Sewer construction · Missouri

Bates Utility Company, Inc.

Weldon Spring, MO · ~37 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bates Utility Company, Inc. runs at 77% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Sewer construction workplace, earning a grade B.

Bates Utility Company, Inc.: 2.1 TCR = 77% of Sewer construction BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bates Utility Company, Inc. safety composite

Bates Utility Company, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−5.1

2016→2023

Bates Utility Company, Inc. injury rate improved

Bates Utility Company, Inc.'s TCR fell 5.1 from 5.1 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.1 · 2017=3.1 · 2018=3.3 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237110 · Weldon Spring, MO AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 77% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #17/27
  • PHOTO BURNSCO CONSTRUCTION…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BURNSCO CONSTRUCTION, INC. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bates Utility Company, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bates Utility Company, Inc. averages 2.1 TCR (77% of the Sewer construction BLS benchmark).

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

Bates Utility Company, Inc. TCR series: 2016=5.1 · 2017=3.1 · 2018=3.3 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Bates Utility Company, Inc. falls in its industry

1,614 Sewer construction establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 27 Sewer construction employers in Missouri.

Bates Utility Company, Inc. (37 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Bates Utility Company, Inc.
Bates Utility Company, Inc. (37 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Bates Utility Company, Inc. has fewer employees than the Sewer construction median and a lower 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 2.6 2.6 1 0 0
2021 3.2 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 3.3 0.0 1 0 0
2017 3.1 3.1 1 0 0
2016 5.1 5.1 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237110 · MO · Weldon Spring

1,614 Sewer construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 3 employers in Weldon Spring, MO · 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 BURNSCO CONSTRUCTION, INC. 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR DNT Construction LLC 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Iacoboni Site Specialists 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Garney Pacific, Inc 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE AMEREN MISSOURI - Substations West 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN MISSOURI - Dorsett 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN MISSOURI - Geraldine 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN MISSOURI - Geraldine District 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR CenterPointe Hospital 223 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tubular USA 27 FTE
NAT-TCR CTS Transportation, LLC 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR STA - Williamstown 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Loves Park Campus 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Overhead Door Company of Worcester 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE 41000 Executive 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Martin Distributing Company Inc 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Moonlight Cold Storage Inc. Plant 6 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE US Trackworks, LLC 37 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.