Sewer construction · Tennessee
Hurst Excavating
Knoxville, TN · ~34 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 10.3
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Hurst Excavating runs at 368% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Sewer construction workplace, earning a grade F.
Hurst Excavating: 10.3 TCR = 368% of Sewer construction BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Hurst Excavating safety composite
Hurst Excavating 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).
26/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 10.3 per 100 workers
Safer than 5% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.54 per 100 workers
Safer than 30% 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
−6.8
2016→2024
Hurst Excavating injury rate improved
Hurst Excavating's TCR fell 6.8 from 9.3 in 2016 to 2.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 32.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.25× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=9.3 · 2017=5.5 · 2018=9.5 · 2019=3.5 · 2020=32.4 · 2021=8.2 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=17.5 · 2024=2.5
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237110 · Knoxville, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 10.3 · 368% of ind
- DART 2.5 DART
- RANK #36/36
- PHOTO Advanced Water Well …
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 16 inj
- SIZE ~34 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Advanced Water Well Technologies, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Hurst Excavating in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Shank Construc
Shank Constructors
10.4 TCR
- STAATS CONSTRU
STAATS CONSTRUCTION, INC.
10.4 TCR
- This site
Hurst Excavating
10.3 TCR
- Advanced Water
Advanced Water Well Technologies, LLC
10.3 TCR
- City of Mt. Ve
City of Mt. Vernon IL Public Works, Public Utilites, Parks, SSA, Quality Of Life
10.3 TCR
What this shows Hurst Excavating averages 10.3 TCR (368% of the Sewer construction BLS benchmark).
Hurst Excavating TCR series: 2016=9.3 · 2017=5.5 · 2018=9.5 · 2019=3.5 · 2020=32.4 · 2021=8.2 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=17.5 · 2024=2.5 · BLS 2.8
Where Hurst Excavating falls in its industry
1,614 Sewer construction establishmentsSafer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #36 safest of 36 Sewer construction employers in Tennessee.
Hurst Excavating has fewer employees than the Sewer construction median and a higher 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 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 17.5 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8.2 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 32.4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 9.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 9.3 | 3.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237110 · TN · Knoxville
1,614 Sewer construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 747 employers in Knoxville, TN · 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 | Advanced Water Well Technologies, LLC | 10.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | City of Mt. Vernon IL Public Works, Public Utilites, Parks, SSA, Quality Of Life | 10.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Shank Constructors | 10.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | STAATS CONSTRUCTION, INC. | 10.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Obion County Hatchery | 34 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | UCEMC Cookeville | 34 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | RKA Construction, LLC | 34 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AGM-Tennessee | 34 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Cellular Sales Services Group LLC | 6,387 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | University Health System, Inc | 5,215 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Functional Pathways of TN LLC | 2,258 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | HES Facilities Services K-12 | 2,157 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Hopkins Sand & Gravel, Inc. | 10.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | American House - Coconut Point | 10.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Southpointe Healthcare and Rehab | 10.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Global Inactive Ships Philadelphia | 10.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | SPIR STAR, Ltd | 34 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | De Jager Dairy North #2 | 34 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Tenant Improvement Specialists, Inc. | 34 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 146 West Wichita | 34 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.