Backfilling, construction · Iowa

Bushman Excavating, Inc

Fairfax, IA · ~23 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bushman Excavating, Inc runs at 44% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Backfilling, construction workplace, earning a grade A.

Bushman Excavating, Inc: 1.2 TCR = 44% of Backfilling, construction BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bushman Excavating, Inc safety composite

Bushman Excavating, Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% 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).

C

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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%).

Bushman Excavating, Inc held a steady TCR band

Bushman Excavating, Inc's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 7.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=7.3 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Fairfax, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 44% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/28
  • PHOTO Phillips and Jordan,…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Phillips and Jordan, Inc./ Lower Bois D'Arc Dam Project (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bushman Excavating, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bushman Excavating, Inc averages 1.2 TCR (44% of the Backfilling, construction BLS benchmark).

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

Bushman Excavating, Inc TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=7.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Bushman Excavating, Inc falls in its industry

1,750 Backfilling, construction establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 28 Backfilling, construction employers in Iowa.

Bushman Excavating, Inc (23 employees, TCR 1.2) 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 Bushman Excavating, Inc
Bushman Excavating, Inc (23 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Bushman Excavating, Inc has fewer 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 7.3 7.3 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · IA · Fairfax

1,750 Backfilling, construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 3 employers in Fairfax, IA · 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 Phillips and Jordan, Inc./ Lower Bois D'Arc Dam Project 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Renascent Inc. 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Burford Construction South Carolina Statewide Operations 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Young and McQueen Grading Company Inc 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Remsen Farmers Coop 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE M L Kapp Power Station 2 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Marshalltown Gen Station 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Ames - Electric Distribution 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Advanced Traffic Control, Inc. 46 FTE
CITY-NEAR K & B Ag Supply 21 FTE
NAT-TCR International Paper Company 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR BC Supply 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Precision Strip, Inc. Woodburn 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR A.N. Webber, Inc. - El Paso 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hilliard, FL 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Monical's Pizza Knoxville 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Monical's Pizza Rantoul 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sylacauga Alabama Plant 23 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, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.