Directional drilling of oil and gas wells on a contract basis · Texas

Bison Drilling & Field Services, LLC

Odessa, TX · ~112 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
1.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bison Drilling & Field Services, LLC runs at 137% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Directional drilling of oil and gas wells on a contract basis workplace, earning a grade D.

Bison Drilling & Field Services, LLC: 2.6 TCR = 137% of Directional drilling of oil and gas wells on a contract basis BLS 1.9 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bison Drilling & Field Services, LLC safety composite

Bison Drilling & Field Services, LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 20%), 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

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 2.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−5.2

2018→2019

Bison Drilling & Field Services, LLC injury rate improved

Bison Drilling & Field Services, LLC's TCR fell 5.2 from 5.2 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.2 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=5.2 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 213111 · Odessa, TX ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 2.6 · 137% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #39/48
  • PHOTO Cactus Drilling Rig …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~112 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cactus Drilling Rig 170 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bison Drilling & Field Services, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bison Drilling & Field Services, LLC averages 2.6 TCR (137% of the Directional drilling of oil and gas wells on a contract basis BLS benchmark).

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

Bison Drilling & Field Services, LLC TCR series: 2018=5.2 · 2019=0 · BLS 1.9

Where Bison Drilling & Field Services, LLC falls in its industry

171 Directional drilling of oil an establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #39 safest of 48 Directional drilling of oil an employers in Texas.

Bison Drilling & Field Services, LLC (112 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 97 employees and a TCR of 1.6 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 05001,0001,5002,000 012345 Average employees Total Case Rate Bison Drilling & Field Services, LLC
Bison Drilling & Field Services, LLC (112 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 97 employees and a TCR of 1.6

Bison Drilling & Field Services, LLC has more employees than the Directional drilling of oil and gas well median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 5.2 3.9 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

213111 · TX · Odessa

171 Directional drilling of oil and gas wells on a contract basis employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 298 employers in Odessa, TX · 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 Cactus Drilling Rig 170 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cactus Drilling Rig 167 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Strata Scout Drilling LLC 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR AKITA Drilling USA Corp. 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Production Fire and Safety LLC., DBA Ampro Strategic Alliance TX 112 FTE
STATE-SIZE Panda Power Funds 112 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cattlemen 1 Solar 112 FTE
STATE-SIZE Team Housing Solutions, Inc. 112 FTE
CITY-NEAR H&P U.S. Land - West 2,858 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saulsbury Industries Inc. 2,602 FTE
CITY-NEAR HES Odessa, TX 2,002 FTE
CITY-NEAR Odessa 8200 E IH-20, Odessa, TX 79706 858 FTE
NAT-TCR Meijer Inc 191 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Clinic - Maplewood 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Halverson Construction Company 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Auxilius Heavy Industries, LLC, SR-18 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE West Virginia 112 FTE
NAT-SIZE Robling Medical 112 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lake Mary Health & Rehabilitation Center 112 FTE
NAT-SIZE Saginaw Senior Care and Rehabilitation Center 112 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: 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.