Excavation contractors · Indiana

Hydro Vac Services LLC dba GroundBreakers

Indianapolis, IN · ~57 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hydro Vac Services LLC dba GroundBreakers runs at 86% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Excavation contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

Hydro Vac Services LLC dba GroundBreakers: 2.4 TCR = 86% of Excavation contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hydro Vac Services LLC dba GroundBreakers safety composite

Hydro Vac Services LLC dba GroundBreakers scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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).

D

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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

−1.8

2023→2024

Hydro Vac Services LLC dba GroundBreakers injury rate improved

Hydro Vac Services LLC dba GroundBreakers's TCR fell 1.8 from 3.3 in 2023 to 1.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.64× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=3.3 · 2024=1.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Indianapolis, IN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.4 · 86% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #24/39
  • PHOTO Crux Home Office
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~57 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Crux Home Office (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hydro Vac Services LLC dba GroundBreakers in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hydro Vac Services LLC dba GroundBreakers averages 2.4 TCR (86% of the Excavation contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Hydro Vac Services LLC dba GroundBreakers TCR series: 2023=3.3 · 2024=1.5 · BLS 2.8

Where Hydro Vac Services LLC dba GroundBreakers falls in its industry

1,750 Excavation contractors establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 39 Excavation contractors employers in Indiana.

Hydro Vac Services LLC dba GroundBreakers (57 employees, TCR 2.4) 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 Hydro Vac Services LLC dba GroundBreakers
Hydro Vac Services LLC dba GroundBreakers (57 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Hydro Vac Services LLC dba GroundBreakers 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
2024 1.5 1.5 1 0 0
2023 3.3 3.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · IN · Indianapolis

1,750 Excavation contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 2,074 employers in Indianapolis, IN · 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 Crux Home Office 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Asbell Companies 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR B&D Concrete Cutting, Inc. 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sierra Bravo Contractors LLC 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Remington Corp 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE AAA Main Office 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gatlin Plumbing & Heating, Inc. 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sullivan & Poore, Inc. 57 FTE
CITY-NEAR Indiana University Health, Inc 7,874 FTE
CITY-NEAR Methodist Hospital 6,862 FTE
CITY-NEAR Eli Lilly - Lilly Corp Center 6,482 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lilly Technology Center 6,472 FTE
NAT-TCR Wellington Care Center 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Eden Hospice 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR The Orleans Hotel Casino 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR TG Kentucky LLC 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Famous Dave's - Maple Grove 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE NY Office 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Schweizer Dipple Inc. 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE WellQuest of Elk Grove 57 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.