Excavation contractors · Pennsylvania

JC Sons Inc

Allentown, PA · ~37 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

JC Sons Inc runs at 58% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Excavation contractors workplace, earning a grade B.

JC Sons Inc: 1.6 TCR = 58% of Excavation contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

JC Sons Inc safety composite

JC Sons Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% 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

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% 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

−4.9

2019→2024

JC Sons Inc injury rate improved

JC Sons Inc's TCR fell 4.9 from 4.9 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=4.9 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Allentown, PA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.6 · 58% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #34/115
  • PHOTO BURRELL'S EXCAVATING…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BURRELL'S EXCAVATING INC (0.0 TCR gap)

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JC Sons Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows JC Sons Inc averages 1.6 TCR (58% of the Excavation contractors BLS benchmark).

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

JC Sons Inc TCR series: 2019=4.9 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where JC Sons Inc falls in its industry

1,750 Excavation contractors establishments

Safer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #34 safest of 115 Excavation contractors employers in Pennsylvania.

JC Sons Inc (37 employees, TCR 1.6) 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 JC Sons Inc
JC Sons Inc (37 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

JC Sons Inc 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
2019 4.9 4.9 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · PA · Allentown

1,750 Excavation contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 447 employers in Allentown, PA · 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 BURRELL'S EXCAVATING INC 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR GROVIN CONSTRUCTION 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR ERSI - Syracuse NY 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Burbank (205) 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Packing 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Packing House 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Adams Electric Cooperative Inc. Headquarters Office 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Claverack REC - Wysox 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lehigh Valley Hospital 9,463 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1200SCC 6,531 FTE
CITY-NEAR Air Products and Chemicals Inc.- Main Campus 2,118 FTE
CITY-NEAR LOCATION 48042 1,728 FTE
NAT-TCR Dutchess Overhead Doors, Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR AMEREN ILLINOIS - IL Sub Maint Ops 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Autoneum North America Inc 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Agrati Inc. Tiffin 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE 2850 Russellville Bowling Green Ky 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southern Coatings, Inc. 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Scholl Forest Industries, Inc. 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE County Waste LLC 7 37 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, 2019. 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.