Insulation contractors · Virginia

Tidewater Insulators

Portsmouth, VA · ~42 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Tidewater Insulators runs at 41% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Insulation contractors workplace, earning a grade A.

Tidewater Insulators: 1.1 TCR = 41% of Insulation contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tidewater Insulators safety composite

Tidewater Insulators scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.3

2023→2024

Tidewater Insulators injury rate improved

Tidewater Insulators's TCR fell 2.3 from 2.3 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=2.3 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238310 · Portsmouth, VA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 41% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #13/52
  • PHOTO Drywall Systems Plus…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Drywall Systems Plus Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Tidewater Insulators in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Tidewater Insulators averages 1.1 TCR (41% of the Insulation contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Tidewater Insulators TCR series: 2023=2.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Tidewater Insulators falls in its industry

1,613 Insulation contractors establishments

Safer than 85% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 52 Insulation contractors employers in Virginia.

Tidewater Insulators (42 employees, TCR 1.1) 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Tidewater Insulators
Tidewater Insulators (42 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Tidewater Insulators has fewer employees than the Insulation contractors median and a lower 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 2.3 2.3 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238310 · VA · Portsmouth

1,613 Insulation contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 137 employers in Portsmouth, 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 Drywall Systems Plus Inc. 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Central Caifornia 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Drywall Interiors, LP 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR GIAMPOLINI & CO., INC. 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE DSTC - CHESTER 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE RIVERFRONT PLAZA (951 E Byrd) 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE WGL VA - Shenandoah 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Twin Enterprises Inc 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maryview Medical Center 1,724 FTE
CITY-NEAR Virginia International Gateway 926 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ceres Hampton Roads 797 FTE
CITY-NEAR Virginia International Gateway by Virginia Interna 545 FTE
NAT-TCR HTI Cybernetics 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Superior Communications - TN 2 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR National Jewish Health 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR MSI Express - Burnham 6750 1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Powell Fabrication & Mfg. LLC 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Utility Tri-State, Inc.-North 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Precision Homes LLC 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aspen Wood Products 42 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.