Excavation contractors · Ohio

J. S. Bova Excavating LLC

Struthers, OH · ~33 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.4
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

J. S. Bova Excavating LLC runs at 15% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Excavation contractors workplace, earning a grade A.

J. S. Bova Excavating LLC: 0.4 TCR = 15% of Excavation contractors BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

J. S. Bova Excavating LLC safety composite

J. S. Bova Excavating LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 96% 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).

B

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 96% 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%).

J. S. Bova Excavating LLC held a steady TCR band

J. S. Bova Excavating LLC's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 2.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=0.0 · 2019=2.6 · 2020=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Struthers, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.4 · 15% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/63
  • PHOTO Smith Site Developme…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Smith Site Development South (0.0 TCR gap)

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J. S. Bova Excavating LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows J. S. Bova Excavating LLC averages 0.4 TCR (15% of the Excavation contractors BLS benchmark).

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

J. S. Bova Excavating LLC TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=2.6 · 2020=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where J. S. Bova Excavating LLC falls in its industry

1,750 Excavation contractors establishments

Safer than 96% 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 #8 safest of 63 Excavation contractors employers in Ohio.

J. S. Bova Excavating LLC (33 employees, TCR 0.4) 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 J. S. Bova Excavating LLC
J. S. Bova Excavating LLC (33 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

J. S. Bova Excavating LLC has fewer 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 2.6 2.6 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · OH · Struthers

1,750 Excavation contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 11 employers in Struthers, 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 Smith Site Development South 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR FMG Concrete Cutting 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Patriot Dozer Services 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southern California Grading, Inc. 0.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Foertmeyer & Sons Greenhouse 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Trillium Farms Croton Pullet 1 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative, Inc. 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE New Philadelphia Service Building 33 FTE
CITY-NEAR Astro Shapes LLC 522 FTE
CITY-NEAR Struthers IGA 108 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rudzik Excavating, Inc. 73 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maplecrest Nursing Home 70 FTE
NAT-TCR R. E. Monson - Britt 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Oakwood 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Smith Site Development South 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Tanko Streetlighting, Inc. 0.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Chariton Community 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Su-Mo Builders, Inc. 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fairfield Cooling Inc 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Strickland Farms Payroll 33 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, 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.