Construction management, water and sewer line · Iowa
Top Grade Excavating, Inc.
Farley, IA · ~31 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.2
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Top Grade Excavating, Inc. runs at 151% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Construction management, water and sewer line workplace, earning a grade D.
Top Grade Excavating, Inc.: 4.2 TCR = 151% of Construction management, water and sewer line BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Top Grade Excavating, Inc. safety composite
Top Grade Excavating, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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).
28/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.22 per 100 workers
Safer than 33% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 8.58 per 100 workers
Safer than 5% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Top Grade Excavating, Inc.: 0.0 → 11.4 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 11.4 TCR · DART/TCR 2.03× in 2024
Top Grade Excavating, Inc.'s TCR rose 11.4 from 0.0 in 2018 to 11.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2.03× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237110 · Farley, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 151% of ind
- DART 8.6 DART
- RANK #12/32
- PHOTO DARCY & HARTY CONSTR…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 9 inj
- SIZE ~31 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: DARCY & HARTY CONSTRUCTION INC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Top Grade Excavating, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Top Grade Excavating, Inc.
4.2 TCR
- DARCY & HARTY
DARCY & HARTY CONSTRUCTION INC
4.2 TCR
- LaFramboise We
LaFramboise Well Drilling, Inc.
4.2 TCR
- The Isabella C
The Isabella Corporation
4.2 TCR
- Palmdale Water
Palmdale Water District
4.2 TCR
What this shows Top Grade Excavating, Inc. averages 4.2 TCR (151% of the Construction management, water and sewer line BLS benchmark).
Top Grade Excavating, Inc. TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=4.1 · 2020=0 · 2021=7.1 · 2022=6.9 · 2023=0 · 2024=11.4 · BLS 2.8
Where Top Grade Excavating, Inc. falls in its industry
1,614 Construction management, water establishmentsSafer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 32 Construction management, water employers in Iowa.
Top Grade Excavating, Inc. has fewer employees than the Construction management, water and sewer 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 | 11.4 | 8.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6.9 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7.1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237110 · IA · Farley
1,614 Construction management, water and sewer line employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 5 employers in Farley, IA · 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 | DARCY & HARTY CONSTRUCTION INC | 4.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | LaFramboise Well Drilling, Inc. | 4.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | The Isabella Corporation | 4.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Palmdale Water District | 4.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Dupont - Pioneer Johnston Parent | 31 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | MBS Genetics, LLC | 31 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | MiEnergy Cooperative - Iowa | 31 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Oelwein | 31 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | East Iowa Machine Company (EIMCo) | 159 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Simon's Trucking Inc. | 149 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Behnke Enterprises, Inc. | 121 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lund Manufacturing Inc. | 57 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | NJ | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cardinal Health Solon, DC | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cassity Jones | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Metal Improvement Company, LLC. | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Ensley | 31 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 613 Atlas Avenue, Madison, WI 53714 | 31 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | MDH Glass-Tex Inc. | 31 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | IG Burton of Seaford | 31 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.