Abrasive products manufacturing · Massachusetts

Washington Mills - North Grafton, MA

North Grafton, MA · ~89 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Washington Mills - North Grafton, MA runs at 128% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Abrasive products manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Washington Mills - North Grafton, MA: 4.2 TCR = 128% of Abrasive products manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Washington Mills - North Grafton, MA safety composite

Washington Mills - North Grafton, MA scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% 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

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−2.9

2017→2023

Washington Mills - North Grafton, MA injury rate improved

Washington Mills - North Grafton, MA's TCR fell 2.9 from 2.9 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 10.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.9 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=4.1 · 2020=9.2 · 2021=3.4 · 2022=10.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327910 · North Grafton, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 128% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/9
  • PHOTO Royersford
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~89 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Royersford (0.1 TCR gap)

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Washington Mills - North Grafton, MA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Washington Mills - North Grafton, MA averages 4.2 TCR (128% of the Abrasive products manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Washington Mills - North Grafton, MA TCR series: 2017=2.9 · 2018=0 · 2019=4.1 · 2020=9.2 · 2021=3.4 · 2022=10 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Washington Mills - North Grafton, MA falls in its industry

90 Abrasive products manufacturin establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 9 Abrasive products manufacturin employers in Massachusetts.

Washington Mills - North Grafton, MA (89 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Washington Mills - North Grafton, MA
Washington Mills - North Grafton, MA (89 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Washington Mills - North Grafton, MA has more employees than the Abrasive products manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 10.0 5.7 7 0 0
2021 3.4 3.4 3 0 0
2020 9.2 6.1 4 2 0
2019 4.1 0.0 0 5 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 2.9 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327910 · MA · North Grafton

90 Abrasive products manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 8 employers in North Grafton, 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 Royersford 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Washington Mills - Sun Prairie, WI 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Crystal Mark Inc. 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Grier Abrasive Co.,Inc. 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE 1-EMP-Billerica 89 FTE
STATE-SIZE Shire - Milford MA 89 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sealed Air 89 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bixby International Corp 89 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wyman-Gordon 272 FTE
CITY-NEAR IDEXX Reference Labs 269 FTE
CITY-NEAR NORTH GRAFTON, MA -DANA DIVISION 2 54 FTE
CITY-NEAR Primary Colors, Inc 36 FTE
NAT-TCR Caterpillar East Peoria - VSI 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR River Crossing of Alton 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR SNL Distribution Services Corp-Tyler 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Sean Patrick Enterprises, Inc. dba Alliance Fire & Safety 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mountain States Const. Co. 89 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bloomer Healthcare, LLC 89 FTE
NAT-SIZE Waterbury Adult Education 89 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bucks Hill Elementary School 89 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.