Excavation contractors · Illinois

Taylor Excavating & Construction, Inc.

Chicago, IL · ~44 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Taylor Excavating & Construction, Inc. runs at 51% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Excavation contractors workplace, earning a grade B.

Taylor Excavating & Construction, Inc.: 1.4 TCR = 51% of Excavation contractors BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Taylor Excavating & Construction, Inc. safety composite

Taylor Excavating & Construction, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 25%), 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).

D

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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

−2.2

2018→2024

Taylor Excavating & Construction, Inc. injury rate improved

Taylor Excavating & Construction, Inc.'s TCR fell 2.2 from 5.0 in 2018 to 2.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.97× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=5.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.4 · 51% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #22/52
  • PHOTO Southern Site Contra…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Southern Site Contractors (0.0 TCR gap)

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Taylor Excavating & Construction, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Taylor Excavating & Construction, Inc. averages 1.4 TCR (51% of the Excavation contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Taylor Excavating & Construction, Inc. TCR series: 2018=5 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=2.8 · BLS 2.8

Where Taylor Excavating & Construction, Inc. falls in its industry

1,750 Excavation contractors establishments

Safer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 52 Excavation contractors employers in Illinois.

Taylor Excavating & Construction, Inc. (44 employees, TCR 1.4) 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 Taylor Excavating & Construction, Inc.
Taylor Excavating & Construction, Inc. (44 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Taylor Excavating & Construction, 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 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2023 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 5.0 5.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · IL · Chicago

1,750 Excavation contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in Chicago, 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 Southern Site Contractors 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Baker's Construction Services Inc. 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stell Enterprises, Inc. 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Maine Drilling & Blasting, Inc. 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Main Office 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2570-Thomasboro, IL (Monsanto Co.) 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eastern Illini Electric Cooperative Paxton Headquarters 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eastern Illini Elec. Coop. Paxton Heaquarters 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago Public Schools 49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago/Corporate 18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Illinois at Chicago 13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Health Service UIC UIC Campus 12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR Renaissance Providers 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Jabezco Industrial Group, Inc. 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Santa Fe Springs, CA Shoemaker 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Front Royal, VA - Fairground 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE AllTex Facility 1 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bay Electric Co., Inc. 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Christopher Heights of Attleboro 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Clarksville 44 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.