Horizontal drilling (e.g., underground cable, pipeline, sewer installation) · Pennsylvania
L & N Zimmerman Excavating Inc.
Myerstown, PA · ~24 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 6.0
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
L & N Zimmerman Excavating Inc. runs at 215% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Horizontal drilling (e.g., underground cable, pipeline, sewer installation) workplace, earning a grade F.
L & N Zimmerman Excavating Inc.: 6.0 TCR = 215% of Horizontal drilling (e.g., underground cable, pipeline, sewer installation) BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
L & N Zimmerman Excavating Inc. safety composite
L & N Zimmerman Excavating Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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).
23/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.03 per 100 workers
Safer than 10% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.82 per 100 workers
Safer than 17% 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
−0.5
2017→2020
L & N Zimmerman Excavating Inc. injury rate improved
L & N Zimmerman Excavating Inc.'s TCR fell 0.5 from 3.3 in 2017 to 2.8 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 12.0 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=3.3 · 2019=12.0 · 2020=2.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237990 · Myerstown, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 6.0 · 215% of ind
- DART 2.8 DART
- RANK #18/18
- PHOTO RUSH Marine, LLC
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 6 inj
- SIZE ~24 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: RUSH Marine, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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L & N Zimmerman Excavating Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- C3 Environment
C3 Environmental Specialties Lp
6.1 TCR
- This site
L & N Zimmerman Excavating Inc.
6 TCR
- RUSH Marine, L
RUSH Marine, LLC
6 TCR
- Tutor Perini/O
Tutor Perini/O&G, A Joint Venture
6 TCR
- BRV Equipment
BRV Equipment Inc
6 TCR
What this shows L & N Zimmerman Excavating Inc. averages 6.0 TCR (215% of the Horizontal drilling (e.g., underground cable, pipeline, sewer installation) BLS benchmark).
L & N Zimmerman Excavating Inc. TCR series: 2017=3.3 · 2019=12 · 2020=2.8 · BLS 2.8
Where L & N Zimmerman Excavating Inc. falls in its industry
932 Horizontal drilling (e.g., und establishmentsSafer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 18 Horizontal drilling (e.g., und employers in Pennsylvania.
L & N Zimmerman Excavating Inc. has fewer employees than the Horizontal drilling (e.g., underground c median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 12.0 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237990 · PA · Myerstown
932 Horizontal drilling (e.g., underground cable, pipeline, sewer installation) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 32 employers in Myerstown, 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 | RUSH Marine, LLC | 6.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Tutor Perini/O&G, A Joint Venture | 6.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | C3 Environmental Specialties Lp | 6.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | BRV Equipment Inc | 6.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Avon Heights Mushrooms, Inc. | 24 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Waynesburg PA | 24 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Liberty Electric Power LLC | 24 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Tenaska Westmoreland Generating Station | 24 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Myerstown, PA | 659 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bayer Myerstown | 549 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Dutch-Way Farm Market Myerstown | 262 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Dutch Valley Food Distributors | 215 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | ATL-SCS | 6.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mashburn Equipment LLC | 6.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Glenview Terrace Nursing Center | 6.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Portland Brewing | 6.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Jessup MD Gypsum | 24 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Accurate Mold & Plastic | 24 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Efl Nassau | 24 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | LaForce - Vernon Hills | 24 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.