site prep · Pennsylvania

M & J Explosives, LLC

Carlisle, PA · ~44 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

M & J Explosives, LLC runs at 54% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical site prep workplace, earning a grade B.

M & J Explosives, LLC: 1.5 TCR = 54% of site prep BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

M & J Explosives, LLC safety composite

M & J Explosives, LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

C

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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%).

Rising injury rate

M & J Explosives, LLC: 0.0 → 2.4 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 2.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2023

M & J Explosives, LLC's TCR rose 2.4 from 0.0 in 2021 to 2.4 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Carlisle, PA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.5 · 54% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #31/115
  • PHOTO Earth Tech (DE), LLC
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Earth Tech (DE), LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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M & J Explosives, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows M & J Explosives, LLC averages 1.5 TCR (54% of the site prep BLS benchmark).

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

M & J Explosives, LLC TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=2.4 · BLS 2.8

Where M & J Explosives, LLC falls in its industry

1,750 site prep establishments

Safer than 71% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #31 safest of 115 site prep employers in Pennsylvania.

M & J Explosives, LLC (44 employees, TCR 1.5) 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 M & J Explosives, LLC
M & J Explosives, LLC (44 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

M & J Explosives, LLC has fewer employees than the site prep median and a lower 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
2023 2.4 0.0 1 0 0
2022 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · PA · Carlisle

1,750 site prep employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 165 employers in Carlisle, 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 Earth Tech (DE), LLC 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR NORTHERN DEWATERING INC 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bob Bergkamp Construction 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dig It Of New York, LLC 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Milton Grove Egg 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kreider Farms - Donegal Egg 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE WESSC West Shore Service Center 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE SUNSC Sunbury Service Center 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corp Office Carlisle PA 1,191 FTE
CITY-NEAR DB Schenker--Carlisle 1,103 FTE
CITY-NEAR CCM 984 FTE
CITY-NEAR PACAS - CARLISLE 902 FTE
NAT-TCR Virgin River 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Wess Inc 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Mi Cocina - 5760 Legacy Dr, Plano 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Bosque Energy Center 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE GEOTEX Construction Services 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Playa Del Rey Base - Bld: 0246 - 15 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Silvis 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE 089 Lci 44 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: 2023, 2022, 2021. 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.