Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors · Michigan

Oberstar, Inc.

Marquette, MI · ~59 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Oberstar, Inc. runs at 105% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

Oberstar, Inc.: 2.9 TCR = 105% of Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Oberstar, Inc. safety composite

Oberstar, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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

−3.7

2016→2024

Oberstar, Inc. injury rate improved

Oberstar, Inc.'s TCR fell 3.7 from 5.6 in 2016 to 1.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.63× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.6 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=2.2 · 2021=4.2 · 2022=2.0 · 2023=6.3 · 2024=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Marquette, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 105% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #32/55
  • PHOTO US Wick Drain
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~59 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: US Wick Drain (0.0 TCR gap)

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Oberstar, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Oberstar, Inc. averages 2.9 TCR (105% of the Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Oberstar, Inc. TCR series: 2016=5.6 · 2017=0 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=2.2 · 2021=4.2 · 2022=2 · 2023=6.3 · 2024=1.9 · BLS 2.8

Where Oberstar, Inc. falls in its industry

1,750 Excavating, earthmoving, or la establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #32 safest of 55 Excavating, earthmoving, or la employers in Michigan.

Oberstar, Inc. (59 employees, TCR 2.9) 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 Oberstar, Inc.
Oberstar, Inc. (59 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Oberstar, 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 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2023 6.3 2.1 2 1 0
2022 2.0 0.0 1 0 0
2021 4.2 4.2 2 0 0
2020 2.2 2.2 1 0 0
2019 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2018 2.2 0.0 0 1 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 5.6 3.7 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · MI · Marquette

1,750 Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 79 employers in Marquette, 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 US Wick Drain 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 7043 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Robbinsville, NC 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Anastasi Trucking, Inc. 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Smart Vision Lights 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4066_7855 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE Grand Traverse County Road Commission 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE Metropolitan Concrete Corp. 59 FTE
CITY-NEAR DLP Marquette General Hospital LLC 1,854 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2079 474 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2079 380 FTE
CITY-NEAR Marquette Branch Prison 311 FTE
NAT-TCR NFI Interactive Logistics LLC-200 CENTERPOINT BLVD 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR NFI Interactive Logistics LLC-3440 Route 209 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Bayscience Formulators 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Todd's Redi Mix 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lemmon Valley Grocery Outlet 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE Living independently for the Elderly 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE Silver Towne LP 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE PM Construction Services 59 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.