 FTE
NAT-SIZE Enerfab Process Solutions & Fabricated Products 270 FTE
NAT-SIZE Maxion Wheels 270 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: 2022, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.