Natural Gas Distribution · Virginia

206-NiSource-Fredericksburg VA-Commerce

Fredericksburg, VA · ~56 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

206-NiSource-Fredericksburg VA-Commerce runs at 101% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Natural Gas Distribution workplace, earning a grade C.

206-NiSource-Fredericksburg VA-Commerce: 1.2 TCR = 101% of Natural Gas Distribution BLS 1.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

206-NiSource-Fredericksburg VA-Commerce safety composite

206-NiSource-Fredericksburg VA-Commerce scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 43%), 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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

206-NiSource-Fredericksburg VA-Commerce: 0.0 → 1.7 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 3.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.44× in 2024

206-NiSource-Fredericksburg VA-Commerce's TCR rose 1.7 from 0.0 in 2016 to 1.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · Fredericksburg, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 1.2 · 101% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #3/21
  • PHOTO SEMCO Energy Gas Com…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~56 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SEMCO Energy Gas Company - Niles (0.0 TCR gap)

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206-NiSource-Fredericksburg VA-Commerce in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 206-NiSource-Fredericksburg VA-Commerce averages 1.2 TCR (101% of the Natural Gas Distribution BLS benchmark).

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

206-NiSource-Fredericksburg VA-Commerce TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=2 · 2018=0 · 2019=3.7 · 2020=0 · 2021=1.7 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=0 · 2024=1.7 · BLS 1.2

Where 206-NiSource-Fredericksburg VA-Commerce falls in its industry

1,153 Natural Gas Distribution establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 21 Natural Gas Distribution employers in Virginia.

206-NiSource-Fredericksburg VA-Commerce (56 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate 206-NiSource-Fredericksburg VA-Commerce
206-NiSource-Fredericksburg VA-Commerce (56 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

206-NiSource-Fredericksburg VA-Commerce has more employees than the Natural Gas Distribution median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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 1.7 1.7 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2021 1.7 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 3.7 3.7 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 2.0 0.0 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · VA · Fredericksburg

1,153 Natural Gas Distribution employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 279 employers in Fredericksburg, VA · 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 SEMCO Energy Gas Company - Niles 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 222-NiSource-Ashland KY-Service Cent 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Spartanburg Resource Center PNG 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR NG Aurora Fleet Facility 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE PACKING HOUSE 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE PORTSMOUTH DIST 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Atlantic Contruction Utilities INC. 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Staunton District Bridge Crews 56 FTE
CITY-NEAR SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY SCHOOLS 2,863 FTE
CITY-NEAR MARY WASHINGTON HOSPITAL 1,476 FTE
CITY-NEAR GERMANNA COMMUNITY COLLEGE 865 FTE
CITY-NEAR Brookdale Fredericksburg 848 FTE
NAT-TCR 222-NiSource-Ashland KY-Service Cent 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Quest Window Systems, INC 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Tru-Grind, Inc. 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Tel Tech Plus 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE 919-NiSource-Chillicothe OH-Three Rivers Op 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE 977-NiSource-Findlay OH-Lake Erie Op Ctr 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pfizer West Trenton 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Reeve-Knight Construction, Inc 56 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, 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.