Foundation digging (i.e., excavation) · Michigan

Fischer Idema Excavating

Alto, MI · ~32 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fischer Idema Excavating runs at 95% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Foundation digging (i.e., excavation) workplace, earning a grade C.

Fischer Idema Excavating: 2.6 TCR = 95% of Foundation digging (i.e., excavation) BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fischer Idema Excavating safety composite

Fischer Idema Excavating scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 47%), 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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

−4.4

2022→2024

Fischer Idema Excavating injury rate improved

Fischer Idema Excavating's TCR fell 4.4 from 4.4 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=4.4 · 2023=3.5 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Alto, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.6 · 95% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #29/55
  • PHOTO Dan Cristiani Excava…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dan Cristiani Excavating (0.0 TCR gap)

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Fischer Idema Excavating in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fischer Idema Excavating averages 2.6 TCR (95% of the Foundation digging (i.e., excavation) BLS benchmark).

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

Fischer Idema Excavating TCR series: 2022=4.4 · 2023=3.5 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Fischer Idema Excavating falls in its industry

1,750 Foundation digging (i.e., exca establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 55 Foundation digging (i.e., exca employers in Michigan.

Fischer Idema Excavating (32 employees, TCR 2.6) 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 Idema Excavating
Fischer Idema Excavating (32 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Fischer Idema Excavating has fewer employees than the Foundation digging (i.e., excavation) 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 Fatalities
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 3.5 0.0 1 0 0
2022 4.4 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · MI · Alto

1,750 Foundation digging (i.e., excavation) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 5 employers in Alto, MI · 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 Dan Cristiani Excavating 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR HOME OFFICE 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pooler Enterprises, Inc. 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stice 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE 6801_15743 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Black Soil Dairy 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Berrybrook 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE East Tawas 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR Magna Mirrors - Lowell Division 531 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stedfast construction inc 53 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stedfast 50 FTE
CITY-NEAR Altogas, Inc. 33 FTE
NAT-TCR Legacy Village at Park Regency 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Roscoe Company 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Uni-Grip, Inc. 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR MAP Installed Building Products Seekonk 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ppcc LLC 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Farmers Union Oil Company of Beulah 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hampton Inn & Suites 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Poettker Industrial Services, LLC 32 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.

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

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