Excavation contractors · Illinois

Fischer Excavating, Inc.

Freeport, IL · ~66 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Fischer Excavating, Inc. runs at 36% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Excavation contractors workplace, earning a grade A.

Fischer Excavating, Inc.: 1.0 TCR = 36% of Excavation contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fischer Excavating, Inc. safety composite

Fischer Excavating, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 2%), 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).

C

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 2% 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

Fischer Excavating, Inc.: 0.0 → 1.4 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 1.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2023

Fischer Excavating, Inc.'s TCR rose 1.4 from 0.0 in 2021 to 1.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 1.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Freeport, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 36% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #14/52
  • PHOTO United Civil, Inc.
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~66 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: United Civil, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Fischer Excavating, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fischer Excavating, Inc. averages 1.0 TCR (36% of the Excavation contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Fischer Excavating, Inc. TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=1.4 · BLS 2.8

Where Fischer Excavating, Inc. falls in its industry

1,750 Excavation contractors establishments

Safer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 52 Excavation contractors employers in Illinois.

Fischer Excavating, Inc. (66 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 050100150200250 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Fischer Excavating, Inc.
Fischer Excavating, Inc. (66 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Fischer Excavating, Inc. has more employees than the Excavation contractors 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
2023 1.4 0.0 0 1 1
2022 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · IL · Freeport

1,750 Excavation contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 74 employers in Freeport, IL · 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 United Civil, Inc. 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR GTI Energy Services, LLC 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Xcavators, Inc. 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stewart's Grading & Hauling, Inc. 1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE NG Schaumburg Reporting Center 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Boldt Company - Chicago, IL 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Custom Underground Inc 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Main Office 66 FTE
CITY-NEAR FHN - Memorial Hospital 1,100 FTE
CITY-NEAR FHN 1,057 FTE
CITY-NEAR Helm Mechanical 842 FTE
CITY-NEAR Honeywell 630 FTE
NAT-TCR Hilltrux Tank Lines Inc 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Heat Waves Hot Oil Service, LLC 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Portland or 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Stoneville-US-Research 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Goodrich Wheel and Brake Service Freeman 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pasadena Skid & Pallet, Inc. 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE HC Muddox 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ohla Building Inc.--All Locations 66 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, 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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