Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors · Massachusetts

Western Earthworks LLC

Florence, MA · ~18 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Western Earthworks LLC runs at 129% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Western Earthworks LLC: 3.6 TCR = 129% of Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Western Earthworks LLC safety composite

Western Earthworks LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% 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

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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%).

TCR Δ

−9.2

2020→2024

Western Earthworks LLC injury rate improved

Western Earthworks LLC's TCR fell 9.2 from 13.7 in 2020 to 4.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 13.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=13.7 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=4.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Florence, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.6 · 129% of ind

  • DART 4.5 DART
  • RANK #36/56
  • PHOTO Main Office
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~18 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Main Office (0.0 TCR gap)

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Western Earthworks LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Western Earthworks LLC averages 3.6 TCR (129% of the Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Western Earthworks LLC TCR series: 2020=13.7 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=4.5 · BLS 2.8

Where Western Earthworks LLC falls in its industry

1,750 Excavating, earthmoving, or la establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #36 safest of 56 Excavating, earthmoving, or la employers in Massachusetts.

Western Earthworks LLC (18 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 050100150200250 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Western Earthworks LLC
Western Earthworks LLC (18 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Western Earthworks LLC has fewer employees than the Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearin median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 4.5 4.5 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 13.7 13.7 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · MA · Florence

1,750 Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 7 employers in Florence, MA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Main Office 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Potts & Callahan, Inc. 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Adrian Main Office 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Thompson Excavation Ltd. 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bluepoint Wind 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Channel Building Company Inc 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE 5021 - Halifax MA - Leasing 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE C. White Marine, Inc. 18 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tapestry 104 FTE
CITY-NEAR Keiter Corporation 62 FTE
CITY-NEAR Florence Casket 53 FTE
CITY-NEAR River Valley Co-op Administration 23 FTE
NAT-TCR Bella Terra Streamwood 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR John Deere Coffeyville Works 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Fisher Auto Parts - LCASPA 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Muirfield 3.6 TCR

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, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.