Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors · Michigan
Lester Brothers Excavating, Inc.
Jackson, MI · ~119 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.7
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
Lester Brothers Excavating, Inc. runs at 96% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors workplace, earning a grade C.
Lester Brothers Excavating, Inc.: 2.7 TCR = 96% of Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Lester Brothers Excavating, Inc. safety composite
Lester Brothers Excavating, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 47% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 2%), 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).
34/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 2.7 per 100 workers
Safer than 47% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.37 per 100 workers
Safer than 42% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- F 1
Safer than 2% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Lester Brothers Excavating, Inc.: 1.7 → 2.1 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 3.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.51× in 2024
Lester Brothers Excavating, Inc.'s TCR rose 0.4 from 1.7 in 2021 to 2.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 238910 · Jackson, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 96% of ind
- DART 1.4 DART
- RANK #31/55
- PHOTO Spectrum Industrial …
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 13 inj
- SIZE ~119 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Spectrum Industrial Services, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Lester Brothers Excavating, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Lester Brothers Excavating, Inc.
2.7 TCR
- Spectrum Indus
Spectrum Industrial Services, Inc.
2.7 TCR
- Doboszenski an
Doboszenski and Sons, Inc.
2.7 TCR
- J.J. Curran Cr
J.J. Curran Crane Company
2.7 TCR
- Corrado Constr
Corrado Construction Company LLC
2.7 TCR
What this shows Lester Brothers Excavating, Inc. averages 2.7 TCR (96% of the Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors BLS benchmark).
Lester Brothers Excavating, Inc. TCR series: 2021=1.7 · 2022=3.4 · 2023=3.7 · 2024=2.1 · BLS 2.8
Where Lester Brothers Excavating, Inc. falls in its industry
1,750 Excavating, earthmoving, or la establishmentsSafer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.
Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #31 safest of 55 Excavating, earthmoving, or la employers in Michigan.
Lester Brothers Excavating, Inc. has more employees than the Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearin 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 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
238910 · MI · Jackson
1,750 Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 207 employers in Jackson, MI · 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 | Spectrum Industrial Services, Inc. | 2.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Doboszenski and Sons, Inc. | 2.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | J.J. Curran Crane Company | 2.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Corrado Construction Company LLC | 2.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Payne & Dolan, Inc - MI/Shop/Trans./QC/Mfg. | 119 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Interkal LLC | 119 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Ritsema Associates | 119 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Michigan Brand, Inc | 119 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Allegiance Health | 4,779 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Main Hospital Campus | 3,076 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Henry Ford Jackson | 2,045 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Henry Ford- Jackson Downtown Campus | 1,201 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | HQ Facility | 2.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Madison Hampton | 2.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Fhar, Inc. | 2.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | American Products Co, inc. | 2.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Laraway Youth & Family Services | 119 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Community Convalescent Center | 119 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | MMC- Ladysmith | 119 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sandcastle | 119 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.