Excavation contractors · South Dakota

First Rate Excavate Inc

Name: First Rate Excavate Inc Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Sioux Falls, SD · ~104 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 10.3
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

First Rate Excavate Inc runs at 368% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Excavation contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

First Rate Excavate Inc: 10.3 TCR = 368% of Excavation contractors BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

First Rate Excavate Inc safety composite

First Rate Excavate Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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).

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 10.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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%).

Rising injury rate

First Rate Excavate Inc: 7.9 → 11.6 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 12.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.28× in 2024

First Rate Excavate Inc's TCR rose 3.6 from 7.9 in 2016 to 11.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 12.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Sioux Falls, SD ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 10.3 · 368% of ind

DART 2.9 DART
RANK #8/9
PHOTO Speedy Concrete Cutt…
BOOK 9y book
INJ 114 inj
SIZE ~104 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Speedy Concrete Cutting Fort Lauderdale (0.0 TCR gap)

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10.3
Speedy Concret

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10.3
Thurgood Excav

10.3
JOHN E FISHER

10.3

What this shows First Rate Excavate Inc averages 10.3 TCR (368% of the Excavation contractors BLS benchmark).

First Rate Excavate Inc TCR series: 2016=7.9 · 2017=10.5 · 2018=10.5 · 2019=10 · 2020=12.1 · 2021=10.6 · 2022=11.7 · 2023=7.8 · 2024=11.6 · BLS 2.8

Where First Rate Excavate Inc falls in its industry

1,750 Excavation contractors establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 9 Excavation contractors employers in South Dakota.

First Rate Excavate Inc (104 employees, TCR 10.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

First Rate Excavate Inc has more 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	Illnesses
2024	11.6	2.9	16	0
2023	7.8	0.7	10	1
2022	11.7	0.0	14	2
2021	10.6	2.3	14	0
2020	12.1	2.3	13	3
2019	10.0	2.3	13	0
2018	10.5	4.0	13	0
2017	10.5	0.9	12	0
2016	7.9	1.8	9	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · SD · Sioux Falls

1,750 Excavation contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 542 employers in Sioux Falls, SD · 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	Speedy Concrete Cutting Fort Lauderdale	FORT LAUDERDALE, FL	10.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Dillsburg Excavating & Septic, Inc.	DILLSBURG, PA	10.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Thurgood Excavating, Inc	CLINTON, UT	10.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	JOHN E FISHER CONSTRUCTION CO., INC	LIVERPOOL, NY	10.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Raeco Builders LLC	SIOUX FALLS	104 FTE
STATE-SIZE	4316 Sioux Falls SD Container	SIOUX FALLS	104 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Toshiba America Business Solutions, Inc-Toner Products Division	MITCHELL	104 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Custom Fabricators, Inc.	WATERTOWN	104 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SD,Sioux Falls-Medical Center Campus-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals	Sioux Falls	6,424 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SD,SIOUX FALLS - Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	Sioux Falls	4,818 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Smithfield Foods	Sioux Falls	3,459 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Avera McKennan Hospital	Sioux Falls	3,312 FTE
NAT-TCR	Holiday Inn Express North Hollywood	North Hollywood, CA	10.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	SunRidge Dairy	Nampa, ID	10.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sheridan Sheet Metal Co.	New Hope, MN	10.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lahey Hamilton	Hamilton, MA	10.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	King Arthur Baking Co., Inc. -Camelot, A-Street, BEC West	Norwich, VT	104 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Cuba Support Center	Cuba, MO	104 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Carilion Clinic-Urgent Care Co. 28	Roanoke, VA	104 FTE
NAT-SIZE	NA-US-MI-Grand Rapids	Grand Rapids, MI	104 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, 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.