Sanitary sewer construction · Ohio

Jim Palmer Excavating

Name: Jim Palmer Excavating Workplace Safety Data
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Bowling Green, OH · ~23 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 8.3
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Jim Palmer Excavating runs at 297% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Sanitary sewer construction workplace, earning a grade F.

Jim Palmer Excavating: 8.3 TCR = 297% of Sanitary sewer construction BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Jim Palmer Excavating safety composite

Jim Palmer Excavating scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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).

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 8.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−17.7

2016→2021

Jim Palmer Excavating injury rate improved

Jim Palmer Excavating's TCR fell 17.7 from 17.7 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 17.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=17.7 · 2017=12.1 · 2019=5.3 · 2020=6.5 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237110 · Bowling Green, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.3 · 297% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #47/51
PHOTO 6935-CMUD-WATER
BOOK 5y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 6935-CMUD-WATER (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Jim Palmer Excavating averages 8.3 TCR (297% of the Sanitary sewer construction BLS benchmark).

Jim Palmer Excavating TCR series: 2016=17.7 · 2017=12.1 · 2019=5.3 · 2020=6.5 · 2021=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Jim Palmer Excavating falls in its industry

1,614 Sanitary sewer construction establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #47 safest of 51 Sanitary sewer construction employers in Ohio.

Jim Palmer Excavating (23 employees, TCR 8.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Jim Palmer Excavating has fewer employees than the Sanitary sewer construction median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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
2021	0.0	0.0	0
2020	6.5	0.0	1
2019	5.3	5.3	1
2017	12.1	12.1	2
2016	17.7	17.7	3

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237110 · OH · Bowling Green

1,614 Sanitary sewer construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 98 employers in Bowling Green, OH · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	6935-CMUD-WATER	CHARLOTTE, NC	8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Tahoe City Public Utility District	TAHOE CITY, CA	8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Gary Carpenter Construction Co. Inc.	LITTLE ROCK, AR	8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ryatt Construction LLC	SEATTLE, WA	8.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	MID EAST PRODUCTION LLC	TIFFIN	23 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Schlessman Seed Co	MILAN	23 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Lake County Nursery	MADISON	23 FTE
STATE-SIZE	LCN Holdings Inc dba Lake County Nursery	MADISON	23 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Vehtek Systems Inc	Bowling Green	856 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Wood County Hospital	Bowling Green	760 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 1913	Bowling Green	371 FTE
CITY-NEAR	TH Plastics - Bowling Green	Bowling Green	333 FTE
NAT-TCR	Kansas Sand and Concrete, Inc.	Topeka, KS	8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	LV	Lousiville, KY	8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Pittsburgh Glass Works, LLC - Elkin	Elkin, NC	8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Woodland	Indianapolis, IN	8.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	487 Farmers	Los Angeles, CA	23 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Premier Tree & Shrub Care, LLC	Monroe, GA	23 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Early Intervention	Portsmouth, RI	23 FTE
NAT-SIZE	VITALIGENT LLC Roseville V Pleasant Grove 632	Roseville, CA	23 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.