Excavation contractors · Colorado

Martin & Sons Excavating, Inc.

Berthoud, CO · ~33 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Martin & Sons Excavating, Inc. runs at 226% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Excavation contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Martin & Sons Excavating, Inc.: 6.3 TCR = 226% of Excavation contractors BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Martin & Sons Excavating, Inc. safety composite

Martin & Sons Excavating, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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).

F

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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

−9.5

2017→2024

Martin & Sons Excavating, Inc. injury rate improved

Martin & Sons Excavating, Inc.'s TCR fell 9.5 from 13.9 in 2017 to 4.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 13.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.7× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=13.9 · 2020=8.2 · 2021=11.4 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=4.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Berthoud, CO ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.3 · 226% of ind

  • DART 4.4 DART
  • RANK #37/48
  • PHOTO HQ
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HQ (0.0 TCR gap)

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Martin & Sons Excavating, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Martin & Sons Excavating, Inc. averages 6.3 TCR (226% of the Excavation contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Martin & Sons Excavating, Inc. TCR series: 2017=13.9 · 2020=8.2 · 2021=11.4 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=4.4 · BLS 2.8

Where Martin & Sons Excavating, Inc. falls in its industry

1,750 Excavation contractors establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #37 safest of 48 Excavation contractors employers in Colorado.

Martin & Sons Excavating, Inc. (33 employees, TCR 6.3) 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 Martin & Sons Excavating, Inc.
Martin & Sons Excavating, Inc. (33 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Martin & Sons 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 4.4 4.4 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 11.4 3.8 2 1 0
2020 8.2 5.5 3 0 0
2017 13.9 0.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · CO · Berthoud

1,750 Excavation contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 25 employers in Berthoud, CO · 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 HQ 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mabak Directional Drilling, Inc 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Leavenworth Excavating & Equipment Co. 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR J R RAMON 6.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Canon Potato 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Vegetation Management West, LP 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pioneer Energy Inc. 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Universal Fluids, LLC 33 FTE
CITY-NEAR Blackeagle Energy Services 280 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sun Mountain, Inc. 114 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sun Mtn - HQ 104 FTE
CITY-NEAR IMS Heating & Air, Inc. 83 FTE
NAT-TCR Klink Trucking South Bend 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 603TRO 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Cardinal Fabricating, Inc. - Corporate Office 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Home Base - Copperas Cove 6.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE NRG Will County Generating Station 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aequs Aero Machine 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE NP Gold Rush LLC - dba Wildfire Sunset 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bracut International Corporation DBA The Mill Yard 33 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2017. 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.