Insulation contractors · Nebraska

Cornhusker Insulation

Waterloo, NE · ~23 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.5
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cornhusker Insulation runs at 198% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Insulation contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Cornhusker Insulation: 5.5 TCR = 198% of Insulation contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cornhusker Insulation safety composite

Cornhusker Insulation scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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).

F

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
F 11.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% 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

Cornhusker Insulation: 5.3 → 11.3 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 11.3 TCR · DART/TCR 2.04× in 2024

Cornhusker Insulation's TCR rose 5.9 from 5.3 in 2022 to 11.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2.04× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238310 · Waterloo, NE ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.5 · 198% of ind

  • DART 11.3 DART
  • RANK #8/10
  • PHOTO Heartland Finishes, …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Heartland Finishes, INC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cornhusker Insulation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cornhusker Insulation averages 5.5 TCR (198% of the Insulation contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Cornhusker Insulation TCR series: 2022=5.3 · 2023=0 · 2024=11.3 · BLS 2.8

Where Cornhusker Insulation falls in its industry

1,613 Insulation contractors establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Nebraska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 10 Insulation contractors employers in Nebraska.

Cornhusker Insulation (23 employees, TCR 5.5) 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 Cornhusker Insulation
Cornhusker Insulation (23 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Cornhusker Insulation has fewer employees than the Insulation contractors median and a higher 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
2024 11.3 11.3 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 5.3 5.3 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238310 · NE · Waterloo

1,613 Insulation contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 8 employers in Waterloo, NE · 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 Heartland Finishes, INC 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR SoHo Training Center - WX 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Heritage Plastering, Inc 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR TCI Myrtle Beach #768 5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE CSS Farms - Cody 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE BHGNE - Scottsbluff (NE069) 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nebraska Region 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE 105282 - MHIF Mental Health Facility 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waterloo 67 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waterloo West 49 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lyman-Richey Sand & Gravel - Shop 46 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fuller Distribution Systems Inc 45 FTE
NAT-TCR Electrical Test Instruments, LLC 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR AHG Denver Licensee LLC 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR River Bend Nursing & Rehabilitation 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Right Now Air Vacaville 5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE City of Middletown - Water Department 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Roosevelt Community School 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lakefield Veterinary Group - 149 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Integrated Support Services, LLC. 23 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: 2024, 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.