Drywall contractors · California

Whittlesey Wallboard, Inc.

Torrance, CA · ~24 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.2
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Whittlesey Wallboard, Inc. runs at 437% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Drywall contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Whittlesey Wallboard, Inc.: 12.2 TCR = 437% of Drywall contractors BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Whittlesey Wallboard, Inc. safety composite

Whittlesey Wallboard, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% 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

−5.3

2017→2024

Whittlesey Wallboard, Inc. injury rate improved

Whittlesey Wallboard, Inc.'s TCR fell 5.3 from 13.5 in 2017 to 8.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 26.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=13.5 · 2018=26.7 · 2019=4.4 · 2020=16.4 · 2021=12.8 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=11.6 · 2024=8.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238310 · Torrance, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.2 · 437% of ind

  • DART 8.2 DART
  • RANK #215/228
  • PHOTO Momper Elkhart
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 23 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Momper Elkhart (0.0 TCR gap)

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Whittlesey Wallboard, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Whittlesey Wallboard, Inc. averages 12.2 TCR (437% of the Drywall contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Whittlesey Wallboard, Inc. TCR series: 2017=13.5 · 2018=26.7 · 2019=4.4 · 2020=16.4 · 2021=12.8 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=11.6 · 2024=8.2 · BLS 2.8

Where Whittlesey Wallboard, Inc. falls in its industry

1,613 Drywall contractors establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #215 safest of 228 Drywall contractors employers in California.

Whittlesey Wallboard, Inc. (24 employees, TCR 12.2) 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 Whittlesey Wallboard, Inc.
Whittlesey Wallboard, Inc. (24 employees, TCR 12.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Whittlesey Wallboard, Inc. has fewer employees than the Drywall contractors median and a higher 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 8.2 8.2 2 0 0
2023 11.6 3.9 3 0 0
2022 4.3 4.3 1 0 0
2021 12.8 12.8 3 0 0
2020 16.4 16.4 4 0 0
2019 4.4 4.4 1 0 0
2018 26.7 26.7 6 0 0
2017 13.5 13.5 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238310 · CA · Torrance

1,613 Drywall contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 332 employers in Torrance, CA · 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 Momper Elkhart 12.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pro Wall Lath & Plaster 12.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pro Wall Lath and Plaster Inc 12.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR All Star Energy Inc/ Home Comfort 12.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Agro-Jal Farming Enterprises 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE MTD Farms 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Marc Pura Ranch, LLC 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Costa Farms 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR Harbor-UCLA Medical Center 4,144 FTE
CITY-NEAR Torrance Memorial Medical Center 3,808 FTE
CITY-NEAR Los Angeles 3,229 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 494 2,621 FTE
NAT-TCR Trader Joe's 0087 N. Scottsdale 12.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Presby Construction Inc. 12.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Commercial Grounds 12.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Whitehall Store 12.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sutherlands Home Base - Mineral Wells 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Blythewood Crew Quarters 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aiken Substation/Transmission 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE West Palm Beach WPB 24 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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