Electric power transmission line and tower construction · New Jersey
Riggs Distler & Company Inc
Cherry Hill, NJ · ~1,392 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.9
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
Riggs Distler & Company Inc runs at 32% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Electric power transmission line and tower construction workplace, earning a grade A.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.9
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 2.8
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 1
- worker fatalities on record
Grade compares Riggs Distler & Company Inc's OSHA Total Case Rate of 0.9 to the Electric power transmission line and tower construction BLS benchmark of 2.8 (32% of benchmark) across 9 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Riggs Distler & Company Inc's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 2.8 industry benchmark.
Where Riggs Distler & Company Inc falls in its industry
1,948 Electric power transmission li establishmentsSafer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.
Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 31 Electric power transmission li employers in New Jersey.
Trend analysis for Riggs Distler & Company Inc
Between 2016 and 2024, Riggs Distler & Company Inc's Total Case Rate improved from 1.1 to 0.7 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 31% decrease across 8 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2020, at a TCR of 0.6, while 2017 saw the highest rate, at 1.4, a spread of 0.7 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 9 reporting years, Riggs Distler & Company Inc recorded 114 total injuries and illnesses and 1 fatality. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 9-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 114 injuries, 1 illnesses, and 1 fatality shown on this page for Riggs Distler & Company Inc are sourced from its own 9 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 237130 - Electric power transmission line and tower construction.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
4 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 3,528,552 hours worked = 0.23 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Riggs Distler & Company Inc (this establishment) | 0.90 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 9-year avg |
| Substation and switching station, power transmission line, construction industry avg | 2.80 | BLS IIF, NAICS 237130 |
| New Jersey state avg (all industries) | 4.90 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Riggs Distler & Company Inc to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 13 reportable incidents · 13 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 16 reportable incidents · 16 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 12 reportable incidents · 11 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 13 reportable incidents · 13 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 9 reportable incidents · 9 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 14 reportable incidents · 13 injuries, 0 illnesses, 1 fatality - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 13 reportable incidents · 13 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 16 reportable incidents · 16 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 10 reportable incidents · 10 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Riggs Distler & Company Inc's reported OSHA injury record, strong versus its Electric power transmission line and tower construction peers, but not a guarantee about any single site today.
- At 32% of the Electric power transmission line and tower construction benchmark, Riggs Distler & Company Inc reports fewer injuries than typical peers, still worth asking how safety is managed day to day. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Electric power transmission line and tower construction sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.