Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction · Illinois

Fox Excavating, Inc.

Batavia, IL · ~17 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fox Excavating, Inc. runs at 78% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction workplace, earning a grade B.

Fox Excavating, Inc.: 2.2 TCR = 78% of Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fox Excavating, Inc. safety composite

Fox Excavating, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% 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).

C

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−8.0

2016→2024

Fox Excavating, Inc. injury rate improved

Fox Excavating, Inc.'s TCR fell 8.0 from 8.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 11.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=11.5 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237110 · Batavia, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 78% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #18/58
  • PHOTO Utility Contractors …
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~17 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Utility Contractors of America, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Fox Excavating, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fox Excavating, Inc. averages 2.2 TCR (78% of the Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction BLS benchmark).

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

Fox Excavating, Inc. TCR series: 2016=8 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=11.5 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Fox Excavating, Inc. falls in its industry

1,614 Utility line (i.e., sewer, wat establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 58 Utility line (i.e., sewer, wat employers in Illinois.

Fox Excavating, Inc. (17 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Fox Excavating, Inc.
Fox Excavating, Inc. (17 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Fox Excavating, Inc. has fewer employees than the Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), const median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 11.5 0.0 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 8.0 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237110 · IL · Batavia

1,614 Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 119 employers in Batavia, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Utility Contractors of America, Inc. 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR CalHar Construction, Inc. 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Shook Construction - Westerly CEHRT Project 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR T.G. UTILITY COMPANY, INC. 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Beck's Neoga 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE Plymouth 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northwest Regional Water Reclamation Facility - NWRWRF - Village of Fox Lake 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE Airoom Architect Holdings, LLC 17 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1 Bat1000 1,146 FTE
CITY-NEAR Batavia Ofc/Whse 780 FTE
CITY-NEAR MSI Express - Batavia 569 FTE
CITY-NEAR PPI Batavia PKG 500 FTE
NAT-TCR Performance Pipe Startex Plant 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Avery 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR CCL Tube 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Plastipak- Plant City 2.2 TCR

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.

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

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