Excavation contractors · Maryland

Ross Contracting, Inc.

Name: Ross Contracting, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
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Mount Airy, MD · ~123 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 1.8
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Ross Contracting, Inc. runs at 65% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Excavation contractors workplace, earning a grade B.

Ross Contracting, Inc.: 1.8 TCR = 65% of Excavation contractors BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ross Contracting, Inc. safety composite

Ross Contracting, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 48%), 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).

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 1.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers
DART rate: D 0.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Ross Contracting, Inc.: 1.5 → 2.5 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 2.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.47× in 2024

Ross Contracting, Inc.'s TCR rose 1.1 from 1.5 in 2020 to 2.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 2.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Mount Airy, MD AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 65% of ind

DART 0.8 DART
RANK #8/34
PHOTO Vollers Excavating a…
BOOK 5y book
INJ 12 inj
SIZE ~123 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Vollers Excavating and Construction, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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CENTRAL PLUMBI

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1.8

What this shows Ross Contracting, Inc. averages 1.8 TCR (65% of the Excavation contractors BLS benchmark).

Ross Contracting, Inc. TCR series: 2020=1.5 · 2021=2.8 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=0.8 · 2024=2.5 · BLS 2.8

Where Ross Contracting, Inc. falls in its industry

1,750 Excavation contractors establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 34 Excavation contractors employers in Maryland.

Ross Contracting, Inc. (123 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Ross Contracting, Inc. has more employees than the Excavation contractors median and a lower 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
2024	2.5	0.8	3
2023	0.8	0.0	1
2022	1.4	0.7	2
2021	2.8	1.4	4
2020	1.5	0.7	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · MD · Mount Airy

1,750 Excavation contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 22 employers in Mount Airy, MD · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Vollers Excavating and Construction, Inc	NORTH BRANCH, NJ	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	DGI-Menard Inc.	CARNEGIE, PA	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	CENTRAL PLUMBING & HEATING, INC. - Belgrade Civil Division	BELGRADE, MT	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	A-1 DRILLING & BLASTING COMPANY	UXBRIDGE, MA	1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	DE Operations	FEDERALSBURG	123 FTE
STATE-SIZE	EMS Technologies, LLC dba Albireo Energy	GAMBRILS	123 FTE
STATE-SIZE	American Combustion Industries	GLENN DALE	123 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Otis Elevator Company-Washington DC NE	LANHAM	123 FTE
CITY-NEAR	2551	Mount Airy	187 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 2551	Mount Airy	186 FTE
CITY-NEAR	M&M Welding - Mount Airy	Mount Airy	127 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Altimate Electric, Inc.	Mount Airy	126 FTE
NAT-TCR	United Hospital District	Blue Earth, MN	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Micron PharmaWorks LLC	Odessa, FL	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	FXI - Longview	Longview, WA	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	RevSpring, Inc.	Oaks, PA	1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Bastian Custom Automation	Greenfield, IN	123 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Gum Springs	Arkadelphia, AR	123 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Fernlea Nurseries- JUP	Stuart, FL	123 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Store 0468	Sandy Springs, GA	123 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.