Grading construction sites · California

Appian Engineering Inc.

San Jose, CA · ~23 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Appian Engineering Inc. runs at 176% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Grading construction sites workplace, earning a grade D.

Appian Engineering Inc.: 4.9 TCR = 176% of Grading construction sites BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Appian Engineering Inc. safety composite

Appian Engineering Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% 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).

F

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
F 12.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% 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

Appian Engineering Inc.: 4.3 → 12.3 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 12.3 TCR · DART/TCR 2.5× in 2021

Appian Engineering Inc.'s TCR rose 8.0 from 4.3 in 2016 to 12.3 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 2.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · San Jose, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 176% of ind

  • DART 12.3 DART
  • RANK #140/184
  • PHOTO Ed's Drilling & Blas…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ed's Drilling & Blasting Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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Appian Engineering Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Appian Engineering Inc. averages 4.9 TCR (176% of the Grading construction sites BLS benchmark).

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

Appian Engineering Inc. TCR series: 2016=4.3 · 2017=3.9 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=9 · 2021=12.3 · BLS 2.8

Where Appian Engineering Inc. falls in its industry

1,750 Grading construction sites establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #140 safest of 184 Grading construction sites employers in California.

Appian Engineering Inc. (23 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 050100150200250 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Appian Engineering Inc.
Appian Engineering Inc. (23 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Appian Engineering Inc. has fewer employees than the Grading construction sites 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
2021 12.3 12.3 1 1 0
2020 9.0 4.5 2 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 3.9 3.9 1 0 0
2016 4.3 4.3 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · CA · San Jose

1,750 Grading construction sites employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 1,102 employers in San Jose, 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 Ed's Drilling & Blasting Company 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Robles 1 Demolition, LLC 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR RE Miller and Sons 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Clary's Sitework 4.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE James Diedrich Farms 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tri-Fanucchi Farms,LLC 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE KAN2 - 04 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kyer Farms 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2636-CALIFORNIA.SAN JOSE 11,308 FTE
CITY-NEAR Santa Clara Valley Healthcare, Valley Medical Center (Hospital & Clinics) 7,299 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rosendin - Main 6,964 FTE
CITY-NEAR Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC & Clinics) 6,576 FTE
NAT-TCR 49351c - Olympia Dc 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Simmons Hazelton 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Edison Public Schools 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Universal Linen Services - Louisville/Lodging 4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Smithville DFM 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Castleton Square Mall 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Franklin South 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #5257 Livingston, NJ 23 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.