Perlite, expanded, manufacturing · Massachusetts

Whittemore Company, Inc.

Name: Whittemore Company, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Lawrence, MA · ~35 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 9.6
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Whittemore Company, Inc. runs at 292% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Perlite, expanded, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Whittemore Company, Inc.: 9.6 TCR = 292% of Perlite, expanded, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Whittemore Company, Inc. safety composite

Whittemore Company, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 2%), 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).

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 9.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers
DART rate: F 12.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 50% 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

Whittemore Company, Inc.: 4.0 → 15.3 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 15.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.27× in 2024

Whittemore Company, Inc.'s TCR rose 11.3 from 4.0 in 2023 to 15.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327992 · Lawrence, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.6 · 292% of ind

DART 12.2 DART
RANK P5
PHOTO Supreme Perlite
BOOK 2y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Supreme Perlite (0.2 TCR gap)

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What this shows Whittemore Company, Inc. averages 9.6 TCR (292% of the Perlite, expanded, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Whittemore Company, Inc. TCR series: 2023=4 · 2024=15.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Whittemore Company, Inc. falls in its industry

97 Perlite, expanded, manufacturi establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Whittemore Company, Inc. (35 employees, TCR 9.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 41 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Whittemore Company, Inc. has fewer employees than the Perlite, expanded, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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
2024	15.3	12.2	5	0	0
2023	4.0	4.0	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327992 · MA · Lawrence

97 Perlite, expanded, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 77 employers in Lawrence, 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	Supreme Perlite	PORTLAND, OR	9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Silbrico Corporation - Hodgkins	HODGKINS, IL	9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	BPI, Inc. New Castle, PA	NEW CASTLE, PA	8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Silbrico Corporation - Easton	EASTON, PA	7.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Ethos Fitchburg	FITCHBURG	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Resinate, Inc. - Worcester	WORCESTER	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	TIS - MA	WESTFIELD	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Supreme Systems, Inc. NE	CHICOPEE	35 FTE
CITY-NEAR	LAWRENCE GENERAL HOSPITAL	Lawrence	1,961 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lawrence	Lawrence	730 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lawrence Manufacturing	Lawrence	728 FTE
CITY-NEAR	New Balance Athletics Lawrence Mill	Lawrence	723 FTE
NAT-TCR	Sartori Whey Converting	Plymouth, WI	9.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	The C.A. Lawton Co.	De Pere, WI	9.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bay Ready Mix of Maryland Llc	Baltimore, MD	9.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Schroeder Material Inc	Worth, IL	9.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Hoge Lumber Company	New Knoxville, OH	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Auto Additions LLC	Westerville, OH	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Norwinn Company	Galesville, WI	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Northwest Demolition & Dismantling Inc	Tigard, OR	35 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.

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