Insulation contractors · Massachusetts

HWE Springfield Insulation

Name: HWE Springfield Insulation Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Springfield, MA · ~45 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 20.8
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

HWE Springfield Insulation runs at 744% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Insulation contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

HWE Springfield Insulation: 20.8 TCR = 744% of Insulation contractors BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

HWE Springfield Insulation safety composite

HWE Springfield Insulation scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

13/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 20.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers
DART rate: F 38.01 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 Springfield Insulation: 9.6 → 44.0 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 44.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.82× in 2024

HWE Springfield Insulation's TCR rose 34.4 from 9.6 in 2021 to 44.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.82× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 20.8 · 744% of ind

DART 38.0 DART
RANK #33/34
PHOTO Insulation
BOOK 4y book
INJ 37 inj
SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Insulation (0.3 TCR gap)

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21.6
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21.2
This site

20.8
Cullen Insulat

20.2
Premier Buildi

19.5

What this shows HWE Springfield Insulation averages 20.8 TCR (744% of the Insulation contractors BLS benchmark).

HWE Springfield Insulation TCR series: 2021=9.6 · 2022=19.2 · 2023=10.5 · 2024=44 · BLS 2.8

Where HWE Springfield Insulation falls in its industry

1,613 Insulation contractors establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #33 safest of 34 Insulation contractors employers in Massachusetts.

HWE Springfield Insulation (45 employees, TCR 20.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.4

HWE Springfield Insulation has fewer 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
2024	44.0	38.0	22
2023	10.5	5.2	6
2022	19.2	19.2	6
2021	9.6	9.6	3

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238310 · MA · Springfield

1,613 Insulation contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 215 employers in Springfield, MA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Insulation	SHERIDAN, CO	21.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Cullen Insulation Inc	FARGO, ND	20.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Level Five LLC	KIRKLAND, WA	21.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Premier Building Supply - American Fork #863	AMERICAN FORK, UT	19.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Resinate, Inc. - Douglas	DOUGLAS	45 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Canal Generating LLC	SANDWICH	45 FTE
STATE-SIZE	NORTHAMPTON-MA32	NORTHAMPTON	45 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WILMINGTON-MA57	WILMINGTON	45 FTE
CITY-NEAR	BMC - Baystate Medical Center	Springfield	8,310 FTE
CITY-NEAR	BMP - Baystate Medical Practices	Springfield	1,977 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Blue Tarp Redevelopment, LLC d/b/a MGM Springfield	Springfield	1,867 FTE
CITY-NEAR	BMF - Baystate Medical Practices	Springfield	1,746 FTE
NAT-TCR	W Hoboken Hotel	Hoboken, NJ	20.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	SYNC Logistics	Stockbridge, GA	20.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Pine Tree Waste Oceanside	Sanford, ME	20.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Store 1105	Virginia Beach, VA	20.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Vanguard Auto Sales LLC	Plymouth, MI	45 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Equipment Depot Wisconsin, Inc. - Hartland	Hartland, WI	45 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Northedge, LLC	Rural Hall, NC	45 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Metalcraft, Inc.	Baltimore, MD	45 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. 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.