Aerial or picker truck, construction, rental with operator · Texas

Dale Lowden Excavating LLC

San Marcos, TX · ~124 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dale Lowden Excavating LLC runs at 45% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Aerial or picker truck, construction, rental with operator workplace, earning a grade A.

Dale Lowden Excavating LLC: 1.3 TCR = 45% of Aerial or picker truck, construction, rental with operator BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dale Lowden Excavating LLC safety composite

Dale Lowden Excavating LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 45%), 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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.9

2020→2024

Dale Lowden Excavating LLC injury rate improved

Dale Lowden Excavating LLC's TCR fell 2.9 from 3.9 in 2020 to 1.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 3.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.84× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=3.9 · 2021=0.7 · 2022=0.6 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · San Marcos, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 45% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #62/147
  • PHOTO Bill Whitters Constr…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~124 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bill Whitters Construction Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dale Lowden Excavating LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dale Lowden Excavating LLC averages 1.3 TCR (45% of the Aerial or picker truck, construction, rental with operator BLS benchmark).

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

Dale Lowden Excavating LLC TCR series: 2020=3.9 · 2021=0.7 · 2022=0.6 · 2023=0 · 2024=1.1 · BLS 2.8

Where Dale Lowden Excavating LLC falls in its industry

1,750 Aerial or picker truck, constr establishments

Safer than 77% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #62 safest of 147 Aerial or picker truck, constr employers in Texas.

Dale Lowden Excavating LLC (124 employees, TCR 1.3) 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 Dale Lowden Excavating LLC
Dale Lowden Excavating LLC (124 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Dale Lowden Excavating LLC has more employees than the Aerial or picker truck, construction, re 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 1.1 1.1 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.6 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.7 0.7 1 0 0
2020 3.9 3.9 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · TX · San Marcos

1,750 Aerial or picker truck, construction, rental with operator employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 141 employers in San Marcos, TX · 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 Bill Whitters Construction Company 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Border Demolition & Environmental, Inc. 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tim Klenck Demolition, LLC 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR DiGregorio Corporation 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Citadel Drilling Ltd 124 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cisco Logistics 124 FTE
STATE-SIZE CenterPoint Energy - Bellaire 124 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stoneridge Solar 124 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : SAT2 3,434 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - SAT2 2,819 FTE
CITY-NEAR 80715-RETAIL SUPPORT CENTER-SM 680 FTE
CITY-NEAR Central Texas Medical Center 592 FTE
NAT-TCR NG Ancona (Streator) Storage Station 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Western Specialty Contractors - Charlotte 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR AAL 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Dennis Concrete Service, INC. 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pittston Distribution Center 124 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wheatland Village 124 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of Loves Park 124 FTE
NAT-SIZE Station 6-1 Central Mat-Su PSB 124 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, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.