Electric contracting · Indiana

James Babcock, Inc

Indianapolis, IN · ~119 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

James Babcock, Inc runs at 52% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Electric contracting workplace, earning a grade B.

James Babcock, Inc: 1.4 TCR = 52% of Electric contracting BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

James Babcock, Inc safety composite

James Babcock, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

Rising injury rate

James Babcock, Inc: 1.3 → 2.4 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 2.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

James Babcock, Inc's TCR rose 1.1 from 1.3 in 2016 to 2.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238210 · Indianapolis, IN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.4 · 52% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #28/63
  • PHOTO Corona Office
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~119 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Corona Office (0.0 TCR gap)

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James Babcock, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows James Babcock, Inc averages 1.4 TCR (52% of the Electric contracting BLS benchmark).

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

James Babcock, Inc TCR series: 2016=1.3 · 2017=0 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=0 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=0.8 · 2022=1.8 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=2.4 · BLS 2.8

Where James Babcock, Inc falls in its industry

4,550 Electric contracting establishments

Safer than 70% 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 #28 safest of 63 Electric contracting employers in Indiana.

James Babcock, Inc (119 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate James Babcock, Inc
James Babcock, Inc (119 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5

James Babcock, Inc has more employees than the Electric contracting 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 2.4 0.0 3 0 0
2023 1.8 0.0 2 0 0
2022 1.8 0.0 2 0 0
2021 0.8 0.0 1 0 0
2020 2.5 0.8 3 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 2.5 1.3 2 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 1.3 1.3 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238210 · IN · Indianapolis

4,550 Electric contracting 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 Corona Office 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rancho Pacific Electric, Inc. 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sabah International Incorporated 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ace Electric Inc. Macon 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Company Headquarters 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hydaker-Wheatlake - Indiana Statewide 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE Interactions Inc. dba Hoosier Refreshment Co. 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE Five Star Sheets, LLC. 119 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 Branch 8204 - WP Aurora CO 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Diversey - Florence 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Truss Tech, Inc 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Wilson Farm, Inc 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Laurels of West Columbus 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE Autumnwood of McBain 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brittany Manor 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE D.R. Horton, Inc. - Gulf Coast (Louisiana East) 119 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.