Materials handling machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers · Maine
Wd Matthews Machinery Co
Auburn, ME · ~110 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 6.7
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Wd Matthews Machinery Co runs at 304% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Materials handling machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.
Wd Matthews Machinery Co: 6.7 TCR = 304% of Materials handling machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Wd Matthews Machinery Co safety composite
Wd Matthews Machinery Co scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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).
21/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.69 per 100 workers
Safer than 9% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.08 per 100 workers
Safer than 14% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Wd Matthews Machinery Co: 4.1 → 8.2 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 8.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.61× in 2024
Wd Matthews Machinery Co's TCR rose 4.0 from 4.1 in 2021 to 8.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423830 · Auburn, ME ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 6.7 · 304% of ind
- DART 4.1 DART
- RANK P9
- PHOTO Kasto, Inc. - Export
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 29 inj
- SIZE ~110 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Kasto, Inc. - Export (0.0 TCR gap)
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Wd Matthews Machinery Co in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Wd Matthews Machinery Co
6.7 TCR
- Kasto, Inc. -
Kasto, Inc. - Export
6.7 TCR
- IMS Company
IMS Company
6.7 TCR
- Storage System
Storage Systems Midwest
6.7 TCR
- Branch 31
Branch 31
6.6 TCR
What this shows Wd Matthews Machinery Co averages 6.7 TCR (304% of the Materials handling machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Wd Matthews Machinery Co TCR series: 2021=4.1 · 2022=7.4 · 2023=7 · 2024=8.2 · BLS 2.2
Where Wd Matthews Machinery Co falls in its industry
911 Materials handling machinery a establishmentsSafer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.
Wd Matthews Machinery Co has more employees than the Materials handling machinery and equipme median and a higher 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 | 8.2 | 4.1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7.0 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7.4 | 5.2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423830 · ME · Auburn
911 Materials handling machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,397 rated employers in Maine with headcount on file · 100 employers in Auburn, ME · 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 | Kasto, Inc. - Export | 6.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | IMS Company | 6.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Storage Systems Midwest | 6.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Branch 31 | 6.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | BU 210 NORTHEAST PAVING COMPANY | 110 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Eastern Fire | 110 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 5472-NAI-0033-0033-00628 | 110 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mount Joseph at Waterville | 110 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | John F Murphy Homes, Inc | 807 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 1868 | 490 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1868 | 424 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Pioneer Plastics - Auburn | 411 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Rainbow Play Systems, Inc. | 6.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Tallahassee 10211 | 6.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Findlay Oh - 3187 | 6.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Smoky Mountain Logistics LLC | 6.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 20751 Champlin | 110 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Giant 167 | 110 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Giant 316 | 110 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Giant 326 | 110 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.