Road construction · Colorado

Colorado Asphalt Works Inc

Name: Colorado Asphalt Works Inc Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Commerce City, CO · ~44 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 1.6
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Colorado Asphalt Works Inc runs at 56% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Road construction workplace, earning a grade B.

Colorado Asphalt Works Inc: 1.6 TCR = 56% of Road construction BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Colorado Asphalt Works Inc safety composite

Colorado Asphalt Works Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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).

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 1.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−3.1

2019→2020

Colorado Asphalt Works Inc injury rate improved

Colorado Asphalt Works Inc's TCR fell 3.1 from 3.1 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.1 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=3.1 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237310 · Commerce City, CO AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.6 · 56% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #31/85
PHOTO Plote Construction I…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Plote Construction Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Colorado Asphalt Works Inc averages 1.6 TCR (56% of the Road construction BLS benchmark).

Colorado Asphalt Works Inc TCR series: 2019=3.1 · 2020=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Colorado Asphalt Works Inc falls in its industry

4,078 Road construction establishments

Safer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #31 safest of 85 Road construction employers in Colorado.

Colorado Asphalt Works Inc (44 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Colorado Asphalt Works Inc has fewer employees than the Road construction 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
2020	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2019	3.1	3.1	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237310 · CO · Commerce City

4,078 Road construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 175 employers in Commerce City, CO · 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	Plote Construction Inc.	HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Central Tennessee Area	SMYRNA, TN	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	90009090 W28th Street Substation	NEW YORK, NY	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	HB Farmer Foundation	HOUSTON, TX	1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	H2I Group, Inc. - Englewood	ENGLEWOOD	44 FTE
STATE-SIZE	White Construction Group	CASTLE ROCK	44 FTE
STATE-SIZE	United Pipeline Systems - Durango	DURANGO	44 FTE
STATE-SIZE	SunTalk	DENVER	44 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CODEN - COMMERCE CITY	Commerce City	3,388 FTE
CITY-NEAR	COMMERCE CITY (CODEN)	Commerce City	3,174 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Q3 Contracting Inc	Commerce City	593 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Amazon.com Services LLC - BDU5	Commerce City	581 FTE
NAT-TCR	Dutton-Lainson Corporate/Wholesale/Cornhusker Press	Hastings, NE	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Nissin Brake Ohio	Findlay, OH	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Dickinson District	Dickinson, ND	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	FEBCON Inc.	Flushing, MI	1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Crestview Center	Shelbyville, KY	44 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Colonial Center	Bowling Green, KY	44 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Krenz & Company, Inc	Germantown, WI	44 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Amston Supply	Caledonia, WI	44 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: 2020, 2019. 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.