Excavation contractors · Iowa

Cole Excavating LLC

Greene, IA · ~18 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cole Excavating LLC runs at 81% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Excavation contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

Cole Excavating LLC: 2.3 TCR = 81% of Excavation contractors BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cole Excavating LLC safety composite

Cole Excavating LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% 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%).

Cole Excavating LLC held a steady TCR band

Cole Excavating LLC's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=5.7 · 2019=5.6 · 2020=4.8 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=4.2 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade C · TCR 2.3 · 81% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #13/28
  • PHOTO 4005_7748
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~18 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 4005_7748 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cole Excavating LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cole Excavating LLC averages 2.3 TCR (81% of the Excavation contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Cole Excavating LLC TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=5.7 · 2019=5.6 · 2020=4.8 · 2021=0 · 2022=4.2 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Cole Excavating LLC falls in its industry

1,750 Excavation contractors establishments

Safer than 54% 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 #13 safest of 28 Excavation contractors employers in Iowa.

Cole Excavating LLC (18 employees, TCR 2.3) 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 Cole Excavating LLC
Cole Excavating LLC (18 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Cole Excavating LLC has fewer employees than the Excavation contractors 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 4.2 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 4.8 0.0 1 0 0
2019 5.6 5.6 1 0 0
2018 5.7 5.7 1 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 · Greene

1,750 Excavation contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 4 employers in Greene, IA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR 4005_7748 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR R.M. Walsdorf INC 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ross Construction Inc 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Reno (101) 2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hatteras 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southwest Pork 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE DuPont Pioneer Orange City OCY1 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE River City Stone 18 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMERICAN TOOL & ENGINEERING, INC. 39 FTE
CITY-NEAR Greene 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR Greene-Phelps 25 FTE
NAT-TCR Ironwood Plastics 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Gastonia 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Amistad Nursing & Rehabilitation Center 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR JLS Automation 2.3 TCR

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, 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.