Drilled pier (i.e., for building foundations) contractors · Massachusetts

Helical Drilling, Inc

Braintree, MA · ~56 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Helical Drilling, Inc runs at 284% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Drilled pier (i.e., for building foundations) contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Helical Drilling, Inc: 7.9 TCR = 284% of Drilled pier (i.e., for building foundations) contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Helical Drilling, Inc safety composite

Helical Drilling, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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

−6.7

2016→2018

Helical Drilling, Inc injury rate improved

Helical Drilling, Inc's TCR fell 6.7 from 11.3 in 2016 to 4.6 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 11.3 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.19× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=11.3 · 2018=4.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Braintree, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.9 · 284% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #51/56
  • PHOTO Winzinger, Inc
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~56 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Winzinger, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Helical Drilling, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Helical Drilling, Inc averages 7.9 TCR (284% of the Drilled pier (i.e., for building foundations) contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Helical Drilling, Inc TCR series: 2016=11.3 · 2018=4.6 · BLS 2.8

Where Helical Drilling, Inc falls in its industry

1,750 Drilled pier (i.e., for buildi establishments

Safer than 9% 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 #51 safest of 56 Drilled pier (i.e., for buildi employers in Massachusetts.

Helical Drilling, Inc (56 employees, TCR 7.9) 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 Helical Drilling, Inc
Helical Drilling, Inc (56 employees, TCR 7.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Helical Drilling, Inc has more employees than the Drilled pier (i.e., for building foundat 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
2018 4.6 1.5 3 0 0
2016 11.3 9.4 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · MA · Braintree

1,750 Drilled pier (i.e., for building foundations) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 95 employers in Braintree, 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 Winzinger, Inc 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR SLS Services, LLC 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR ARS Aleut Demolition Services, LLC (Summary) 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lupton Excavation, Inc. 7.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Smolak Farms 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Liberty Utilities Fifth Street 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE 7238_16578 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fontaine Bros. Inc. 56 FTE
CITY-NEAR Atalian Global Services - New England 777 FTE
CITY-NEAR Haemonetics - Braintree 606 FTE
CITY-NEAR South Shore Plaza 036 405 FTE
CITY-NEAR Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Braintree LLC 393 FTE
NAT-TCR Glass Plant 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Suiza - Charlotte - The Plaza 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Dallas DFW 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Adobe Creek Orchards 7.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Terex - Field Service 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Bay Pines 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Live Production Offices 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Harrisburg Shop 56 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: 2018, 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.