Culverts, highway, road and street, construction · Mississippi
Burns Dirt Construction
Columbus, MS · ~60 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.1
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
Burns Dirt Construction runs at 41% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Culverts, highway, road and street, construction workplace, earning a grade A.
Burns Dirt Construction: 1.1 TCR = 41% of Culverts, highway, road and street, construction BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Burns Dirt Construction safety composite
Burns Dirt Construction scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 3%), 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).
62/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.14 per 100 workers
Safer than 81% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 81% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- F 1
Safer than 3% 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
−0.9
2016→2024
Burns Dirt Construction injury rate improved
Burns Dirt Construction's TCR fell 0.9 from 2.2 in 2016 to 1.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=2.2 · 2017=0.0 · 2024=1.3
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237310 · Columbus, MS AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 41% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #10/50
- PHOTO Gould Construction, …
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 2 inj
- SIZE ~60 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Gould Construction, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Burns Dirt Construction in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Burns Dirt Construction
1.1 TCR
- Gould Construc
Gould Construction, Inc.
1.1 TCR
- OHL USA INC- C
OHL USA INC- CA ALL locations
1.1 TCR
- California Dep
California Department of Transportation Facility 320
1.1 TCR
- Hinkle Environ
Hinkle Environmental Services, LLC.
1.1 TCR
What this shows Burns Dirt Construction averages 1.1 TCR (41% of the Culverts, highway, road and street, construction BLS benchmark).
Burns Dirt Construction TCR series: 2016=2.2 · 2017=0 · 2024=1.3 · BLS 2.8
Where Burns Dirt Construction falls in its industry
4,078 Culverts, highway, road and st establishmentsSafer than 81% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Mississippi alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 50 Culverts, highway, road and st employers in Mississippi.
Burns Dirt Construction has fewer employees than the Culverts, highway, road and street, cons 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237310 · MS · Columbus
4,078 Culverts, highway, road and street, construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,083 rated employers in Mississippi with headcount on file · 104 employers in Columbus, MS · 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 | Gould Construction, Inc. | 1.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | OHL USA INC- CA ALL locations | 1.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | California Department of Transportation Facility 320 | 1.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hinkle Environmental Services, LLC. | 1.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Forest Growout (MLO) | 60 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Pine Belt Service Center, VMC, & Substation MPC2201 | 60 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Byram Building EN7Z | 60 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lehman Roberts Co I-269 | 60 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Steel Dynamics, Inc. - Flat Roll Group - Columbus | 905 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Steel Dynamics, Inc. - FR Columbus | 753 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Paccar Engine Company | 627 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bracken Construction Company, Inc. | 376 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | D27 Columbus | 1.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Uncas International | 1.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Roberts Gordon | 1.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Aliso Viejo | 1.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Diversified Manufacturing Acquisition, Inc. | 60 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CPC Materials dba Smokey Point Concrete | 60 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | BWI | 60 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Legacy Equipment | 60 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.