Combination Utilities · Indiana

405-NiSource-South Bend IN-Operating HQ

South Bend, IN · ~85 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

405-NiSource-South Bend IN-Operating HQ runs at 114% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Combination Utilities workplace, earning a grade C.

405-NiSource-South Bend IN-Operating HQ: 1.4 TCR = 114% of Combination Utilities BLS 1.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

405-NiSource-South Bend IN-Operating HQ safety composite

405-NiSource-South Bend IN-Operating HQ scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 50%), 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 1.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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%).

405-NiSource-South Bend IN-Operating HQ held a steady TCR band

405-NiSource-South Bend IN-Operating HQ's TCR held near 0.3 from 1.4 in 2016 to 1.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.79× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.4 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=1.2 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · South Bend, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 1.4 · 114% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #14/47
  • PHOTO CenterPoint Energy -…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~85 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CenterPoint Energy - Franklin (0.0 TCR gap)

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405-NiSource-South Bend IN-Operating HQ in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 405-NiSource-South Bend IN-Operating HQ averages 1.4 TCR (114% of the Combination Utilities BLS benchmark).

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

405-NiSource-South Bend IN-Operating HQ TCR series: 2016=1.4 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=0 · 2021=1.2 · 2022=0 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=1.1 · BLS 1.2

Where 405-NiSource-South Bend IN-Operating HQ falls in its industry

1,153 Combination Utilities establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 47 Combination Utilities employers in Indiana.

405-NiSource-South Bend IN-Operating HQ (85 employees, TCR 1.4) 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 405-NiSource-South Bend IN-Operating HQ
405-NiSource-South Bend IN-Operating HQ (85 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

405-NiSource-South Bend IN-Operating HQ has more employees than the Combination Utilities 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 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2023 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 1.2 1.2 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 3.8 2.5 3 0 0
2018 1.3 1.3 1 0 0
2017 2.5 0.0 2 0 0
2016 1.4 1.4 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · IN · South Bend

1,153 Combination Utilities employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 318 employers in South Bend, IN · 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 CenterPoint Energy - Franklin 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR CenterPoint Energy - NP Wagner 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 919-NiSource-Chillicothe OH-Three Rivers Op 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR BRAINTREE-MA06 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hendricks Power Headquarters 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE 530-NiSource-Goshen IN-Operating HQ 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fredericks Inc 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE Performance Contractors, Inc. - Duke Energy-Edwardsport 85 FTE
CITY-NEAR Memorial Hospital South Bend 2,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Joseph County 1,298 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fourwinds Casino South Bend 1,021 FTE
CITY-NEAR Honeywell IN08 810 FTE
NAT-TCR Axium Atlanta 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Fareway Stores, Inc. 951 Waterloo 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Caldwell 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Springdale Feed Mill 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Path Construction Central, Inc. 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE Service Building Supply 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE Special Tree Community Services, LLC - DBA CC Rehab 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fareway Stores, Inc. 987 Davenport 85 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.