Excavation contractors · Virginia

Kent Excavating, Inc.

Culpeper, VA · ~32 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kent Excavating, Inc. runs at 117% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Excavation contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

Kent Excavating, Inc.: 3.3 TCR = 117% of Excavation contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kent Excavating, Inc. safety composite

Kent Excavating, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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).

D

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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

2020→2024

Kent Excavating, Inc. injury rate improved

Kent Excavating, Inc.'s TCR fell 3.8 from 6.8 in 2020 to 3.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 6.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.91× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=6.8 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=3.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Culpeper, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 117% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #21/38
  • PHOTO Edmund Jenschke Inc.
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Edmund Jenschke Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kent Excavating, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kent Excavating, Inc. averages 3.3 TCR (117% of the Excavation contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Kent Excavating, Inc. TCR series: 2020=6.8 · 2023=0 · 2024=3 · BLS 2.8

Where Kent Excavating, Inc. falls in its industry

1,750 Excavation contractors establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 38 Excavation contractors employers in Virginia.

Kent Excavating, Inc. (32 employees, TCR 3.3) 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 Kent Excavating, Inc.
Kent Excavating, Inc. (32 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Kent Excavating, Inc. has fewer 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2024 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 6.8 4.5 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · VA · Culpeper

1,750 Excavation contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 67 employers in Culpeper, VA · 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 Edmund Jenschke Inc. 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Midwest Wrecking Co. of Texas, Inc. 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR A A Wrecking Co., Inc. 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Penhall 3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ayrshire Farm Management, LC 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE BIRDSONG CORPORATION-FRANKLIN/SOUTHAMPTON 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE NAES : Southampton 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Christiansburg Svc Ctr 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR Culpeper County Public Schools 1,362 FTE
CITY-NEAR UVA Culpeper Medical Center 702 FTE
CITY-NEAR County of Culpeper 688 FTE
CITY-NEAR Novant Health UVA Health System Culpeper Medical Center 659 FTE
NAT-TCR North Coast Energy Services, Inc. 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR St. Cloud Hospital 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR NPC, Inc. HQ 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Joe W. Fly Co., Inc. Dallas 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE West Virginia Cashin Recyclables, Inc. 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Inn at Deerfield 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ft Pierce FL 36031 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Leevers Foods Rolla 32 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, 2020. 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.