Aerial or picker truck, construction, rental with operator · Ohio
Degen Excavating Company, Inc.
Lima, OH · ~48 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.3
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Degen Excavating Company, Inc. runs at 9% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Aerial or picker truck, construction, rental with operator workplace, earning a grade A.
Degen Excavating Company, Inc.: 0.3 TCR = 9% of Aerial or picker truck, construction, rental with operator BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Degen Excavating Company, Inc. safety composite
Degen Excavating Company, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 99% 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).
80/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.26 per 100 workers
Safer than 99% 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%).
Degen Excavating Company, Inc. held a steady TCR band
Degen Excavating Company, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 2.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=0.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=2.3 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 238910 · Lima, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 0.3 · 9% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #5/63
- PHOTO Plateau Excavation, …
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 1 inj
- SIZE ~48 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Plateau Excavation, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)
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Degen Excavating Company, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site 0.3
Degen Excavating Company, Inc.
0.3 TCR
- Plateau Excava 0.3
Plateau Excavation, Inc
0.3 TCR
- WM. J. Keller 0.3
WM. J. Keller & Sons Construction Corp.
0.3 TCR
- Brazos M&E 0.3
Brazos M&E
0.3 TCR
- Cleland Site P 0.2
Cleland Site Prep, Inc
0.2 TCR
What this shows Degen Excavating Company, Inc. averages 0.3 TCR (9% of the Aerial or picker truck, construction, rental with operator BLS benchmark).
Degen Excavating Company, Inc. TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=2.3 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8
Where Degen Excavating Company, Inc. falls in its industry
1,750 Aerial or picker truck, constr establishmentsSafer than 99% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.
Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 63 Aerial or picker truck, constr employers in Ohio.
Degen Excavating Company, Inc. has fewer 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 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 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 · OH · Lima
1,750 Aerial or picker truck, construction, rental with operator employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 243 employers in Lima, OH · 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 | Plateau Excavation, Inc | 0.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | WM. J. Keller & Sons Construction Corp. | 0.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Brazos M&E | 0.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Cleland Site Prep, Inc | 0.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Ohio Heavy Equipment Leasing, LLC | 48 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Butler Rural Electric Cooperative | 48 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CenterPoint Energy - Dayton West | 48 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | US Bronco Services, Inc | 48 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center | 2,540 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | St. Rita's Medical Center | 2,531 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | St Ritas Medical Center | 2,445 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | LIMA ENGINE | 1,457 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Ineos Styrolution - Decatur, AL Site | 0.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | CCB | 0.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | NC737 | 0.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Evonik Pasadena Plant | 0.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Ramirez Contracting Services, Inc. | 48 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hasson Painting Contractors, Inc. | 48 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | NC Fife | 48 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Oliver Manufacturing Company, Inc. | 48 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.