Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors · Pennsylvania
Semmel Excavating LLC.
Allentown, PA · ~32 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.4
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Semmel Excavating LLC. runs at 85% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors workplace, earning a grade C.
Semmel Excavating LLC.: 2.4 TCR = 85% of Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Semmel Excavating LLC. safety composite
Semmel Excavating LLC. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), 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).
43/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 2.39 per 100 workers
Safer than 52% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.73 per 100 workers
Safer than 27% 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
Semmel Excavating LLC.: 0.0 → 5.5 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 8.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.14× in 2024
Semmel Excavating LLC.'s TCR rose 5.5 from 0.0 in 2016 to 5.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 8.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.14× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 238910 · Allentown, PA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 2.4 · 85% of ind
- DART 2.7 DART
- RANK #47/115
- PHOTO James W. Flett Co., …
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 6 inj
- SIZE ~32 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: James W. Flett Co., Inc (0.0 TCR gap)
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Semmel Excavating LLC. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Semmel Excavating LLC.
2.4 TCR
- James W. Flett
James W. Flett Co., Inc
2.4 TCR
- RES Twin Citie
RES Twin Cities
2.4 TCR
- CK Contractors
CK Contractors & Development Florida
2.4 TCR
- LASAR Undergro
LASAR Underground construction
2.4 TCR
What this shows Semmel Excavating LLC. averages 2.4 TCR (85% of the Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors BLS benchmark).
Semmel Excavating LLC. TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=4.9 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2023=8.8 · 2024=5.5 · BLS 2.8
Where Semmel Excavating LLC. falls in its industry
1,750 Excavating, earthmoving, or la establishmentsSafer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #47 safest of 115 Excavating, earthmoving, or la employers in Pennsylvania.
Semmel Excavating LLC. has fewer employees than the Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearin 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 | 5.5 | 2.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 8.8 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
238910 · PA · Allentown
1,750 Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 447 employers in Allentown, PA · 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 | James W. Flett Co., Inc | 2.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | RES Twin Cities | 2.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CK Contractors & Development Florida | 2.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | LASAR Underground construction | 2.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | KNOUSE FRUITLANDS, INC. | 32 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Paramount Mushroom Farms LLC | 32 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Wharf | 32 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | DAJ Mushroom | 32 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lehigh Valley Hospital | 9,463 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1200SCC | 6,531 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Air Products and Chemicals Inc.- Main Campus | 2,118 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | LOCATION 48042 | 1,728 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Champlain Cable Texas Corporation | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | New England Market LLC. | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Nidec Motor Corporation - Mena | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Taylor Oil Northeast | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | LeMars | 32 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | ABF Freight 026 | 32 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | ABF Freight 055 | 32 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | ABF Freight 189 | 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.