Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction · Virginia
Basic Construction Co.
Newport News, VA · ~124 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.5
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Basic Construction Co. runs at 90% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction workplace, earning a grade C.
Basic Construction Co.: 2.5 TCR = 90% of Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Basic Construction Co. safety composite
Basic Construction Co. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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).
49/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.52 per 100 workers
Safer than 57% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.15 per 100 workers
Safer than 36% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 53% 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
−1.8
2016→2023
Basic Construction Co. injury rate improved
Basic Construction Co.'s TCR fell 1.8 from 4.0 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.85× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=4.0 · 2017=1.6 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=0.8 · 2020=3.8 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=2.1
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237310 · Newport News, VA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 2.5 · 90% of ind
- DART 2.1 DART
- RANK #65/141
- PHOTO Ajax Paving
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 21 inj
- SIZE ~124 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Ajax Paving (0.0 TCR gap)
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Basic Construction Co. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Basic Construction Co.
2.5 TCR
- Ajax Paving
Ajax Paving
2.5 TCR
- Ranger Constru
Ranger Construction
2.5 TCR
- Gerken Paving,
Gerken Paving, Inc.
2.5 TCR
- SER Constructi
SER Construction Partners, LLC
2.5 TCR
What this shows Basic Construction Co. averages 2.5 TCR (90% of the Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction BLS benchmark).
Basic Construction Co. TCR series: 2016=4 · 2017=1.6 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=0.8 · 2020=3.8 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=2.1 · BLS 2.8
Where Basic Construction Co. falls in its industry
4,078 Pavement, highway, road, stree establishmentsSafer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #65 safest of 141 Pavement, highway, road, stree employers in Virginia.
Basic Construction Co. has more employees than the Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge median and a lower 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.8 | 2.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237310 · VA · Newport News
4,078 Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 330 employers in Newport News, VA · 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 | Ajax Paving | 2.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ranger Construction | 2.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Gerken Paving, Inc. | 2.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SER Construction Partners, LLC | 2.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Procon | 124 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Trivium Packaging USA, Inc. - Roanoke | 124 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | BAE Systems I&S - Chincoteague/Wallop's Island | 124 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | DOMINION ELECTRIC SUPPLY CO.,INC CHANTILLY | 124 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Newport News Shipbuilding - Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries | 24,543 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Riverside Regional Medical Center | 2,563 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Riverside Regional Medical Center-113 | 1,680 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 12490 Jefferson Ave | 1,503 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Chameleon Color Cards, Ltd. | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Western Container Corporation - Houston | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Fluid Connectors : Ravenna | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Residence Inn Greenville SC | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Hendley Communications, Inc. | 124 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hot Springs | 124 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 044-ROE Salem | 124 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Volvo Construction Equipment and Services | 124 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.