Excavation contractors · Minnesota

Swan Companies, Inc.

Columbia Heights, MN · ~23 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Swan Companies, Inc. runs at 66% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Excavation contractors workplace, earning a grade B.

Swan Companies, Inc.: 1.8 TCR = 66% of Excavation contractors BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Swan Companies, Inc. safety composite

Swan Companies, Inc. 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

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% 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

−4.5

2017→2024

Swan Companies, Inc. injury rate improved

Swan Companies, Inc.'s TCR fell 4.5 from 4.5 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.5 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=4.4 · 2020=3.9 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Columbia Heights, MN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 66% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/42
  • PHOTO Welsh Excavation Com…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Welsh Excavation Company, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Swan Companies, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Swan Companies, Inc. averages 1.8 TCR (66% of the Excavation contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Swan Companies, Inc. TCR series: 2017=4.5 · 2018=0 · 2019=4.4 · 2020=3.9 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Swan Companies, Inc. falls in its industry

1,750 Excavation contractors establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 42 Excavation contractors employers in Minnesota.

Swan Companies, Inc. (23 employees, TCR 1.8) 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 Swan Companies, Inc.
Swan Companies, Inc. (23 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Swan Companies, Inc. has fewer 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 3.9 0.0 1 0 0
2019 4.4 0.0 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 4.5 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · MN · Columbia Heights

1,750 Excavation contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 27 employers in Columbia Heights, MN · 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 Welsh Excavation Company, Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Deep Foundation, Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hinkle Construction Services 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Main 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Brooten 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE United Dairy, Alpha Foods, LLP 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE MNHT-SEL-HIGHWAY 12' 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fergus Falls CSC 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sullivan Lake 909 FTE
CITY-NEAR Columbia Heights Public Schools ISD#13 448 FTE
CITY-NEAR Columbia Heights ISD #13 442 FTE
CITY-NEAR Crest View Corporation 270 FTE
NAT-TCR HDT Global Mansfield 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR S05449 - WM of Denver - Franklin Street MRF 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR South Gate, Ca 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Jones Day Cafeteria 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hahn Manufacturing Company 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE ESCO - Webster 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Davis Machine Works of Opelika, Inc. 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Polkton 23 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.