Excavation contractors · Indiana

B.L. Brown Construction & Excavation, Inc.

Pendleton, IN · ~26 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

B.L. Brown Construction & Excavation, Inc. runs at 116% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Excavation contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

B.L. Brown Construction & Excavation, Inc.: 3.3 TCR = 116% of Excavation contractors BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

B.L. Brown Construction & Excavation, Inc. safety composite

B.L. Brown Construction & Excavation, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 38%), 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).

C

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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

−4.8

2017→2024

B.L. Brown Construction & Excavation, Inc. injury rate improved

B.L. Brown Construction & Excavation, Inc.'s TCR fell 4.8 from 4.8 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 7.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.8 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=7.3 · 2022=7.0 · 2023=6.9 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Pendleton, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 116% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #31/39
  • PHOTO Civil Werx LLC
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Civil Werx LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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B.L. Brown Construction & Excavation, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows B.L. Brown Construction & Excavation, Inc. averages 3.3 TCR (116% of the Excavation contractors BLS benchmark).

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

B.L. Brown Construction & Excavation, Inc. TCR series: 2017=4.8 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=7.3 · 2022=7 · 2023=6.9 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where B.L. Brown Construction & Excavation, Inc. falls in its industry

1,750 Excavation contractors establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #31 safest of 39 Excavation contractors employers in Indiana.

B.L. Brown Construction & Excavation, Inc. (26 employees, TCR 3.3) 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 B.L. Brown Construction & Excavation, Inc.
B.L. Brown Construction & Excavation, Inc. (26 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

B.L. Brown Construction & Excavation, Inc. has fewer employees than the Excavation contractors 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 6.9 0.0 2 0 0
2022 7.0 0.0 2 0 0
2021 7.3 3.6 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 4.8 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · IN · Pendleton

1,750 Excavation contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 21 employers in Pendleton, IN · 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 Civil Werx LLC 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Morgan Inc 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lien Transportation Company 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Omni Contracting Solutions 3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Danville 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Whitewater Valley REMC 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Franklin(Pwr Del-IN) 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southern Indiana Power 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tractor Supply Company Distribution Center 0114 500 FTE
CITY-NEAR DC 0114 453 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rawlins House 129 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fredericks Inc 85 FTE
NAT-TCR Designer's Press LLC. dba Sandy Alexander 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Bradford & Bigelow, Inc. 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Saputo Cheese Newman 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR ELPRO Services, Inc. 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Superior Environmental Solutions Toledo 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Superior Environmental Solutions Chicago 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Blind Ambitions Tampa 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shannon Precision Fastener - Holly Manufacturing 26 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.