Excavation contractors · Indiana
Russell's Excavating & Septic Tanks Inc.
Mount Vernon, IN · ~32 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.3
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Russell's Excavating & Septic Tanks Inc. runs at 83% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Excavation contractors workplace, earning a grade C.
Russell's Excavating & Septic Tanks Inc.: 2.3 TCR = 83% of Excavation contractors BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Russell's Excavating & Septic Tanks Inc. safety composite
Russell's Excavating & Septic Tanks Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 17%), 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).
40/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 2.32 per 100 workers
Safer than 53% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.87 per 100 workers
Safer than 17% 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
−1.2
2016→2024
Russell's Excavating & Septic Tanks Inc. injury rate improved
Russell's Excavating & Septic Tanks Inc.'s TCR fell 1.2 from 5.0 in 2016 to 3.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=5.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=3.6 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=4.6 · 2023=3.8 · 2024=3.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 238910 · Mount Vernon, IN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 2.3 · 83% of ind
- DART 3.9 DART
- RANK #23/39
- PHOTO DeKoster Excavating,…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 8 inj
- SIZE ~32 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: DeKoster Excavating, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Russell's Excavating & Septic Tanks Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Russell's Excavating & Septic Tanks Inc.
2.3 TCR
- DeKoster Excav
DeKoster Excavating, Inc.
2.3 TCR
- Noury Construc
Noury Construction Co
2.3 TCR
- Demo Plus Inc.
Demo Plus Inc.
2.3 TCR
- Rasmussen Exca
Rasmussen Excavation LLC
2.3 TCR
What this shows Russell's Excavating & Septic Tanks Inc. averages 2.3 TCR (83% of the Excavation contractors BLS benchmark).
Russell's Excavating & Septic Tanks Inc. TCR series: 2016=5 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=3.6 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=4.6 · 2023=3.8 · 2024=3.9 · BLS 2.8
Where Russell's Excavating & Septic Tanks Inc. falls in its industry
1,750 Excavation contractors establishmentsSafer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.
Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 39 Excavation contractors employers in Indiana.
Russell's Excavating & Septic Tanks Inc. has fewer 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 | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
238910 · IN · Mount Vernon
1,750 Excavation contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 21 employers in Mount Vernon, IN · 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 | DeKoster Excavating, Inc. | 2.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Noury Construction Co | 2.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Demo Plus Inc. | 2.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Rasmussen Excavation LLC | 2.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | R. Gallagher Generating Station | 32 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Aurora | 32 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Jasper County REMC Headquarters | 32 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Indiana American Water-Northwest District Borman Park Water Treatment Plant | 32 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SABIC INNOVATIVE PLASTICS MT VERNON LLC | 1,132 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | BWX Technologies | 328 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sabic-IP Mt. Vernon | 266 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | KLS MJN IN CMO | 194 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Greensburg Packaged Gas Plant | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | A-1 Systems, Inc. ( Fort Worth location) | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pitt Ohio - Cleveland | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Jayhawk Fire Sprinkler Co Inc | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | T. H. Eifert, LLC | 32 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Goodwill CFL - St Cloud | 32 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Fortrans, Inc. | 32 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Kurk Concrete, Inc. | 32 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.