Excavation contractors · Michigan

USA Earthworks LLC

Plainwell, MI · ~41 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

USA Earthworks LLC runs at 86% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Excavation contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

USA Earthworks LLC: 2.4 TCR = 86% of Excavation contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

USA Earthworks LLC safety composite

USA Earthworks LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 12%), 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% 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

USA Earthworks LLC: 0.0 → 4.8 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 4.8 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2024

USA Earthworks LLC's TCR rose 4.8 from 0.0 in 2023 to 4.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Plainwell, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.4 · 86% of ind

  • DART 4.8 DART
  • RANK #27/55
  • PHOTO B&B wrecking & Excav…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~41 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: B&B wrecking & Excavating. (0.0 TCR gap)

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USA Earthworks LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows USA Earthworks LLC averages 2.4 TCR (86% of the Excavation contractors BLS benchmark).

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

USA Earthworks LLC TCR series: 2023=0 · 2024=4.8 · BLS 2.8

Where USA Earthworks LLC falls in its industry

1,750 Excavation contractors establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 55 Excavation contractors employers in Michigan.

USA Earthworks LLC (41 employees, TCR 2.4) 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 USA Earthworks LLC
USA Earthworks LLC (41 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

USA Earthworks LLC 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 4.8 4.8 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · MI · Plainwell

1,750 Excavation contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 43 employers in Plainwell, MI · 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 B&B wrecking & Excavating. 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sterling Don Excavation 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR James W. Flett Co., Inc 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR RES Twin Cities 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Otsego 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority - Service Center 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Zolman Restoration, LLC 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nugent Builders, Inc. 41 FTE
CITY-NEAR JBS Plainwell INC 1,307 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2061 317 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2061 291 FTE
CITY-NEAR 191 - Plainwell 249 FTE
NAT-TCR Related Management Company LP Paramount 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Styrotech, Inc. 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR USA Houston 7714 Airport Blvd 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Alaris Homes 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Midwest Industrial Sales 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wilmot Care Center 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE JM Conveyors 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE FASTCO Corporation 41 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. 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.