Cold forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished · Massachusetts

U.S. Tsubaki Automotive, LLC - Chicopee, MA

Name: U.S. Tsubaki Automotive, LLC - Chicopee, MA Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Chicopee, MA · ~395 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.7
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

U.S. Tsubaki Automotive, LLC - Chicopee, MA runs at 82% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Cold forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished workplace, earning a grade C.

U.S. Tsubaki Automotive, LLC - Chicopee, MA: 2.7 TCR = 82% of Cold forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

U.S. Tsubaki Automotive, LLC - Chicopee, MA safety composite

U.S. Tsubaki Automotive, LLC - Chicopee, MA scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 49%), 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).

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% 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

−1.0

2016→2019

U.S. Tsubaki Automotive, LLC - Chicopee, MA injury rate improved

U.S. Tsubaki Automotive, LLC - Chicopee, MA's TCR fell 1.0 from 3.4 in 2016 to 2.4 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.4 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.81× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.4 · 2017=2.3 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332111 · Chicopee, MA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 82% of ind

DART 2.2 DART
RANK P77
PHOTO Oxford Forge
BOOK 4y book
INJ 48 inj
SIZE ~395 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Oxford Forge (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.7
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2.7
Scot Forge - F

2.6

What this shows U.S. Tsubaki Automotive, LLC - Chicopee, MA averages 2.7 TCR (82% of the Cold forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished BLS benchmark).

U.S. Tsubaki Automotive, LLC - Chicopee, MA TCR series: 2016=3.4 · 2017=2.3 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=2.4 · BLS 3.3

Where U.S. Tsubaki Automotive, LLC - Chicopee, MA falls in its industry

241 Cold forgings made from purcha establishments

Safer than 77% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.0.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

U.S. Tsubaki Automotive, LLC - Chicopee, MA (395 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.0

U.S. Tsubaki Automotive, LLC - Chicopee, MA has more employees than the Cold forgings made from purchased iron o median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.0. 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
2019	2.4	2.2	10
2018	2.6	2.4	12
2017	2.3	1.9	11
2016	3.4	2.5	15

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332111 · MA · Chicopee

241 Cold forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 104 employers in Chicopee, 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	Oxford Forge	OXFORD, MI	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Scot Forge - Franklin Park	FRANKLIN PARK, IL	2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Charles E. Larson & Sons, Inc.	CHICAGO, IL	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Whitcraft LLC	EUCLID, OH	2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	SPS New England Inc.	SALISBURY	395 FTE
STATE-SIZE	EMD Millipore - 80 Ashby	BEDFORD	395 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Thomas G. Gallagher, Inc.	WALTHAM	394 FTE
STATE-SIZE	ADESA	FRAMINGHAM	396 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MA-04	Chicopee	4,429 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Consumer Product Distributors LLC dba J Polep Distribution Services	Chicopee	774 FTE
CITY-NEAR	J Polep Distribution Services	Chicopee	686 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 5278	Chicopee	526 FTE
NAT-TCR	657 - San Antonio	San Antonio, TX	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Intech	Roseville, CA	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Smithfield Wichita, KS	Wichita, KS	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Council Bluffs Branch	Council Bluffs, IA	2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	PetSmart DC-36	Ottawa, IL	395 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Supply Chain : Clearwater, FL	Clearwater, FL	395 FTE
NAT-SIZE	i3 Electronics - Endicott	Endicott, NY	395 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Dallas/Coppell (Txcpp)	Coppell, TX	395 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, 2017, 2016. 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.