Explosives manufacturing · West Virginia

Maxam Energetic, LLC

Hernshaw, WV · ~27 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Maxam Energetic, LLC runs at 65% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Explosives manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Maxam Energetic, LLC: 2.1 TCR = 65% of Explosives manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Maxam Energetic, LLC safety composite

Maxam Energetic, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 11%), 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).

D

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Maxam Energetic, LLC: 0.0 → 4.5 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 4.5 TCR · DART/TCR 2.09× in 2021

Maxam Energetic, LLC's TCR rose 4.5 from 0.0 in 2018 to 4.5 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 2.09× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325920 · Hernshaw, WV AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 65% of ind

  • DART 4.5 DART
  • RANK #4/5
  • PHOTO HERINGTON FACILITY
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HERINGTON FACILITY (0.1 TCR gap)

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Maxam Energetic, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Maxam Energetic, LLC averages 2.1 TCR (65% of the Explosives manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Maxam Energetic, LLC TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=4.1 · 2021=4.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Maxam Energetic, LLC falls in its industry

78 Explosives manufacturing establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to West Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 5 Explosives manufacturing employers in West Virginia.

Maxam Energetic, LLC (27 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 0200400600 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate Maxam Energetic, LLC
Maxam Energetic, LLC (27 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Maxam Energetic, LLC has fewer employees than the Explosives manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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
2021 4.5 4.5 1 0 0
2020 4.1 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325920 · WV · Hernshaw

78 Explosives manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,269 rated employers in West Virginia with headcount on file · 3 employers in Hernshaw, WV · 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 HERINGTON FACILITY 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR St. Marks Powder Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR West Virginia Plant 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wise 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hatchery 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Danhill Construction Co. 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE AM Communications WV 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Progressive Electric, Inc. 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maxam North America Inc 25 FTE
NAT-TCR Matagorda Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Altoona - Alpha Assembly Solutions 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Davis Landscape LTD NC Office 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR RGV Alliance Construction LLC 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Moynihn Lumber of Plaistow LLC 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ralls County Electric Cooperative 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cavanaugh Electric Company 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hills #1 27 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.