Painting and wallpapering · Virginia
Higham Company Inc
Manassas, VA · ~53 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.7
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Higham Company Inc runs at 169% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Painting and wallpapering workplace, earning a grade D.
Higham Company Inc: 4.7 TCR = 169% of Painting and wallpapering BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Higham Company Inc safety composite
Higham Company Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).
30/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.73 per 100 workers
Safer than 29% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.1 per 100 workers
Safer than 17% 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
Higham Company Inc: 4.4 → 5.1 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 5.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.08× in 2024
Higham Company Inc's TCR rose 0.7 from 4.4 in 2023 to 5.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.08× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 238320 · Manassas, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.7 · 169% of ind
- DART 5.1 DART
- RANK #12/14
- PHOTO Main Office
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 3 inj
- SIZE ~53 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Main Office (0.0 TCR gap)
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Higham Company Inc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Hermsmeyer Pai
Hermsmeyer Painting Co., Inc.
4.8 TCR
- This site
Higham Company Inc
4.7 TCR
- Main Office
Main Office
4.7 TCR
- Merit Professi
Merit Professional Coatings Holdings LLC
4.7 TCR
- Paducah River
Paducah River Painting
4.7 TCR
What this shows Higham Company Inc averages 4.7 TCR (169% of the Painting and wallpapering BLS benchmark).
Higham Company Inc TCR series: 2023=4.4 · 2024=5.1 · BLS 2.8
Where Higham Company Inc falls in its industry
582 Painting and wallpapering establishmentsSafer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.
Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 14 Painting and wallpapering employers in Virginia.
Higham Company Inc has more employees than the Painting and wallpapering median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
238320 · VA · Manassas
582 Painting and wallpapering employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 278 employers in Manassas, VA · 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 | 4.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hermsmeyer Painting Co., Inc. | 4.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Merit Professional Coatings Holdings LLC | 4.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Paducah River Painting | 4.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Power Home Solar Chester | 53 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | GLOUCESTER | 53 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 324-NiSource-Suffolk VA-Harbour View | 53 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | City of Hopewell | 53 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Micron INC. Manassas, VA | 1,617 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Micron Technology Virginia | 1,432 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Manassas City Public Schools | 1,342 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Checks and Balances, Inc. | 1,316 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Giant Food Stores 6513 | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Nyalb - Albany | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cold Storage Manufacturing, Inc. | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 1218 Copiague | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Aerobotix, Inc. | 53 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Loven Contracting Inc | 53 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Dedicated Duncan | 53 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lincoln Park 10101 | 53 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.