Blown-in insulation (e.g., cellulose, vermiculite) installation · North Carolina

ABS Insulating Co, Inc.

Indian Trail, NC · ~44 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

ABS Insulating Co, Inc. runs at 75% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Blown-in insulation (e.g., cellulose, vermiculite) installation workplace, earning a grade B.

ABS Insulating Co, Inc.: 2.1 TCR = 75% of Blown-in insulation (e.g., cellulose, vermiculite) installation BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ABS Insulating Co, Inc. safety composite

ABS Insulating Co, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 46%), 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

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.7

2017→2020

ABS Insulating Co, Inc. injury rate improved

ABS Insulating Co, Inc.'s TCR fell 0.7 from 2.5 in 2017 to 1.8 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.5 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.83× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.5 · 2020=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238310 · Indian Trail, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 75% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #20/56
  • PHOTO JD Firestop Pros, Inc
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: JD Firestop Pros, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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ABS Insulating Co, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows ABS Insulating Co, Inc. averages 2.1 TCR (75% of the Blown-in insulation (e.g., cellulose, vermiculite) installation BLS benchmark).

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

ABS Insulating Co, Inc. TCR series: 2017=2.5 · 2020=1.8 · BLS 2.8

Where ABS Insulating Co, Inc. falls in its industry

1,613 Blown-in insulation (e.g., cel establishments

Safer than 71% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 56 Blown-in insulation (e.g., cel employers in North Carolina.

ABS Insulating Co, Inc. (44 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate ABS Insulating Co, Inc.
ABS Insulating Co, Inc. (44 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.4

ABS Insulating Co, Inc. has fewer employees than the Blown-in insulation (e.g., cellulose, ve median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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 1.8 1.8 1 0 0
2017 2.5 2.5 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238310 · NC · Indian Trail

1,613 Blown-in insulation (e.g., cellulose, vermiculite) installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 49 employers in Indian Trail, NC · 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 JD Firestop Pros, Inc 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Zerodraft Residential, Inc. 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR MBC Houston 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aspen Construction, Inc. 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sleepy Creek Farms 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE ALBEMARLE WMSTN 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Morganton 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Aqua Services, Inc. - Cary 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6921-02300 554 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 3700 365 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3700 365 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sealing Agents 197 FTE
NAT-TCR New Hampshire 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Roses 444 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Kansas City 011 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Worly Plumbing Supply, Inc - Columbus 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Foley Products Company Clanton, AL 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pipe & Plant Solutions, Inc. 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE LECO Corporation- Ceramics 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tri-Star Horizon Medical Center 44 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, 2017. 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.