Backfilling, construction · North Dakota

Asplin Excavating, Inc.

Fargo, ND · ~62 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.8
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Asplin Excavating, Inc. runs at 280% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Backfilling, construction workplace, earning a grade F.

Asplin Excavating, Inc.: 7.8 TCR = 280% of Backfilling, construction BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Asplin Excavating, Inc. safety composite

Asplin Excavating, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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).

D

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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%).

TCR Δ

−8.9

2019→2020

Asplin Excavating, Inc. injury rate improved

Asplin Excavating, Inc.'s TCR fell 8.9 from 12.3 in 2019 to 3.4 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 12.3 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=12.3 · 2020=3.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Fargo, ND ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.8 · 280% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P9
  • PHOTO Pajaro Valley laser …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~62 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pajaro Valley laser Leveling (0.0 TCR gap)

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Asplin Excavating, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Asplin Excavating, Inc. averages 7.8 TCR (280% of the Backfilling, construction BLS benchmark).

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

Asplin Excavating, Inc. TCR series: 2019=12.3 · 2020=3.4 · BLS 2.8

Where Asplin Excavating, Inc. falls in its industry

1,750 Backfilling, construction establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Asplin Excavating, Inc. (62 employees, TCR 7.8) 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 Asplin Excavating, Inc.
Asplin Excavating, Inc. (62 employees, TCR 7.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Asplin Excavating, Inc. has more employees than the Backfilling, construction 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
2020 3.4 0.0 2 0 0
2019 12.3 3.5 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · ND · Fargo

1,750 Backfilling, construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,696 rated employers in North Dakota with headcount on file · 415 employers in Fargo, ND · 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 Pajaro Valley laser Leveling 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR MP Contracting 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Diablo General Engineering 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Robles 1, LLC 7.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Innovative Basement Authority Fargo 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE L&K Electric 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE RRC - Corporate 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE General Atomics - Grand Forks - FTC 62 FTE
CITY-NEAR ND,Fargo-Medical Center-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 2,963 FTE
CITY-NEAR ND,FARGO - North Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 2,722 FTE
CITY-NEAR ND,FARGO - Fargo Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 2,568 FTE
CITY-NEAR ND,Fargo-Broadway Hospital-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 2,547 FTE
NAT-TCR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : RIC2 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Durre Bros Welding & Machine Shop, Inc. 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 1st Choice Aerospace 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Tmx2342 - East Bay Residential 7.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Willow Ridge Center 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE Miletree Center 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE Marshfield, Massachusetts (Warehouse) 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE DrilCo Schlumberger Technologies 62 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: 2020, 2019. 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.