Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors · Virginia

EJ Wade Construction

Name: EJ Wade Construction Workplace Safety Data
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Mechanicsville, VA · ~142 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.0
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

EJ Wade Construction runs at 35% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors workplace, earning a grade A.

EJ Wade Construction: 1.0 TCR = 35% of Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

EJ Wade Construction safety composite

EJ Wade Construction scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 84% 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).

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 0.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.8

2016→2021

EJ Wade Construction injury rate improved

EJ Wade Construction's TCR fell 1.8 from 1.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 1.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.8 · 2017=1.8 · 2018=1.4 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Mechanicsville, VA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 35% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #5/38
PHOTO Wenger Excavating, I…
BOOK 5y book
INJ 8 inj
SIZE ~142 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wenger Excavating, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows EJ Wade Construction averages 1.0 TCR (35% of the Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors BLS benchmark).

EJ Wade Construction TCR series: 2016=1.8 · 2017=1.8 · 2018=1.4 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · BLS 2.8

Where EJ Wade Construction falls in its industry

1,750 Excavating, earthmoving, or la establishments

Safer than 84% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 38 Excavating, earthmoving, or la employers in Virginia.

EJ Wade Construction (142 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

EJ Wade Construction has more employees than the Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearin 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
2021	0.0	0.0	0
2020	0.0	0.0	0
2018	1.4	0.0	2
2017	1.8	0.6	3
2016	1.8	0.0	3

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · VA · Mechanicsville

1,750 Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 71 employers in Mechanicsville, VA · 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	Wenger Excavating, Inc.	DALTON, OH	1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Meriwether Site Solutions	GAY, GA	1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Northwest Demolition & Dismantling Inc	TIGARD, OR	1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Cherry Concrete Removal, Ltd.	HOUSTON, TX	1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Alpha Vessel Co LLC	REEDVILLE	142 FTE
STATE-SIZE	S.B. Cox, Inc.	RICHMOND	142 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Charlottesville Location	CHARLOTTESVILLE	142 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CAPPS SHOE COMPANY	GRETNA	142 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center	Mechanicsville	1,722 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical	Mechanicsville	1,719 FTE
CITY-NEAR	RMC Events, Inc	Mechanicsville	1,572 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Memorial Regional Medical Center	Mechanicsville	1,528 FTE
NAT-TCR	AC Plastiques	Gonzales, LA	1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Technology Solutions : Mt. Pleasant, TN	Mt. Pleasant, TN	1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Capstone	The Woodlands, TX	1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Vertiv Corporation - Project Services	Lorain, OH	1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Four Seasons Rancho Encantado	Santa Fe, NM	142 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Modesto-IP	Modesto, CA	142 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Elko Health Care, LLC	Elko, NV	142 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Iron River Plant	Iron River, MI	142 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: 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017, 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.