Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors · California

Dave Spurr Excavating, Inc.

Paso Robles, CA · ~56 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.7
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Dave Spurr Excavating, Inc. runs at 131% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Dave Spurr Excavating, Inc.: 3.7 TCR = 131% of Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dave Spurr Excavating, Inc. safety composite

Dave Spurr Excavating, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 38% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 2%), 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).

F

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 2% 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

−8.2

2018→2024

Dave Spurr Excavating, Inc. injury rate improved

Dave Spurr Excavating, Inc.'s TCR fell 8.2 from 9.8 in 2018 to 1.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 9.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=9.8 · 2019=7.1 · 2020=1.9 · 2021=3.6 · 2022=1.8 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Paso Robles, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.7 · 131% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #119/184
  • PHOTO Warrenton, VA Office
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~56 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Warrenton, VA Office (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dave Spurr Excavating, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dave Spurr Excavating, Inc. averages 3.7 TCR (131% of the Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Dave Spurr Excavating, Inc. TCR series: 2018=9.8 · 2019=7.1 · 2020=1.9 · 2021=3.6 · 2022=1.8 · 2023=0 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 2.8

Where Dave Spurr Excavating, Inc. falls in its industry

1,750 Excavating, earthmoving, or la establishments

Safer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #119 safest of 184 Excavating, earthmoving, or la employers in California.

Dave Spurr Excavating, Inc. (56 employees, TCR 3.7) 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 Dave Spurr Excavating, Inc.
Dave Spurr Excavating, Inc. (56 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Dave Spurr Excavating, Inc. has more employees than the Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearin median and a higher 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 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 1.8 1.8 1 0 0
2021 3.6 1.8 2 0 1
2020 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2019 7.1 5.3 4 0 0
2018 9.8 3.9 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · CA · Paso Robles

1,750 Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 89 employers in Paso Robles, CA · 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 Warrenton, VA Office 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cross Excavation Inc 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR PIERCE SITEWORK 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Blue Ribbon Contracting Inc 3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Wallace Brothers 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE New Sun Farms, Inc 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1624 Poole Blvd., Yuba City, CA 95993 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Copperhill 56 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 146 956 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 160 764 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pearce Services, LLC 677 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1660 Circle B Rd. Paso Robles, CA 93465 516 FTE
NAT-TCR McCartney's Inc. 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Robert Hancock & Co. 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Home Care Specialists Inc Concord 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Susquehanna Physician Services 3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Schmidt Siding and Window, Inc 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Marrs Electric LLC 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fayetteville NC 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lynchburg Women's & Pediatric Health Services 56 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, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.