Backfilling, construction · Ohio

Independence Excavating

Independence, OH · ~695 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Independence Excavating runs at 36% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Backfilling, construction workplace, earning a grade A.

Independence Excavating: 1.0 TCR = 36% of Backfilling, construction BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Independence Excavating safety composite

Independence Excavating scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 84% 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

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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

−0.6

2016→2024

Independence Excavating injury rate improved

Independence Excavating's TCR fell 0.6 from 0.8 in 2016 to 0.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.8 · 2017=2.0 · 2018=1.4 · 2019=1.1 · 2020=1.7 · 2021=0.4 · 2022=1.0 · 2023=0.4 · 2024=0.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Independence, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 36% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #20/63
  • PHOTO Sam C Franklin & Son…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 63 inj
  • SIZE ~695 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sam C Franklin & Son, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Independence Excavating in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Independence Excavating averages 1.0 TCR (36% of the Backfilling, construction BLS benchmark).

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

Independence Excavating TCR series: 2016=0.8 · 2017=2 · 2018=1.4 · 2019=1.1 · 2020=1.7 · 2021=0.4 · 2022=1 · 2023=0.4 · 2024=0.2 · BLS 2.8

Where Independence Excavating falls in its industry

1,750 Backfilling, construction establishments

Safer than 84% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 63 Backfilling, construction employers in Ohio.

Independence Excavating (695 employees, TCR 1.0) 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 0200400600800 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Independence Excavating
Independence Excavating (695 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Independence Excavating has more employees than the Backfilling, construction 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 0.2 0.0 2 0 0
2023 0.4 0.2 4 0 0
2022 1.0 0.6 9 0 0
2021 0.4 0.1 3 0 0
2020 1.7 0.8 11 0 0
2019 1.1 0.4 8 0 0
2018 1.4 0.3 8 1 0
2017 2.0 1.1 13 0 0
2016 0.8 0.0 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · OH · Independence

1,750 Backfilling, construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 73 employers in Independence, OH · 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 Sam C Franklin & Son, Inc. 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Trifecta Services Company 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR PGE 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Centerline Drilling, Inc. 1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fidelity Health Care 695 FTE
STATE-SIZE 3816-SI3778 694 FTE
STATE-SIZE Easterseals TriState 696 FTE
STATE-SIZE Goodrich Corporation (Troy OH) 693 FTE
CITY-NEAR CC Business Operations Center 1,575 FTE
CITY-NEAR Life Line Screening 901 FTE
CITY-NEAR CC Business Operations Ctr 827 FTE
CITY-NEAR Independence Family Health Center 682 FTE
NAT-TCR Autoport (MI) Limited - Woodhaven 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Kilian Manufacturing Corporation 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Colstrip Power Plant 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Centerline Drilling, Inc. 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Trulieve Midway 695 FTE
NAT-SIZE West Penn Power 695 FTE
NAT-SIZE General Atomics - Torrey Pines 695 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ardent Services, LLC 695 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, 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.