Excavation contractors · Pennsylvania

Fitz and Smith Inc

Dallastown, PA · ~35 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.5
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fitz and Smith Inc runs at 233% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Excavation contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Fitz and Smith Inc: 6.5 TCR = 233% of Excavation contractors BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fitz and Smith Inc safety composite

Fitz and Smith Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% 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

Fitz and Smith Inc: 8.8 → 10.3 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 10.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.53× in 2024

Fitz and Smith Inc's TCR rose 1.5 from 8.8 in 2018 to 10.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 10.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Dallastown, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.5 · 233% of ind

  • DART 3.4 DART
  • RANK #101/115
  • PHOTO John W Gleim Jr Inc
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: John W Gleim Jr Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Fitz and Smith Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fitz and Smith Inc averages 6.5 TCR (233% of the Excavation contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Fitz and Smith Inc TCR series: 2018=8.8 · 2019=7.2 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=0 · 2023=10.3 · 2024=10.3 · BLS 2.8

Where Fitz and Smith Inc falls in its industry

1,750 Excavation contractors establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #101 safest of 115 Excavation contractors employers in Pennsylvania.

Fitz and Smith Inc (35 employees, TCR 6.5) 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 Fitz and Smith Inc
Fitz and Smith Inc (35 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Fitz and Smith Inc has fewer 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 Fatalities
2024 10.3 3.4 3 0 0
2023 10.3 0.0 3 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 2.5 0.0 1 0 0
2019 7.2 2.4 3 0 0
2018 8.8 6.6 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · PA · Dallastown

1,750 Excavation contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 14 employers in Dallastown, PA · 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 John W Gleim Jr Inc 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Innovative Demolition Services 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR MITCHELL SHELTON CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mattiola Services 6.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE W.A.C. Mushrooms Inc. 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Highland Oysters 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mushroom Spawning, Inc. 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE PANTHER CREEK POWER OPERATING 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Manor Care Health Services - Dallastown 174 FTE
CITY-NEAR Manor Care Health Services Dallastown 149 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dallastown Operating Inc. 103 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tri-Boro Construction Supplies, Inc. 89 FTE
NAT-TCR Crown Lift Trucks Los Angeles 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 70 - City of Industry 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Mom's Meals North Jackson Fulfillment 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR FLO010 6.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE MQA 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Westfield Plant 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE SBS Dallas 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Scrap It Lowell 35 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.