Excavation contractors · Iowa

Schrader Excavating & Grading Co.

Walford, IA · ~61 workers · 9 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

Schrader Excavating & Grading Co. runs at 69% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Excavation contractors workplace, earning a grade B.

Schrader Excavating & Grading Co.: 1.9 TCR = 69% of Excavation contractors BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Schrader Excavating & Grading Co. safety composite

Schrader Excavating & Grading Co. 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 1.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Schrader Excavating & Grading Co.: 0.0 → 1.7 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 3.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Schrader Excavating & Grading Co.'s TCR rose 1.7 from 0.0 in 2016 to 1.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Walford, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 69% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #10/28
  • PHOTO Astra Group, LLC
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~61 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Astra Group, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Schrader Excavating & Grading Co. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Schrader Excavating & Grading Co. averages 1.9 TCR (69% of the Excavation contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Schrader Excavating & Grading Co. TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=3.1 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=2.2 · 2021=1.2 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=3 · 2024=1.7 · BLS 2.8

Where Schrader Excavating & Grading Co. falls in its industry

1,750 Excavation contractors establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 28 Excavation contractors employers in Iowa.

Schrader Excavating & Grading Co. (61 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 Schrader Excavating & Grading Co.
Schrader Excavating & Grading Co. (61 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Schrader Excavating & Grading Co. 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2024 1.7 0.0 1 0 0
2023 3.0 1.5 2 0 0
2022 2.5 1.3 2 0 0
2021 1.2 0.0 1 0 0
2020 2.2 1.1 2 0 0
2019 1.4 0.0 1 0 0
2018 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2017 3.1 3.1 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · IA · Walford

1,750 Excavation contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 6 employers in Walford, IA · 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 Astra Group, LLC 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mechanical Services-Blts 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 8743_20198 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hudick Excavating, Inc. 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Slater P&S 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE Humboldt Headquarters 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE Council Bluffs Service Center 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sande Construction 61 FTE
CITY-NEAR GSTC Logistics Muscatine Warehouse 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR GSTC Logistics | Muscatine 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR GSTC Logistics | Walford 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR DW Zinser Company, Inc. 24 FTE
NAT-TCR Ardmore Bldg A 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Viskon-Aire 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Park Place of Belvidere 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Woodland Mall 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Libertyville Manor 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE H&L Advantage Inc 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE Roberts Environmental Control Corp. 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vorteq Coil Finishers Jackson 61 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, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.