Masonry contractors · Delaware

J.W. Walker & Sons, Inc.

Middletown, DE · ~36 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

J.W. Walker & Sons, Inc. runs at 285% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Masonry contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

J.W. Walker & Sons, Inc.: 8.0 TCR = 285% of Masonry contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

J.W. Walker & Sons, Inc. safety composite

J.W. Walker & Sons, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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%).

J.W. Walker & Sons, Inc. held a steady TCR band

J.W. Walker & Sons, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.1 from 6.5 in 2016 to 6.4 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 11.1 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.8× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.5 · 2017=11.1 · 2018=6.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238140 · Middletown, DE ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.0 · 285% of ind

  • DART 6.4 DART
  • RANK #7/8
  • PHOTO MELROSE ENTERPRISES …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MELROSE ENTERPRISES LTD (0.0 TCR gap)

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J.W. Walker & Sons, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows J.W. Walker & Sons, Inc. averages 8.0 TCR (285% of the Masonry contractors BLS benchmark).

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

J.W. Walker & Sons, Inc. TCR series: 2016=6.5 · 2017=11.1 · 2018=6.4 · BLS 2.8

Where J.W. Walker & Sons, Inc. falls in its industry

703 Masonry contractors establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Delaware alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 8 Masonry contractors employers in Delaware.

J.W. Walker & Sons, Inc. (36 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 0200400600 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate J.W. Walker & Sons, Inc.
J.W. Walker & Sons, Inc. (36 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 3.9

J.W. Walker & Sons, Inc. has fewer employees than the Masonry contractors median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 6.4 6.4 1 0 0
2017 11.1 8.3 4 0 0
2016 6.5 6.5 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238140 · DE · Middletown

703 Masonry contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,487 rated employers in Delaware with headcount on file · 66 employers in Middletown, DE · 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 MELROSE ENTERPRISES LTD 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR BWM 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Henderson Masonry LLC 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bearden Plastering Inc. 8.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE L. Wilson Masonry Inc. 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Burns and McBride 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bed Bath and Beyond Brandywine Wilmington 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE 830 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : PHL7 2,921 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - PHL7 2,706 FTE
CITY-NEAR DEL0000049 GOODWILL INDUSTRIES - MIDDLETOWN 1,028 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3802 451 FTE
NAT-TCR Greensboro Jail 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Berks Packing Co., Inc. 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR #641 Brick Shoprite 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Andersen's Sales and Salvage Inc 8.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE JAXS 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Roscommon County Transportation Authority 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Building Solutions Since 1977 LLC 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE ASC 36 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, 2017, 2016. 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.