Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction · Ohio

Rudzik Excavating, Inc.

Struthers, OH · ~73 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Rudzik Excavating, Inc. runs at 34% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction workplace, earning a grade A.

Rudzik Excavating, Inc.: 1.0 TCR = 34% of Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Rudzik Excavating, Inc. safety composite

Rudzik Excavating, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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).

D

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 2% 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

Rudzik Excavating, Inc.: 1.5 → 2.6 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 2.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.35× in 2024

Rudzik Excavating, Inc.'s TCR rose 1.1 from 1.5 in 2018 to 2.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237110 · Struthers, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 34% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #2/51
  • PHOTO EE ROOT, LLC
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~73 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: EE ROOT, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Rudzik Excavating, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Rudzik Excavating, Inc. averages 1.0 TCR (34% of the Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction BLS benchmark).

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

Rudzik Excavating, Inc. TCR series: 2018=1.5 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=1.3 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=2.6 · BLS 2.8

Where Rudzik Excavating, Inc. falls in its industry

1,614 Utility line (i.e., sewer, wat establishments

Safer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 51 Utility line (i.e., sewer, wat employers in Ohio.

Rudzik Excavating, Inc. (73 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Rudzik Excavating, Inc.
Rudzik Excavating, Inc. (73 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Rudzik Excavating, Inc. has more employees than the Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), const median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 2.6 1.3 2 0 1
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 1.3 1.3 1 0 0
2019 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2018 1.5 1.5 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237110 · OH · Struthers

1,614 Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 11 employers in Struthers, OH · 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 EE ROOT, LLC 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR James C. Cushman, Inc. 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Apex Plumbing Inc. 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR West Texas Utility Contractors, Inc 1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE A. Brown & Sons Nursery, Inc. 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bay Shore 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE 971-NiSource-Toledo OH-Op Ctr Manhattan Blv 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greater Dayton Construction LTD 73 FTE
CITY-NEAR Astro Shapes LLC 522 FTE
CITY-NEAR Struthers IGA 108 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maplecrest Nursing Home 70 FTE
CITY-NEAR LB Industries, Lally Pipe & Tube 36 FTE
NAT-TCR Mauser Packaging Solutions Reidsville NC 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Bergeron Companies 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR SCS Technologies 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Absolute Fire Protection LLC 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Park Highlands Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE Royal Star Hawaii Motor Coach Tours & Destination Services 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hetlinger Developmental Services, Inc. 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE Standard Sheet Metal Works, Inc 73 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.