Excavation contractors · Oregon

K&E Excavating, Inc.

Name: K&E Excavating, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Salem, OR · ~211 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.7
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

K&E Excavating, Inc. runs at 98% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Excavation contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

K&E Excavating, Inc.: 2.7 TCR = 98% of Excavation contractors BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

K&E Excavating, Inc. safety composite

K&E Excavating, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 46%), 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).

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers
DART rate: D 0.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% 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

−3.8

2016→2019

K&E Excavating, Inc. injury rate improved

K&E Excavating, Inc.'s TCR fell 3.8 from 4.5 in 2016 to 0.8 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.5 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.5 · 2017=3.1 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Salem, OR AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 98% of ind

DART 0.8 DART
RANK #12/31
PHOTO Ernest Manning Const…
BOOK 4y book
INJ 25 inj
SIZE ~211 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ernest Manning Construction (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows K&E Excavating, Inc. averages 2.7 TCR (98% of the Excavation contractors BLS benchmark).

K&E Excavating, Inc. TCR series: 2016=4.5 · 2017=3.1 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=0.8 · BLS 2.8

Where K&E Excavating, Inc. falls in its industry

1,750 Excavation contractors establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Oregon alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 31 Excavation contractors employers in Oregon.

K&E Excavating, Inc. (211 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

K&E Excavating, Inc. has more employees than the Excavation contractors median and a higher 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
2019	0.8	0.8	2
2018	2.5	2.1	6
2017	3.1	1.8	7
2016	4.5	2.3	10

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · OR · Salem

1,750 Excavation contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 8,031 rated employers in Oregon with headcount on file · 471 employers in Salem, OR · 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	Ernest Manning Construction	PASCAGOULA, MS	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Mingo Junction Steel Works LLC	BUFFALO, NY	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Corrado Construction Company LLC	NEW CASTLE, DE	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	RES Sacramento	SACRAMENTO, CA	2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Lease Crutcher Lewis - Portland	PORTLAND	211 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Duraflake Particleboard	ALBANY	211 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Endura Products, Inc.-Prineville	PRINEVILLE	211 FTE
STATE-SIZE	JAE Oregon	TUALATIN	211 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Oregon State Hospital-Salem Campus	Salem	2,036 FTE
CITY-NEAR	North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : PDX7	Salem	1,559 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Chemeketa Community College	Salem	1,551 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Human Service Building ODHS	Salem	1,402 FTE
NAT-TCR	Morgan Advanced Materials and Technology, Inc. - St. Marys, PA	Saint Marys, PA	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Executive Management Services, Inc	Greenfield, IN	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	6400-Swy 0017 0174	Phoenix, AZ	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Richardsons	Canajoharie, NY	2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Morgan Advanced Materials and Technology, Inc. - Coudersport, PA	Coudersport, PA	211 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Plant 8T	Clemson, SC	211 FTE
NAT-SIZE	MGPI Processing, Inc.	Atchison, KS	211 FTE
NAT-SIZE	2441 N Grove Industrial Dr	Fresno, CA	211 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.