Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction · Colorado

Backhoe Excavating, Inc.

Name: Backhoe Excavating, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Firestone, CO · ~17 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 6.3
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 2
Fatalities

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The verdict

Backhoe Excavating, Inc. runs at 226% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction workplace, earning a grade F.

Backhoe Excavating, Inc.: 6.3 TCR = 226% of Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Backhoe Excavating, Inc. safety composite

Backhoe Excavating, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 0%), 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).

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers
Fatalities: F 2

Safer than 0% 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

−12.7

2019→2020

Backhoe Excavating, Inc. injury rate improved

Backhoe Excavating, Inc.'s TCR fell 12.7 from 12.7 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 12.7 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=12.7 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237110 · Firestone, CO ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.3 · 226% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #56/69
PHOTO Watson Ag Irrigation
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~17 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Watson Ag Irrigation (0.0 TCR gap)

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6.3
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6.3
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6.3
MARINSHIP DEVE

6.3
Canby Excavati

6.3

What this shows Backhoe Excavating, Inc. averages 6.3 TCR (226% of the Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction BLS benchmark).

Backhoe Excavating, Inc. TCR series: 2019=12.7 · 2020=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Backhoe Excavating, Inc. falls in its industry

1,614 Utility line (i.e., sewer, wat establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #56 safest of 69 Utility line (i.e., sewer, wat employers in Colorado.

Backhoe Excavating, Inc. (17 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Backhoe Excavating, Inc. has fewer employees than the Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), const median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2019	12.7	0.0	2	0	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237110 · CO · Firestone

1,614 Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 10 employers in Firestone, CO · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Watson Ag Irrigation	CARUTHERS, CA	6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	PKG Contracting, Inc	FARGO, ND	6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	MARINSHIP DEVELOPMENT INTEREST, LLC	SAN FRANCISCO, CA	6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Canby Excavating, Inc.	AURORA, OR	6.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Platteville Dairy	GILL	17 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Intermountain Rural Electric Association-Woodland Park	WOODLAND PARK	17 FTE
STATE-SIZE	San Isabel Electric Association- Bear Creek	WALSENBURG	17 FTE
STATE-SIZE	DSP Builders, Inc.	DENVER	17 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Firestone (82)	Firestone	341 FTE
CITY-NEAR	620-00105	Firestone	185 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SWY-0005-0005-01828 FAC-01828-FIRESTONE-CO	Firestone	115 FTE
CITY-NEAR	6400-SWY-0005-0005-01828	Firestone	111 FTE
NAT-TCR	Schayes, Inc dba New York Sash	Whitesboro, NY	6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	11 Ceres	Ceres, CA	6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bi-State Construction Co., Inc., Easton, PA	Easton, PA	6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hanover	Mechanicsville, VA	6.3 TCR

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.