Excavation contractors · Colorado

Nixcavating, Inc

Longmont, CO · ~26 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Nixcavating, Inc runs at 393% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Excavation contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Nixcavating, Inc: 11.0 TCR = 393% of Excavation contractors BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nixcavating, Inc safety composite

Nixcavating, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% 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

−15.2

2016→2024

Nixcavating, Inc injury rate improved

Nixcavating, Inc's TCR fell 15.2 from 25.6 in 2016 to 10.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 25.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=25.6 · 2017=11.7 · 2018=8.1 · 2019=12.8 · 2020=3.8 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=12.5 · 2023=14.0 · 2024=10.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 11.0 · 393% of ind

  • DART 3.5 DART
  • RANK #44/48
  • PHOTO Wood Brothers Trucki…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wood Brothers Trucking LLC (0.1 TCR gap)

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Nixcavating, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Nixcavating, Inc averages 11.0 TCR (393% of the Excavation contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Nixcavating, Inc TCR series: 2016=25.6 · 2017=11.7 · 2018=8.1 · 2019=12.8 · 2020=3.8 · 2021=0 · 2022=12.5 · 2023=14 · 2024=10.4 · BLS 2.8

Where Nixcavating, Inc falls in its industry

1,750 Excavation contractors establishments

Safer than 4% 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 #44 safest of 48 Excavation contractors employers in Colorado.

Nixcavating, Inc (26 employees, TCR 11.0) 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Nixcavating, Inc
Nixcavating, Inc (26 employees, TCR 11.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Nixcavating, 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 10.4 3.5 3 0 0
2023 14.0 10.5 4 0 0
2022 12.5 9.4 4 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 3.8 0.0 1 0 0
2019 12.8 4.3 3 0 0
2018 8.1 8.1 2 0 0
2017 11.7 3.9 3 0 0
2016 25.6 21.4 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · CO · Longmont

1,750 Excavation contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 182 employers in Longmont, 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 Wood Brothers Trucking LLC 10.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mac Brown Excavating, Inc. 11.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bay Area Underpinning 10.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southern Engineering and Construction Corp 11.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Palmer Lake 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE BHE - Castle Rock (CO001) 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Glenwood Springs 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE 17W 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR Longmont, CO 1,167 FTE
CITY-NEAR Longmont United Hospital 638 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2643-05500001-055001 562 FTE
CITY-NEAR Longs Peak Hospital 537 FTE
NAT-TCR Maine Course Hospitality Group - Homewood Suites 11.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Maple Landmark Exchange St 11.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Hwy 60 11.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Arrow Tank and Engineering Company, Inc. 11.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE FE Hale MFG. CO 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lam Research Corp Fishkill Field Office 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bozeman Horizon 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE At Home Stores #24 26 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, 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.