Precision turned product manufacturing · Rhode Island

Whittet-Higgins Company

Central Falls, RI · ~39 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Whittet-Higgins Company runs at 188% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Precision turned product manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Whittet-Higgins Company: 6.2 TCR = 188% of Precision turned product manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Whittet-Higgins Company safety composite

Whittet-Higgins Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 22%), 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 6.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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%).

TCR Δ

−14.9

2017→2024

Whittet-Higgins Company injury rate improved

Whittet-Higgins Company's TCR fell 14.9 from 17.6 in 2017 to 2.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 23.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=17.6 · 2018=23.7 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=2.8 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=2.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332721 · Central Falls, RI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.2 · 188% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK #3/4
  • PHOTO Sterling Machine Com…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~39 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sterling Machine Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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Whittet-Higgins Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Whittet-Higgins Company averages 6.2 TCR (188% of the Precision turned product manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Whittet-Higgins Company TCR series: 2017=17.6 · 2018=23.7 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=2.8 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=0 · 2024=2.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Whittet-Higgins Company falls in its industry

464 Precision turned product manuf establishments

Safer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Rhode Island alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 Precision turned product manuf employers in Rhode Island.

Whittet-Higgins Company (39 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Whittet-Higgins Company
Whittet-Higgins Company (39 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Whittet-Higgins Company has fewer employees than the Precision turned product manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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 2.7 2.7 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2021 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 23.7 0.0 9 0 0
2017 17.6 8.8 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332721 · RI · Central Falls

464 Precision turned product manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,610 rated employers in Rhode Island with headcount on file · 6 employers in Central Falls, RI · 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 Sterling Machine Company 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Balax Inc. 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Oetiker Batavia 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gates Albert, Inc. 6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Trico Specialty Films - OBR 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gannon & Scott 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE HG774 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE 110 Warren RI 39 FTE
CITY-NEAR MURDOCK WEBBING CO., INC. 140 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rosco Manufacturing LLC 74 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stolberger Inc. dba Wardwell Braiding Co. 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR Central Falls Public Schools 38 FTE
NAT-TCR Rock River Fabrications 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Kearsley Operator LP 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Air-O-Fan Products Corp 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR AVS Installation 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hudson 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hampton Inn 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE A R Chesson Construction Co., Inc. 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Western Plains Energy, LLC 39 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.