Excavation contractors · Kansas

Schmidtlein Excavating, Inc

Topeka, KS · ~50 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Schmidtlein Excavating, Inc runs at 67% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Excavation contractors workplace, earning a grade B.

Schmidtlein Excavating, Inc: 1.9 TCR = 67% of Excavation contractors BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Schmidtlein Excavating, Inc safety composite

Schmidtlein Excavating, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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

−7.0

2016→2023

Schmidtlein Excavating, Inc injury rate improved

Schmidtlein Excavating, Inc's TCR fell 7.0 from 7.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=4.3 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Topeka, KS AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 67% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/12
  • PHOTO Linde-Griffith Const…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Linde-Griffith Construction Co. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Schmidtlein Excavating, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Schmidtlein Excavating, Inc averages 1.9 TCR (67% of the Excavation contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Schmidtlein Excavating, Inc TCR series: 2016=7 · 2017=0 · 2018=4.3 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Schmidtlein Excavating, Inc falls in its industry

1,750 Excavation contractors establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 12 Excavation contractors employers in Kansas.

Schmidtlein Excavating, Inc (50 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 050100150200250 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Schmidtlein Excavating, Inc
Schmidtlein Excavating, Inc (50 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Schmidtlein Excavating, 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 4.3 2.1 2 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 7.0 5.3 2 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · KS · Topeka

1,750 Excavation contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 319 employers in Topeka, KS · 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 Linde-Griffith Construction Co. 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Spectrum Environmental Services, Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mr. Excavator, Inc 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Advantage Landscape & Construction, Inc. 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ford County Feed Yard, Inc. 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ford County Feeders LLC 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Friona Cattle Feeders North #2 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4 Rivers Electric Cooperative, Inc 50 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stormont Vail Health - Hospital 2,589 FTE
CITY-NEAR Goodyear Tire Rubber Company 1,563 FTE
CITY-NEAR Goodyear Topeka 1,499 FTE
CITY-NEAR The University of Kansas Health System St. Francis Campus 1,417 FTE
NAT-TCR Heights Home Health 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Prima Paving Corporation 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR NIBCO Buena Vista DC 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sperry's Theatre Operations, LLC 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Unit Industries, Inc 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE iFIL USA 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Branch 5446 - Randolph MA (WP) 50 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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