Construction management, water and sewer line · Michigan
Balkema Excavating, Inc
Kalamazoo, MI · ~89 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 11.1
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Balkema Excavating, Inc runs at 395% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Construction management, water and sewer line workplace, earning a grade F.
Balkema Excavating, Inc: 11.1 TCR = 395% of Construction management, water and sewer line BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Balkema Excavating, Inc safety composite
Balkema Excavating, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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).
17/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 11.07 per 100 workers
Safer than 4% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7.81 per 100 workers
Safer than 6% 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
Balkema Excavating, Inc: 4.7 → 10.9 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 42.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.71× in 2024
Balkema Excavating, Inc's TCR rose 6.3 from 4.7 in 2017 to 10.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 42.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.71× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237110 · Kalamazoo, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 11.1 · 395% of ind
- DART 7.8 DART
- RANK #32/35
- PHOTO Soos Creek Water & S…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 44 inj
- SIZE ~89 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Soos Creek Water & Sewer District (0.0 TCR gap)
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Balkema Excavating, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Balkema Excavating, Inc
11.1 TCR
- Hydro Resource
Hydro Resources, MDC Sunray
11.1 TCR
- FRAZEE CONSTRU
FRAZEE CONSTRUCTION
11.1 TCR
- Staab Construc
Staab Construction Corporation
11.1 TCR
- Soos Creek Wat
Soos Creek Water & Sewer District
11 TCR
What this shows Balkema Excavating, Inc averages 11.1 TCR (395% of the Construction management, water and sewer line BLS benchmark).
Balkema Excavating, Inc TCR series: 2017=4.7 · 2018=5.2 · 2019=4.7 · 2020=7.3 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=42.1 · 2024=10.9 · BLS 2.8
Where Balkema Excavating, Inc falls in its industry
1,614 Construction management, water establishmentsSafer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #32 safest of 35 Construction management, water employers in Michigan.
Balkema Excavating, Inc has more employees than the Construction management, water and sewer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10.9 | 7.8 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 42.1 | 8.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 7.3 | 6.4 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.7 | 1.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237110 · MI · Kalamazoo
1,614 Construction management, water and sewer line employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 353 employers in Kalamazoo, MI · 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 | Soos Creek Water & Sewer District | 11.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hydro Resources, MDC Sunray | 11.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | FRAZEE CONSTRUCTION | 11.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Staab Construction Corporation | 11.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | West Branch SC | 89 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | City of Kalamazoo-Public Services-Harrison | 89 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 28_22 | 89 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Knouse Foods Coop, Inc - Paw Paw, Mi | 89 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bronson Methodist Hospital | 4,909 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Pfizer Kalamazoo - Portage Road | 3,201 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Stryker Instruments | 2,240 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1855-MIKAL1 | 2,103 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Fort Morgan Facility | 11.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | LP Louisville Quinn Drive, LLC-- Rockford | 11.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bethesda Gardens | 11.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Commonwealth Senior Living at Farnham | 11.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Bud of California Broccoli | 89 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | City of Kingman Public Works | 89 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Beekley Corporation | 89 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Main Office | 89 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.