Backfilling, construction · Tennessee
Blount Excavating
Maryville, TN · ~101 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.4
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Blount Excavating runs at 49% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Backfilling, construction workplace, earning a grade A.
Blount Excavating: 1.4 TCR = 49% of Backfilling, construction BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Blount Excavating safety composite
Blount Excavating scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 31%), 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).
53/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 1.38 per 100 workers
Safer than 74% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.33 per 100 workers
Safer than 31% 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
Blount Excavating: 1.1 → 3.1 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 3.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.69× in 2024
Blount Excavating's TCR rose 2.0 from 1.1 in 2017 to 3.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 238910 · Maryville, TN AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 49% of ind
- DART 2.3 DART
- RANK #8/37
- PHOTO Bloomsdale Excavatin…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 12 inj
- SIZE ~101 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Bloomsdale Excavating Co., Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Blount Excavating in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Blount Excavating
1.4 TCR
- Bloomsdale Exc
Bloomsdale Excavating Co., Inc.
1.4 TCR
- Kentwood Excav
Kentwood Excavating Inc.
1.4 TCR
- M. Sullivan Co
M. Sullivan Construction
1.4 TCR
- Taylor's Excav
Taylor's Excavators
1.4 TCR
What this shows Blount Excavating averages 1.4 TCR (49% of the Backfilling, construction BLS benchmark).
Blount Excavating TCR series: 2017=1.1 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=1 · 2020=0 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=0.9 · 2023=0.9 · 2024=3.1 · BLS 2.8
Where Blount Excavating falls in its industry
1,750 Backfilling, construction establishmentsSafer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 37 Backfilling, construction employers in Tennessee.
Blount Excavating has more employees than the Backfilling, construction 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 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
238910 · TN · Maryville
1,750 Backfilling, construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 79 employers in Maryville, TN · 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 | Bloomsdale Excavating Co., Inc. | 1.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Kentwood Excavating Inc. | 1.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | M. Sullivan Construction | 1.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Taylor's Excavators | 1.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Watts Bar Nuclear Gnerating Station _SGRP | 101 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | J A Street and Associates | 101 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | LAKEWAY CONTAINER, INC | 101 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Caraustar Kingston Springs Carton Plant | 101 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | DENSO Manufacturing Tennessee, Inc. | 4,655 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Denso Manufacturing Tennessee, Inc.- DMTN | 4,498 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Blount Memorial Hospital | 2,046 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Clayton Homes | 1,919 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Riverton 1224 | 1.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Stress-Tek | 1.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Chromalloy Arizona | 1.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bastian Robotics | 1.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Lindsay Precast Inc | 101 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Dayton Superior Corporation Braselton | 101 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 10009 Mill Valley | 101 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sodexo at Ferries | 101 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.