EXCAVATION · Tennessee

Potter South East, LLC

Huntsville, TN · ~55 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Potter South East, LLC runs at 497% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical EXCAVATION workplace, earning a grade F.

Potter South East, LLC: 13.9 TCR = 497% of EXCAVATION BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Potter South East, LLC safety composite

Potter South East, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% 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

−9.0

2016→2023

Potter South East, LLC injury rate improved

Potter South East, LLC's TCR fell 9.0 from 16.7 in 2016 to 7.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 27.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=16.7 · 2018=13.2 · 2019=27.4 · 2020=10.0 · 2021=16.3 · 2022=6.2 · 2023=7.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Huntsville, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 13.9 · 497% of ind

  • DART 5.8 DART
  • RANK #36/37
  • PHOTO Paragon Site Work Co…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 52 inj
  • SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Paragon Site Work Constructors (0.0 TCR gap)

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Potter South East, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Potter South East, LLC averages 13.9 TCR (497% of the EXCAVATION BLS benchmark).

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

Potter South East, LLC TCR series: 2016=16.7 · 2018=13.2 · 2019=27.4 · 2020=10 · 2021=16.3 · 2022=6.2 · 2023=7.7 · BLS 2.8

Where Potter South East, LLC falls in its industry

1,750 EXCAVATION establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #36 safest of 37 EXCAVATION employers in Tennessee.

Potter South East, LLC (55 employees, TCR 13.9) 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Potter South East, LLC
Potter South East, LLC (55 employees, TCR 13.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Potter South East, LLC has more employees than the EXCAVATION 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
2023 7.7 5.8 4 0 0
2022 6.2 4.2 3 0 0
2021 16.3 10.9 8 1 0
2020 10.0 6.7 6 0 0
2019 27.4 20.6 12 0 0
2018 13.2 7.3 9 0 0
2016 16.7 11.7 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · TN · Huntsville

1,750 EXCAVATION employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 3 employers in Huntsville, TN · 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 Paragon Site Work Constructors 13.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR BOLLIG 13.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Guard Construction and Contracting Corporation 14.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lovett Deconstruction 13.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Alabama GP Vaccination Department 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE GP Production (Pikeville) 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Water Department 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Charleston Site 55 FTE
CITY-NEAR Huntsville 170 FTE
CITY-NEAR 30386 STORE 30386 27 FTE
NAT-TCR White Oak RHCC 13.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Hancock Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center 13.9 TCR
NAT-TCR D.A.V. Industries Inc. 13.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Chandler #129 13.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pacific Radomes inc. James Wallace Downs Pres 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE B and B Blending 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tobacco Technology Inc 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE NJ - Carlstadt - 600 Commercial Ave - Mott's LLP 55 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.