Sewer main, pipe and connection, construction · Virginia

C.T. Purcell Excavating, Inc.

Montpelier, VA · ~49 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

C.T. Purcell Excavating, Inc. runs at 124% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Sewer main, pipe and connection, construction workplace, earning a grade D.

C.T. Purcell Excavating, Inc.: 3.5 TCR = 124% of Sewer main, pipe and connection, construction BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

C.T. Purcell Excavating, Inc. safety composite

C.T. Purcell Excavating, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 43%), 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

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

C.T. Purcell Excavating, Inc.: 0.0 → 4.8 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 6.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

C.T. Purcell Excavating, Inc.'s TCR rose 4.8 from 0.0 in 2021 to 4.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237110 · Montpelier, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.5 · 124% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #26/48
  • PHOTO Central Backhoe & Ut…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~49 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Central Backhoe & Utilities, Ltd. (0.0 TCR gap)

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C.T. Purcell Excavating, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows C.T. Purcell Excavating, Inc. averages 3.5 TCR (124% of the Sewer main, pipe and connection, construction BLS benchmark).

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

C.T. Purcell Excavating, Inc. TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=6.4 · 2024=4.8 · BLS 2.8

Where C.T. Purcell Excavating, Inc. falls in its industry

1,614 Sewer main, pipe and connectio establishments

Safer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #26 safest of 48 Sewer main, pipe and connectio employers in Virginia.

C.T. Purcell Excavating, Inc. (49 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate C.T. Purcell Excavating, Inc.
C.T. Purcell Excavating, Inc. (49 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0

C.T. Purcell Excavating, Inc. has fewer employees than the Sewer main, pipe and connection, constru median and a higher 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 4.8 0.0 3 0 0
2023 6.4 1.6 4 0 0
2022 2.7 0.0 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237110 · VA · Montpelier

1,614 Sewer main, pipe and connection, construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 5 employers in Montpelier, VA · 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 Central Backhoe & Utilities, Ltd. 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Universal/Land Construction Co. 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rule Construction, Ltd. 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR TAM Enterprises Inc 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Aarons Creek Farms Inc. 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Power Services : OM - Birchwood Power Partners, VA, USA 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE WDC 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE SERVICEMASTER OF SHENANDOAH VALLEY, INC. 49 FTE
CITY-NEAR 02663 - STORE # 2663 MONTPELIER 89 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2663 82 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bell Nursery - Montpelier 51 FTE
CITY-NEAR C.T. Purcell Inc. 50 FTE
NAT-TCR Courtyard by Marriott Des Moines West/Jordan Creek - NVN WDM, LLC 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Paul Crandall & Associates, Inc 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Fleenor Paper Company 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Martin Sprocket & Gear 05 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Argentum Medical LLC 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Excal-Inc. 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE DDB Unlimited, Inc. 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corporate Office 49 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, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.