General warehousing and storage · Massachusetts

Waters Corporation Franklin Global Distribution Center

Franklin, MA · ~24 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
5.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Waters Corporation Franklin Global Distribution Center runs at 59% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical General warehousing and storage workplace, earning a grade B.

Waters Corporation Franklin Global Distribution Center: 3.4 TCR = 59% of General warehousing and storage BLS 5.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Waters Corporation Franklin Global Distribution Center safety composite

Waters Corporation Franklin Global Distribution Center scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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%).

Waters Corporation Franklin Global Distribution Center held a steady TCR band

Waters Corporation Franklin Global Distribution Center's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.6 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.0 · 2018=7.6 · 2019=6.1 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 493110 · Franklin, MA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 3.4 · 59% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #45/121
  • PHOTO Book Fairs - Phoenix
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Book Fairs - Phoenix (0.0 TCR gap)

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Waters Corporation Franklin Global Distribution Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Waters Corporation Franklin Global Distribution Center averages 3.4 TCR (59% of the General warehousing and storage BLS benchmark).

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

Waters Corporation Franklin Global Distribution Center TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=7.6 · 2019=6.1 · 2020=0 · BLS 5.8

Where Waters Corporation Franklin Global Distribution Center falls in its industry

9,477 General warehousing and storag establishments

Safer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #45 safest of 121 General warehousing and storag employers in Massachusetts.

Waters Corporation Franklin Global Distribution Center (24 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Waters Corporation Franklin Global Distribution Center
Waters Corporation Franklin Global Distribution Center (24 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Waters Corporation Franklin Global Distribution Center has fewer employees than the General warehousing and storage median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 6.1 6.1 2 0 0
2018 7.6 7.6 2 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

493110 · MA · Franklin

9,477 General warehousing and storage employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 85 employers in Franklin, 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 Book Fairs - Phoenix 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR ARRC 4105 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR True Value Company RDC - Springfield 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1519 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Savage Farms Inc. 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Salem Harbor Station 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE West Springfield Station 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE ATTLEBORO-MA04 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR Taunton 1,691 FTE
CITY-NEAR Franklin 55 675 FTE
CITY-NEAR Franklin 50 670 FTE
CITY-NEAR Horace Mann Educational Associates 633 FTE
NAT-TCR NEWBERN 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Advanced Disposal - Wausau 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Ahsley Furniture Homestore- O'Fallon 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Electric Inc 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE REN018 York 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE REN155 Oakland 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE REN156 San Jose 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE 615-Ind Shop 24 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: 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.