Excavation contractors · Minnesota

Dirt Merchant, Inc.

Name: Dirt Merchant, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Mankato, MN · ~43 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.0
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Dirt Merchant, Inc. runs at 108% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Excavation contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

Dirt Merchant, Inc.: 3.0 TCR = 108% of Excavation contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dirt Merchant, Inc. safety composite

Dirt Merchant, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 33%), 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).

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 3.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% 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

−0.5

2016→2023

Dirt Merchant, Inc. injury rate improved

Dirt Merchant, Inc.'s TCR fell 0.5 from 2.6 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.7× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.6 · 2019=4.3 · 2023=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Mankato, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 108% of ind

DART 2.1 DART
RANK #19/42
PHOTO Kevin Richardson Gra…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kevin Richardson Grading LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Dirt Merchant, Inc. averages 3.0 TCR (108% of the Excavation contractors BLS benchmark).

Dirt Merchant, Inc. TCR series: 2016=2.6 · 2019=4.3 · 2023=2.1 · BLS 2.8

Where Dirt Merchant, Inc. falls in its industry

1,750 Excavation contractors establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 42 Excavation contractors employers in Minnesota.

Dirt Merchant, Inc. (43 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Dirt Merchant, Inc. has fewer employees than the Excavation contractors 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
2023	2.1	2.1	1
2019	4.3	2.2	2
2016	2.6	0.0	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · MN · Mankato

1,750 Excavation contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 214 employers in Mankato, MN · 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	Kevin Richardson Grading LLC	MT. HOLLY, NC	3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	JL GRAY CONSTRUCTION, INC.	ROUND ROCK, TX	3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	R. J. Zavoral & Sons, Inc.	EAST GRAND FORKS, MN	3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Anaheim (201)	ANAHEIM, CA	3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	United Farmers Cooperative	LAFAYETTE	43 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Edina Service Center	EDINA	43 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Wigen Water Technologies	CHASKA	43 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Lennar Multi-Family - Central (MN)	MINNEAPOLIS	43 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Minnesota State University, Mankato	Mankato	2,729 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mayo Clinic Health System-Mankato	Mankato	2,468 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MRCI - Premier Drive	Mankato	1,641 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mankato Area Public Schools	Mankato	1,200 FTE
NAT-TCR	6235 Hallandale	Miami, FL	3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Davin Electric, Inc. Main Office	Topeka, KS	3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Seneca Foods Corporation - Leicester	Leicester, NY	3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	ACC Electronix, Inc	Normal, IL	3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Muir Omni Graphics	Peoria, IL	43 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Greer (Polyiso)	Greer, SC	43 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Caliber Construction, Inc.	Brea, CA	43 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Henry Mechanical	Windsor, CA	43 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: 2023, 2019, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.