Natural Gas Distribution · Massachusetts

Waltham_newton St-Ma49

Waltham, MA · ~159 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Waltham_newton St-Ma49 runs at 294% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Natural Gas Distribution workplace, earning a grade F.

Waltham_newton St-Ma49: 3.5 TCR = 294% of Natural Gas Distribution BLS 1.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Waltham_newton St-Ma49 safety composite

Waltham_newton St-Ma49 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 35% 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).

F

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Waltham_newton St-Ma49: 1.6 → 4.3 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 5.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.07× in 2024

Waltham_newton St-Ma49's TCR rose 2.8 from 1.6 in 2020 to 4.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.07× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · Waltham, MA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 3.5 · 294% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #24/42
  • PHOTO New Jersey Natural G…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 28 inj
  • SIZE ~159 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: New Jersey Natural Gas - Atlantic Highlands (0.0 TCR gap)

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Waltham_newton St-Ma49 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Waltham_newton St-Ma49 averages 3.5 TCR (294% of the Natural Gas Distribution BLS benchmark).

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

Waltham_newton St-Ma49 TCR series: 2020=1.6 · 2021=3.1 · 2022=3 · 2023=5.7 · 2024=4.3 · BLS 1.2

Where Waltham_newton St-Ma49 falls in its industry

1,153 Natural Gas Distribution establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 42 Natural Gas Distribution employers in Massachusetts.

Waltham_newton St-Ma49 (159 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Waltham_newton St-Ma49
Waltham_newton St-Ma49 (159 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Waltham_newton St-Ma49 has more employees than the Natural Gas Distribution median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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 4.3 3.8 7 1 0
2023 5.7 3.6 9 2 1
2022 3.0 2.0 5 1 0
2021 3.1 2.1 5 1 0
2020 1.6 1.1 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · MA · Waltham

1,153 Natural Gas Distribution employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 118 employers in Waltham, 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 New Jersey Natural Gas - Atlantic Highlands 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kriger Pipeline, Incorporatated 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR SCA-Victorville Office 0012-FAC01 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR CenterPoint Energy - Muncie 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Florence Electric 159 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kleeberg Sheet Metal 159 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hatfield BROSCO 159 FTE
STATE-SIZE Homans Associates LLC Wilmington 159 FTE
CITY-NEAR RESERVOIR WOODS (MA42) 2,025 FTE
CITY-NEAR 170 Data Drive Work Location-MAAV 1,985 FTE
CITY-NEAR RESERVOIR WOODS-MA42 1,736 FTE
CITY-NEAR Partners Home Care Inc 786 FTE
NAT-TCR Brownsville 10114 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Gills Onions, LLC 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR HDS Clark 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Greendell Landscape Solutions 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Nestle Professional 159 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fort Hood 159 FTE
NAT-SIZE Finishing 159 FTE
NAT-SIZE Maine Veterans' Homes 159 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. 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.