Polar 26 Southbridge St

Polar Corporation

26 Southbridge St, Worcester, MA 1610
Beverages, soft drink (including artificially carbonated waters), manufacturing (NAICS 312111)

DART 12.79 35 recordable cases · 218 avg employees · 516,105 hours worked

This establishment vs. the industry

The DART rate at this establishment is about 3.2× the industry median.

This establishment: 12.79
Industry median (Beverages, soft drink (including artificially carbonated waters), manufacturing, n=302): 3.94

Reported injury and illness, 2024

Fatalities0 Days-away-from-work cases32 Restricted-duty / transferred cases1 Other recordable cases2 Total recordable cases35 Days lost to injury1,065

Injury rates (per 100 FTE-year, OSHA standard)

DART rate12.79 (days away + restricted/transferred) DAFW rate12.40 (days away from work only) Total recordable rate (TRIR)13.56 (all OSHA-recordable cases) Annual average employees218 Total hours worked516,105
What these numbers mean. An OSHA-recordable case is a work-related injury or illness that resulted in death, days away from work, restricted work, transfer to another job, medical treatment beyond first aid, loss of consciousness, or significant injury diagnosed by a physician. DART rate is the OSHA-standard incidence measure — calculate it as (cases with days away + restricted/transferred) × 200,000 / hours worked. The 200,000 hours normalizes to 100 full-time-equivalent workers over a year. National average DART across all industries is around 1.7; high-risk industries (skilled nursing, warehousing, courier) routinely exceed 5.

Source: OSHA ITA 300A Summary Data, calendar year 2024 filings (downloaded 2026-05-22).

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