Trucking, general freight, local · Maine
W.T. Gardner & Sons, Inc
Chester, ME · ~64 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.3
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
W.T. Gardner & Sons, Inc runs at 140% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Trucking, general freight, local workplace, earning a grade D.
W.T. Gardner & Sons, Inc: 6.3 TCR = 140% of Trucking, general freight, local BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
W.T. Gardner & Sons, Inc safety composite
W.T. Gardner & Sons, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 33%), 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)
- F 6.28 per 100 workers
Safer than 33% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.71 per 100 workers
Safer than 53% 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%).
Rising injury rate
W.T. Gardner & Sons, Inc: 1.6 → 9.5 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 10.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.43× in 2021
W.T. Gardner & Sons, Inc's TCR rose 7.8 from 1.6 in 2017 to 9.5 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 10.9 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 484110 · Chester, ME ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 6.3 · 140% of ind
- DART 2.7 DART
- RANK #5/15
- PHOTO Walsh Southern
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 23 inj
- SIZE ~64 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Walsh Southern (0.0 TCR gap)
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W.T. Gardner & Sons, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
W.T. Gardner & Sons, Inc
6.3 TCR
- Walsh Southern
Walsh Southern
6.3 TCR
- NFI Interactiv
NFI Interactive Logistics, LLC-125 Capital Road
6.3 TCR
- PTP Transport,
PTP Transport, LLC
6.3 TCR
- Agile Transpor
Agile Transportation, Inc.
6.3 TCR
What this shows W.T. Gardner & Sons, Inc averages 6.3 TCR (140% of the Trucking, general freight, local BLS benchmark).
W.T. Gardner & Sons, Inc TCR series: 2017=1.6 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=10.9 · 2020=5.1 · 2021=9.5 · BLS 4.5
Where W.T. Gardner & Sons, Inc falls in its industry
2,784 Trucking, general freight, loc establishmentsSafer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.
Narrower to Maine alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 15 Trucking, general freight, loc employers in Maine.
W.T. Gardner & Sons, Inc has more employees than the Trucking, general freight, local median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 9.5 | 2.7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.1 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 10.9 | 6.8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.2 | 1.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
484110 · ME · Chester
2,784 Trucking, general freight, local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,397 rated employers in Maine with headcount on file · 8 employers in Chester, ME · 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 | Walsh Southern | 6.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | NFI Interactive Logistics, LLC-125 Capital Road | 6.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | PTP Transport, LLC | 6.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Agile Transportation, Inc. | 6.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Robin A. Crawford & Son Woods | 64 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | KMK Construction Inc. | 64 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Wyman and Simpson Inc. | 64 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Roofing Systems of Maine, A Tecta America Company | 64 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Treeline Inc. | 78 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WT Gardner & Sons Inc | 61 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Gardner Logging Services Inc | 29 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | DBI | 24 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Groton Community Health Care Center, Inc | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Staples La Mirada PSO | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Emerald Shores Health and Rehabilitation | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sodexo at Bridgewater State Flynn Dining | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | MGM Brakes - Cloverdale | 64 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Burts Construction, Inc. | 64 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Headquarters | 64 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Methodist Hospital of Sacramento EM | 64 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.