Construction management, power and communication transmission line · North Dakota

Central Trenching Inc.

Name: Central Trenching Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Minot, ND · ~69 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 6.3
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Central Trenching Inc. runs at 226% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Construction management, power and communication transmission line workplace, earning a grade F.

Central Trenching Inc.: 6.3 TCR = 226% of Construction management, power and communication transmission line BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Central Trenching Inc. safety composite

Central Trenching Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 12%), 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).

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers
DART rate: F 5.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% 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

Central Trenching Inc.: 2.2 → 12.6 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 12.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.85× in 2019

Central Trenching Inc.'s TCR rose 10.4 from 2.2 in 2016 to 12.6 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0.85× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237130 · Minot, ND ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.3 · 226% of ind

DART 5.4 DART
RANK #9/9
PHOTO 460
BOOK 4y book
INJ 16 inj
SIZE ~69 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 460 (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Central Trenching Inc. averages 6.3 TCR (226% of the Construction management, power and communication transmission line BLS benchmark).

Central Trenching Inc. TCR series: 2016=2.2 · 2017=2.2 · 2018=8.3 · 2019=12.6 · BLS 2.8

Where Central Trenching Inc. falls in its industry

1,605 Construction management, power establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 9 Construction management, power employers in North Dakota.

Central Trenching Inc. (69 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Central Trenching Inc. has fewer employees than the Construction management, power and commu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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
2019	12.6	5.4	7
2018	8.3	5.0	5
2017	2.2	0.0	2
2016	2.2	0.0	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237130 · ND · Minot

1,605 Construction management, power and communication transmission line employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,696 rated employers in North Dakota with headcount on file · 96 employers in Minot, ND · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	460	ORLANDO, FL	6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	LC046 - Chesapeake VA	CHESAPEAKE, VA	6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	GS500 - GSU - Sacramento	SACRAMENTO, CA	6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ottertail Power - Coyote	BEULAH, ND	6.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Performance Contractors, Inc. - Marathon Dickinson	DICKINSON	69 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Sungold - Horace	HORACE	69 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Border States Electric - Fargo	FARGO	69 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Coca - Cola Bottling Company High Country - Grand Forks	GRAND FORKS	69 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch	Minot	500 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 1636	Minot	445 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1636	Minot	404 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Kalix	Minot	355 FTE
NAT-TCR	KD-Lamp Company	Andover, OH	6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Benton County Health Center	Corvallis, OR	6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Kentucky Ave Plant	Indianapolis, IN	6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Jordan Valley West Campus	West Jordan, UT	6.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Pageland Hatchery	Pageland, SC	69 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Woodview Assisted Living	Fort Wayne, IN	69 FTE
NAT-SIZE	MODUSERVE	Houston, TX	69 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Chadwick Service Company	Bensalem, PA	69 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.