Insulation contractors · Massachusetts

HWE South Shore Insulation

Whitman, MA · ~74 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
25.8
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

HWE South Shore Insulation runs at 921% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Insulation contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

HWE South Shore Insulation: 25.8 TCR = 921% of Insulation contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

HWE South Shore Insulation safety composite

HWE South Shore Insulation scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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

13/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 25.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 28.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% 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

HWE South Shore Insulation: 19.2 → 32.4 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 32.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.12× in 2024

HWE South Shore Insulation's TCR rose 13.1 from 19.2 in 2023 to 32.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.12× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238310 · Whitman, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 25.8 · 921% of ind

  • DART 28.9 DART
  • RANK #34/34
  • PHOTO Maudlin Drywall, Inc.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 33 inj
  • SIZE ~74 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Maudlin Drywall, Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)

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HWE South Shore Insulation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows HWE South Shore Insulation averages 25.8 TCR (921% of the Insulation contractors BLS benchmark).

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

HWE South Shore Insulation TCR series: 2023=19.2 · 2024=32.4 · BLS 2.8

Where HWE South Shore Insulation falls in its industry

1,613 Insulation contractors establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #34 safest of 34 Insulation contractors employers in Massachusetts.

HWE South Shore Insulation (74 employees, TCR 25.8) 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 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate HWE South Shore Insulation
HWE South Shore Insulation (74 employees, TCR 25.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.4

HWE South Shore Insulation has more 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 32.4 28.9 18 1 0
2023 19.2 16.7 15 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238310 · MA · Whitman

1,613 Insulation contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 12 employers in Whitman, 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 Maudlin Drywall, Inc. 25.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1942_3611 25.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Performance Insulation - Seattle Office 24.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Warehouse 24.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mayflower Medicinals, Inc. 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Boston Solar Company LLC 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE SPS/Walsh JV 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Phoenix Bay State Construction Co., INc. 74 FTE
CITY-NEAR 99150 258 FTE
CITY-NEAR PEAPOD S&S WHITMAN, MA 247 FTE
CITY-NEAR HOME DELIVERY STOP & SHOP WHITMAN, MA GDP 234 FTE
CITY-NEAR T&K Asphalt Services 162 FTE
NAT-TCR Foxcrest Inc 25.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Task Force Delivery LLC 25.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Dee Ro Logistics LLC 25.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Trader Joe's 0221 San Diego 25.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lear Corporation - Sterling Heights 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE SBI Builders, Inc. 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE RML Transport Corp 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - HLA2 74 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. 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.