Underground Utility Contractor · Nebraska

Bauer Underground, Inc.

Norfolk, NE · ~119 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bauer Underground, Inc. runs at 57% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Underground Utility Contractor workplace, earning a grade B.

Bauer Underground, Inc.: 1.6 TCR = 57% of Underground Utility Contractor BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bauer Underground, Inc. safety composite

Bauer Underground, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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

Bauer Underground, Inc.: 0.0 → 2.0 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 4.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.26× in 2024

Bauer Underground, Inc.'s TCR rose 2.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 2.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237130 · Norfolk, NE AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.6 · 57% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #5/10
  • PHOTO L.E. Myers Co.
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~119 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: L.E. Myers Co. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bauer Underground, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bauer Underground, Inc. averages 1.6 TCR (57% of the Underground Utility Contractor BLS benchmark).

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

Bauer Underground, Inc. TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=4.9 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=0.6 · 2021=0 · 2022=0.7 · 2023=1.7 · 2024=2 · BLS 2.8

Where Bauer Underground, Inc. falls in its industry

1,605 Underground Utility Contractor establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Nebraska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 10 Underground Utility Contractor employers in Nebraska.

Bauer Underground, Inc. (119 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Bauer Underground, Inc.
Bauer Underground, Inc. (119 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Bauer Underground, Inc. has more employees than the Underground Utility Contractor median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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 2.0 2.0 3 0 0
2023 1.7 0.8 2 0 0
2022 0.7 0.7 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.6 0.6 1 0 0
2019 2.9 2.9 4 0 0
2018 4.9 3.2 6 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237130 · NE · Norfolk

1,605 Underground Utility Contractor employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 87 employers in Norfolk, NE · 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 L.E. Myers Co. 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Henkels & McCoy, Inc. - Portland, OR 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Integrity Network Solutions 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Henkels & McCoy - Hartford, MI 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Wis-Pak of Norfolk 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE Syngenta Omaha 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bison Inc 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE 615-00301 119 FTE
CITY-NEAR Faith Regional Health Services West Campus 823 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nucor Steel Nebraska 506 FTE
CITY-NEAR AWG, Norfolk 493 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vulcraft Nebraska 460 FTE
NAT-TCR INEOS Phenol Pasadena TX 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Grain Craft Barnsville 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Fallout 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR CCG Marketing Solutions 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Seoul Shik Poom Inc. DBA Seoul Trading USA 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE North America : Stockton 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE Blackfoot 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated Nashville 119 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. 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.