Industrial product finishes and coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing · Massachusetts

Union Specialties Inc.

Newburyport, MA · ~29 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Union Specialties Inc. runs at 62% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Industrial product finishes and coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Union Specialties Inc.: 2.0 TCR = 62% of Industrial product finishes and coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Union Specialties Inc. safety composite

Union Specialties Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−2.8

2017→2024

Union Specialties Inc. injury rate improved

Union Specialties Inc.'s TCR fell 2.8 from 2.8 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.8 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=4.6 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=4.6 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325510 · Newburyport, MA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 62% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #7/14
  • PHOTO USA KY Richmond Plant
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: USA KY Richmond Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Union Specialties Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Union Specialties Inc. averages 2.0 TCR (62% of the Industrial product finishes and coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Union Specialties Inc. TCR series: 2017=2.8 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=4.6 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=4.6 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Union Specialties Inc. falls in its industry

530 Industrial product finishes an establishments

Safer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 14 Industrial product finishes an employers in Massachusetts.

Union Specialties Inc. (29 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 Union Specialties Inc.
Union Specialties Inc. (29 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Union Specialties Inc. has fewer employees than the Industrial product finishes and coatings median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 4.6 0.0 1 0 0
2022 4.3 0.0 1 0 0
2021 4.6 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 2.8 2.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325510 · MA · Newburyport

530 Industrial product finishes and coatings (i.e., paint) 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 USA KY Richmond Plant 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR BASF - Bristol/Levittown 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ozark Materials LLC 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR US IL Chicago Plant 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Skyline Solar 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Performance Building Co. Inc. 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE CTA Construction Co., Inc. 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Coastal Construction Corp. 29 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 F&H Construction 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Global 4 Tss 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Milky Haven Farms LLC 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Hocking Valley Concrete Inc 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Palos School District 118 Transportation Department 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Morillo Construction, Inc. 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Precision Wood Door Shop 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Branch 361 29 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.