Aerial or picker truck, construction, rental with operator · Illinois
Berger Excavating Contractors
Wauconda, IL · ~161 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.0
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Berger Excavating Contractors runs at 34% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Aerial or picker truck, construction, rental with operator workplace, earning a grade A.
Berger Excavating Contractors: 1.0 TCR = 34% of Aerial or picker truck, construction, rental with operator BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Berger Excavating Contractors safety composite
Berger Excavating Contractors scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).
74/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 0.96 per 100 workers
Safer than 85% 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
−0.8
2016→2024
Berger Excavating Contractors injury rate improved
Berger Excavating Contractors's TCR fell 0.8 from 1.4 in 2016 to 0.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 2.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=1.4 · 2017=0.8 · 2018=0.6 · 2019=0.6 · 2020=1.1 · 2021=0.6 · 2022=2.0 · 2023=1.0 · 2024=0.6
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 238910 · Wauconda, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 34% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #13/52
- PHOTO Neuber Environmental…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 15 inj
- SIZE ~161 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Neuber Environmental Services, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Berger Excavating Contractors in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Berger Excavating Contractors
1 TCR
- Neuber Environ
Neuber Environmental Services, Inc.
1 TCR
- Northern Clear
Northern Clearing Inc.
1 TCR
- DL George and
DL George and Sons Construction
1 TCR
- 3E Contracting
3E Contracting, LLC
1 TCR
What this shows Berger Excavating Contractors averages 1.0 TCR (34% of the Aerial or picker truck, construction, rental with operator BLS benchmark).
Berger Excavating Contractors TCR series: 2016=1.4 · 2017=0.8 · 2018=0.6 · 2019=0.6 · 2020=1.1 · 2021=0.6 · 2022=2 · 2023=1 · 2024=0.6 · BLS 2.8
Where Berger Excavating Contractors falls in its industry
1,750 Aerial or picker truck, constr establishmentsSafer than 85% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 52 Aerial or picker truck, constr employers in Illinois.
Berger Excavating Contractors has more employees than the Aerial or picker truck, construction, re median and a lower 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
238910 · IL · Wauconda
1,750 Aerial or picker truck, construction, rental with operator employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 46 employers in Wauconda, IL · 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 | Neuber Environmental Services, Inc. | 1.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Northern Clearing Inc. | 1.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | DL George and Sons Construction | 1.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 3E Contracting, LLC | 1.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Feldco - Headquarters | 161 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Woods Basement Systems, Inc. | 161 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Trim-Rite Food Corporation | 161 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Givaudan Flavors - Carol Stream | 161 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Synergy Flavors, Inc. | 224 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Acres Group - Wauconda facility | 215 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Wauconda, IL | 157 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Fidelitone - 1260 Wauconda | 151 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | DRDC | 1.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | James C. Cushman, Inc. | 1.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 1.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | OMNI IPW Warehouse | 1.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 9347 - CNBC Printing Services | 161 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 1327 - Scottsdale Road | 161 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 0623 - Toledo Monroe Street | 161 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 0365 - Okemos | 161 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.