Bridge construction · Illinois
Stark Excavating Inc.
Bloomington, IL · ~280 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 3.5
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Stark Excavating Inc. runs at 123% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Bridge construction workplace, earning a grade D.
Stark Excavating Inc.: 3.5 TCR = 123% of Bridge construction BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Stark Excavating Inc. safety composite
Stark Excavating Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 44%), 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).
46/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.45 per 100 workers
Safer than 44% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.48 per 100 workers
Safer than 44% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 53% 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
−0.5
2016→2024
Stark Excavating Inc. injury rate improved
Stark Excavating Inc.'s TCR fell 0.5 from 2.7 in 2016 to 2.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 6.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=2.7 · 2017=2.2 · 2018=4.3 · 2019=5.2 · 2020=6.5 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=2.2
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237310 · Bloomington, IL ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 3.5 · 123% of ind
- DART 1.5 DART
- RANK #89/266
- PHOTO Balfour Beatty - Eff…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 75 inj
- SIZE ~280 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Balfour Beatty - Effingham Parkway (0.0 TCR gap)
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Stark Excavating Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Stark Excavating Inc.
3.5 TCR
- Balfour Beatty
Balfour Beatty - Effingham Parkway
3.5 TCR
- Shields Asphal
Shields Asphalt Paving Inc.
3.5 TCR
- OCLLC
OCLLC
3.5 TCR
- Cox Paving LLC
Cox Paving LLC
3.5 TCR
What this shows Stark Excavating Inc. averages 3.5 TCR (123% of the Bridge construction BLS benchmark).
Stark Excavating Inc. TCR series: 2016=2.7 · 2017=2.2 · 2018=4.3 · 2019=5.2 · 2020=6.5 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=2.2 · BLS 2.8
Where Stark Excavating Inc. falls in its industry
4,078 Bridge construction establishmentsSafer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #89 safest of 266 Bridge construction employers in Illinois.
Stark Excavating Inc. has more employees than the Bridge construction median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.5 | 3.6 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.2 | 3.5 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.3 | 2.6 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237310 · IL · Bloomington
4,078 Bridge construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 182 employers in Bloomington, IL · 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 | Balfour Beatty - Effingham Parkway | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Shields Asphalt Paving Inc. | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | OCLLC | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Cox Paving LLC | 3.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | DWM-39th and Iron Central Dispatch New Construction | 1424 W. Pershing Rd. | 280 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | City of Chicago - Department of Water Management - 4900 W Sunnyside Ave | 280 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Source One Events | 280 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sterling Steel Company | 280 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | St. Joseph Medical Center | 989 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | OSF Saint Joseph Medical Center | 919 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | The City of Bloomington | 901 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bloomington Public Schools, District 87 | 855 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Cypress Cove Care Center, LLC | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cargill Kansas City Oilseed Processing | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 2754 - Fort Worth | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Amazon.com Services LLC - RAD1 | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Ochsner Health Center - Elmwood A | 280 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Kautex - CWC | 280 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Amazon.com Services LLC - AZA4 | 280 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ghilotti Bros., Inc. | 280 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.