Excavation contractors · Massachusetts

D. W. White Construction, Inc.

Acushnet, MA · ~129 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.7
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

D. W. White Construction, Inc. runs at 202% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Excavation contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

D. W. White Construction, Inc.: 5.7 TCR = 202% of Excavation contractors BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

D. W. White Construction, Inc. safety composite

D. W. White Construction, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−1.5

2016→2024

D. W. White Construction, Inc. injury rate improved

D. W. White Construction, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.5 from 4.2 in 2016 to 2.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 12.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.2 · 2017=5.5 · 2018=6.7 · 2019=12.3 · 2020=5.0 · 2021=6.1 · 2022=6.9 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=2.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Acushnet, MA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 5.7 · 202% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK #46/56
  • PHOTO Main Office
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 70 inj
  • SIZE ~129 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Main Office (0.0 TCR gap)

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D. W. White Construction, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows D. W. White Construction, Inc. averages 5.7 TCR (202% of the Excavation contractors BLS benchmark).

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

D. W. White Construction, Inc. TCR series: 2016=4.2 · 2017=5.5 · 2018=6.7 · 2019=12.3 · 2020=5 · 2021=6.1 · 2022=6.9 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=2.7 · BLS 2.8

Where D. W. White Construction, Inc. falls in its industry

1,750 Excavation contractors establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #46 safest of 56 Excavation contractors employers in Massachusetts.

D. W. White Construction, Inc. (129 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 050100150200250 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate D. W. White Construction, Inc.
D. W. White Construction, Inc. (129 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

D. W. White Construction, Inc. has more employees than the Excavation contractors 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 2.7 2.7 5 0 0
2023 1.6 0.0 2 0 0
2022 6.9 1.7 8 0 0
2021 6.1 1.8 10 0 0
2020 5.0 2.5 6 0 0
2019 12.3 4.3 17 0 0
2018 6.7 4.7 10 0 0
2017 5.5 1.6 7 0 0
2016 4.2 4.2 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · MA · Acushnet

1,750 Excavation contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 5 employers in Acushnet, 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 Main Office 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Casella Construction Inc. 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Machado Backhoe, Inc. 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR William T. Cantrell, Inc. 5.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Westfield Gas and Electric 129 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lawrence-Lynch Corp. 129 FTE
STATE-SIZE DiPietro Home Energy Solutions 129 FTE
STATE-SIZE Excelitas Technologies 129 FTE
CITY-NEAR Acushnet 148 FTE
CITY-NEAR PJ Keating Acushnet 137 FTE
CITY-NEAR Araujo Bros Plumbing & Heating, Inc. 122 FTE
CITY-NEAR G. M. White Construction, Inc. 33 FTE
NAT-TCR Maryland Precision Spring 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Polyfil Inc 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR El Dorado Hotel & Kitchen 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 3004 Cash Wise Willmar 5.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Store 035 129 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dadeville Healthcare Center 129 FTE
NAT-SIZE Carencro Nursing Home, LLC 129 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bermo 129 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.