Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors · Massachusetts
W.L. French Excavating Corp
North Billerica, MA · ~210 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.5
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
W.L. French Excavating Corp runs at 89% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors workplace, earning a grade C.
W.L. French Excavating Corp: 2.5 TCR = 89% of Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
W.L. French Excavating Corp safety composite
W.L. French Excavating Corp scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 34%), 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).
45/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 2.5 per 100 workers
Safer than 50% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 1.99 per 100 workers
Safer than 34% 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%).
Rising injury rate
W.L. French Excavating Corp: 1.9 → 2.4 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 5.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.8× in 2023
W.L. French Excavating Corp's TCR rose 0.5 from 1.9 in 2017 to 2.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 5.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.8× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 238910 · North Billerica, MA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 2.5 · 89% of ind
- DART 2.0 DART
- RANK #27/56
- PHOTO Heavy Equipment Rent…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 41 inj
- SIZE ~210 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Heavy Equipment Rental, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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W.L. French Excavating Corp in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
W.L. French Excavating Corp
2.5 TCR
- Heavy Equipmen
Heavy Equipment Rental, Inc.
2.5 TCR
- ICS MATERIALS,
ICS MATERIALS, INC.
2.5 TCR
- Nichols
Nichols
2.5 TCR
- AED - Youngsto
AED - Youngstown
2.5 TCR
What this shows W.L. French Excavating Corp averages 2.5 TCR (89% of the Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors BLS benchmark).
W.L. French Excavating Corp TCR series: 2017=1.9 · 2018=1.2 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=0.8 · 2021=5 · 2022=3.2 · 2023=2.4 · BLS 2.8
Where W.L. French Excavating Corp falls in its industry
1,750 Excavating, earthmoving, or la establishmentsSafer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.
Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 56 Excavating, earthmoving, or la employers in Massachusetts.
W.L. French Excavating Corp has more 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.0 | 3.2 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
238910 · MA · North Billerica
1,750 Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 29 employers in North Billerica, MA · 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 | Heavy Equipment Rental, Inc. | 2.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ICS MATERIALS, INC. | 2.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Nichols | 2.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | AED - Youngstown | 2.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Main office | 210 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Master Millwork LLC | 210 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 00 Milford EM | 210 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 10222 Swampscott | 210 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | All Divisions | 595 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Billerica | 265 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Teledyne FLIR Billerica | 264 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6458-ZNBI | 239 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | University Subaru Inc | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Seattle Safety | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | NeCo Seed Farms, Inc | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cabinetworks Group | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Webco Industries - Mannford Speciality Tube | 210 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Highland Management Group Inc. | 210 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Atlas Roofing Corporation | 210 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Munters Selma | 210 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.