Foundation drilling contractors · Illinois

Michels Drilled Foundations- Montgomery

Montogmery, IL · ~54 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Michels Drilled Foundations- Montgomery runs at 187% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Foundation drilling contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Michels Drilled Foundations- Montgomery: 5.2 TCR = 187% of Foundation drilling contractors BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Michels Drilled Foundations- Montgomery safety composite

Michels Drilled Foundations- Montgomery scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 20%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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%).

TCR Δ

−7.1

2016→2020

Michels Drilled Foundations- Montgomery injury rate improved

Michels Drilled Foundations- Montgomery's TCR fell 7.1 from 7.1 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.5 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.1 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=8.5 · 2019=8.0 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Montogmery, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 187% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #49/52
  • PHOTO Kelsey Construction
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~54 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kelsey Construction (0.0 TCR gap)

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Michels Drilled Foundations- Montgomery in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Michels Drilled Foundations- Montgomery averages 5.2 TCR (187% of the Foundation drilling contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Michels Drilled Foundations- Montgomery TCR series: 2016=7.1 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=8.5 · 2019=8 · 2020=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Michels Drilled Foundations- Montgomery falls in its industry

1,750 Foundation drilling contractor establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #49 safest of 52 Foundation drilling contractor employers in Illinois.

Michels Drilled Foundations- Montgomery (54 employees, TCR 5.2) 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 Michels Drilled Foundations- Montgomery
Michels Drilled Foundations- Montgomery (54 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Michels Drilled Foundations- Montgomery has more employees than the Foundation drilling 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 8.0 4.0 4 0 0
2018 8.5 2.8 3 0 0
2017 2.5 2.5 2 0 0
2016 7.1 4.7 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · IL · Montogmery

1,750 Foundation drilling contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 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 Kelsey Construction 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hershey Excavating, LLC 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR The LandTek Group, Inc 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR M & O Construction Co., Inc. 5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Illinois Crop Improvement Association, Inc. 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Illinois Electric Cooperative 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greenlink Energy Solutions, Inc. 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE POINTCORE Construction, LLC 54 FTE
NAT-TCR Rich Products Vineland 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Augustana Mpls Care Center 012 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Ross store 740 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 409 - Plano West 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Johnson and Sons Paving Co 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Monticello Training Center 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6786 Mercy Rehab Hosp 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Freeport Outlet Store 54 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.