Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction · Indiana

Dorsey Excavating Inc

Pendleton, IN · ~24 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dorsey Excavating Inc runs at 154% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction workplace, earning a grade D.

Dorsey Excavating Inc: 4.3 TCR = 154% of Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dorsey Excavating Inc safety composite

Dorsey Excavating Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 20%), 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

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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

−0.6

2022→2024

Dorsey Excavating Inc injury rate improved

Dorsey Excavating Inc's TCR fell 0.6 from 4.4 in 2022 to 3.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.88× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=4.4 · 2023=4.7 · 2024=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237110 · Pendleton, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 154% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #20/25
  • PHOTO Bain Enterprises, LLC
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bain Enterprises, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dorsey Excavating Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dorsey Excavating Inc averages 4.3 TCR (154% of the Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction BLS benchmark).

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

Dorsey Excavating Inc TCR series: 2022=4.4 · 2023=4.7 · 2024=3.8 · BLS 2.8

Where Dorsey Excavating Inc falls in its industry

1,614 Utility line (i.e., sewer, wat establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 25 Utility line (i.e., sewer, wat employers in Indiana.

Dorsey Excavating Inc (24 employees, TCR 4.3) 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 Dorsey Excavating Inc
Dorsey Excavating Inc (24 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Dorsey Excavating Inc has fewer employees than the Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), const 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 3.8 3.8 1 0 0
2023 4.7 4.7 1 0 0
2022 4.4 4.4 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237110 · IN · Pendleton

1,614 Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 21 employers in Pendleton, IN · 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 Bain Enterprises, LLC 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Layne Christensen 300 E Broad Street 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gaines and company 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gordy Construction Company 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Midwest Poultry Services - Corporate Office 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Midwest Pullet Farm / QC / Lab 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE 327-NiSource-West Terre Haute IN 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bedford Operations Center 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tractor Supply Company Distribution Center 0114 500 FTE
CITY-NEAR DC 0114 453 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rawlins House 129 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fredericks Inc 85 FTE
NAT-TCR Great Lakes Superior Walls 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Towson Mechanical, Inc. 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 20-Usf-Olf Clinton 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 25-Usf-Olf Crystal Park 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Home Market Foods - Norton 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ohio 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Related Management Company LP Ocean Park Apartments 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Related Management Company LP Fifteen Fifty 24 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.