Commercial building construction general contractors · New York
Rich & Gardner Construction Company Inc.
Syracuse, NY · ~56 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 6.4
- Avg TCR
- 2.9
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Rich & Gardner Construction Company Inc. runs at 220% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Commercial building construction general contractors workplace, earning a grade F.
Rich & Gardner Construction Company Inc.: 6.4 TCR = 220% of Commercial building construction general contractors BLS 2.9 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Rich & Gardner Construction Company Inc. safety composite
Rich & Gardner Construction Company Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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).
44/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.39 per 100 workers
Safer than 15% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 73% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 51% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Rich & Gardner Construction Company Inc.: 1.7 → 2.1 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 14.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024
Rich & Gardner Construction Company Inc.'s TCR rose 0.4 from 1.7 in 2017 to 2.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 14.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 236220 · Syracuse, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 6.4 · 220% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #193/218
- PHOTO SBS-Berkshire k-12
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 26 inj
- SIZE ~56 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: SBS-Berkshire k-12 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Rich & Gardner Construction Company Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Rich & Gardner Construction Company Inc.
6.4 TCR
- SBS-Berkshire
SBS-Berkshire k-12
6.4 TCR
- 3018216 - CYS0
3018216 - CYS06 SFF
6.4 TCR
- COMMERCIAL CON
COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION
6.4 TCR
- Paul A Castald
Paul A Castaldo Inc. Main Branch
6.4 TCR
What this shows Rich & Gardner Construction Company Inc. averages 6.4 TCR (220% of the Commercial building construction general contractors BLS benchmark).
Rich & Gardner Construction Company Inc. TCR series: 2017=1.7 · 2018=13.8 · 2019=1.3 · 2020=5.9 · 2021=0 · 2022=14.1 · 2023=12.3 · 2024=2.1 · BLS 2.9
Where Rich & Gardner Construction Company Inc. falls in its industry
4,692 Commercial building constructi establishmentsSafer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.
Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #193 safest of 218 Commercial building constructi employers in New York.
Rich & Gardner Construction Company Inc. has more employees than the Commercial building construction general median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 12.3 | 4.1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 14.1 | 8.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.9 | 3.9 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 13.8 | 6.9 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
236220 · NY · Syracuse
4,692 Commercial building construction general contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 436 employers in Syracuse, NY · 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 | SBS-Berkshire k-12 | 6.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 3018216 - CYS06 SFF | 6.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION | 6.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Paul A Castaldo Inc. Main Branch | 6.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Arthur Kill Power LLC | 56 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | NRG Arthur Kill Power LLC | 56 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Solar Communities Inc. dba SunCommon | 56 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Orsted - New York City | 56 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | St. Joseph's Health | 4,299 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY | 3,970 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center | 3,720 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center-SJH-NY | 2,803 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | ShopRite of Hoboken | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | San Diego Trolley, Inc. | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Knight Farms | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cokato Elementary | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | El Cerrito Natural Grocery Company | 56 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cherry Blossom Orchard, LLC | 56 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | RPM A-V Services, Inc. | 56 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Agri-Products Inc | 56 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.