Distribution line, sewer and water, construction · Illinois

Stark & Son Trenching, Inc.

Hampshire, IL · ~28 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
Subscribe to safety-record updates (RSS)

The verdict

Stark & Son Trenching, Inc. runs at 57% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Distribution line, sewer and water, construction workplace, earning a grade B.

Stark & Son Trenching, Inc.: 1.6 TCR = 57% of Distribution line, sewer and water, construction BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Stark & Son Trenching, Inc. safety composite

Stark & Son Trenching, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% 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

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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%).

Stark & Son Trenching, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Stark & Son Trenching, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 4.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=4.6 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237110 · Hampshire, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.6 · 57% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #11/58
  • PHOTO Danbert, Inc.
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Danbert, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

Read with this employer → · Industry book → · Illinois employers → · Look up another →

Stark & Son Trenching, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Stark & Son Trenching, Inc. averages 1.6 TCR (57% of the Distribution line, sewer and water, construction BLS benchmark).

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

Stark & Son Trenching, Inc. TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=4.6 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Stark & Son Trenching, Inc. falls in its industry

1,614 Distribution line, sewer and w establishments

Safer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 58 Distribution line, sewer and w employers in Illinois.

Stark & Son Trenching, Inc. (28 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Stark & Son Trenching, Inc.
Stark & Son Trenching, Inc. (28 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Stark & Son Trenching, Inc. has fewer employees than the Distribution line, sewer and water, cons median and a lower 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 4.3 0.0 1 0 0
2020 4.6 4.6 1 0 0
2019 3.9 3.9 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

237110 · IL · Hampshire

1,614 Distribution line, sewer and water, construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 31 employers in Hampshire, 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 Danbert, Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Electric Conduit Construction Company 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Quadex Lining Systems, LLC 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR TK Construction 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Elite Growers, Inc. 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Charles River Avian Roanoke 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corteva Agriscience Princeton IL Research-PRI2 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tracy Export, Inc. 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hampshire High School 211 FTE
CITY-NEAR Minerallac Company 115 FTE
CITY-NEAR W.R. Meadows Hampshire 114 FTE
CITY-NEAR Buckhead Meat & Seafood of Chicago 111 FTE
NAT-TCR HES Indy Service Center 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR DOL013 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Stolle Machinery - Canton 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR TWG Construction, LLC. 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE No-Digtec, LLC 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bituminous Materials and Supply, LP - Tama 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE State-Wide Electric, Inc. 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Residence Inn Brockton 28 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, 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.