Ferryboat building · Massachusetts

Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding

Somerset, MA · ~81 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding runs at 342% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ferryboat building workplace, earning a grade F.

Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding: 11.3 TCR = 342% of Ferryboat building BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding safety composite

Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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

−2.1

2018→2024

Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding injury rate improved

Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding's TCR fell 2.1 from 10.2 in 2018 to 8.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 16.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=10.2 · 2019=10.3 · 2020=9.9 · 2021=16.1 · 2022=11.1 · 2023=13.2 · 2024=8.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336611 · Somerset, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.3 · 342% of ind

  • DART 4.0 DART
  • RANK P11
  • PHOTO Safe Harbor Lauderda…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 58 inj
  • SIZE ~81 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Safe Harbor Lauderdale Marine Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding averages 11.3 TCR (342% of the Ferryboat building BLS benchmark).

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

Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding TCR series: 2018=10.2 · 2019=10.3 · 2020=9.9 · 2021=16.1 · 2022=11.1 · 2023=13.2 · 2024=8.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding falls in its industry

454 Ferryboat building establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding (81 employees, TCR 11.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding
Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding (81 employees, TCR 11.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding has fewer employees than the Ferryboat building median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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 8.1 4.0 6 0 0
2023 13.2 11.9 10 0 0
2022 11.1 5.6 8 0 0
2021 16.1 9.7 7 3 0
2020 9.9 8.4 6 1 0
2019 10.3 5.7 9 0 0
2018 10.2 8.5 12 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336611 · MA · Somerset

454 Ferryboat building employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 24 employers in Somerset, 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 Safe Harbor Lauderdale Marine Center 11.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gladding Hearn Shipbuilding 11.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR James Marine Hahnville 11.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Port Angeles Boat Building Facility 11.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE MATEP 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eversource - Auburn 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fuse Specialty 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE NA-US-MA-Raynham-John Hancock 81 FTE
CITY-NEAR Somerset-MA 326 FTE
CITY-NEAR 100421 214 FTE
CITY-NEAR SUPER STOP & SHOP 100421 206 FTE
CITY-NEAR Clifton Rehab Nursing Home 195 FTE
NAT-TCR Premier Surgery Center of Louisville 11.3 TCR
NAT-TCR TXD086 11.3 TCR
NAT-TCR COD002 11.3 TCR
NAT-TCR NA-US-CA-Martinez-C. Arthur Road 11.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Clarkson U Ross Brooks Hall 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE 220 - Vidalia 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE Commerce Controls, Inc. 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE 684 - Valencia 81 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. 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.