Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors · North Carolina

Smith Excavating, LLC

Mocksville, NC · ~38 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Smith Excavating, LLC runs at 36% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors workplace, earning a grade A.

Smith Excavating, LLC: 1.0 TCR = 36% of Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Smith Excavating, LLC safety composite

Smith Excavating, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 84% 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

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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

−4.0

2017→2022

Smith Excavating, LLC injury rate improved

Smith Excavating, LLC's TCR fell 4.0 from 4.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Mocksville, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 36% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #17/76
  • PHOTO Sam C Franklin & Son…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sam C Franklin & Son, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Smith Excavating, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Smith Excavating, LLC averages 1.0 TCR (36% of the Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Smith Excavating, LLC TCR series: 2017=4 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Smith Excavating, LLC falls in its industry

1,750 Excavating, earthmoving, or la establishments

Safer than 84% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 76 Excavating, earthmoving, or la employers in North Carolina.

Smith Excavating, LLC (38 employees, TCR 1.0) 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 Smith Excavating, LLC
Smith Excavating, LLC (38 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Smith 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 4.0 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · NC · Mocksville

1,750 Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 44 employers in Mocksville, NC · 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 Sam C Franklin & Son, Inc. 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Trifecta Services Company 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR PGE 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Centerline Drilling, Inc. 1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Morganton Hatchery 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Harris Energy & Environmental Center 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Enerdyne Power Systems, Inc 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Electric Utilities (8100) 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gildan Yarns, LLC (Plant # 75) 472 FTE
CITY-NEAR Compression Technologies and Services : MFG-Mocksville, NC-USA 410 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kontoor Brands Inc. Distribution Center Mocksville NC 390 FTE
CITY-NEAR VF Jeanswear Mocksville 380 FTE
NAT-TCR Gladieux Metals Recycling 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Courtyard San Luis Obispo 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Alcon Johns Creek Manufacturing 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 5850 Memphis TN 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Transcat- Los Angeles 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Iga #451 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Price Less Foods #43 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Price Less Foods #478 38 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.