Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction · Minnesota

Blake Drilling Company, Inc.

Blaine, MN · ~30 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.6
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Blake Drilling Company, Inc. runs at 200% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction workplace, earning a grade D.

Blake Drilling Company, Inc.: 5.6 TCR = 200% of Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Blake Drilling Company, Inc. safety composite

Blake Drilling Company, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 7%), 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).

F

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% 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

Blake Drilling Company, Inc.: 3.0 → 6.9 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 9.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.24× in 2023

Blake Drilling Company, Inc.'s TCR rose 3.9 from 3.0 in 2017 to 6.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 9.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.24× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237110 · Blaine, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.6 · 200% of ind

  • DART 6.9 DART
  • RANK #20/32
  • PHOTO S.M. Hentges & Sons …
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S.M. Hentges & Sons Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Blake Drilling Company, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Blake Drilling Company, Inc. averages 5.6 TCR (200% of the Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction BLS benchmark).

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

Blake Drilling Company, Inc. TCR series: 2017=3 · 2018=9.3 · 2019=3.2 · 2020=6.2 · 2021=6.7 · 2022=3.8 · 2023=6.9 · BLS 2.8

Where Blake Drilling Company, Inc. falls in its industry

1,614 Utility line (i.e., sewer, wat establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 32 Utility line (i.e., sewer, wat employers in Minnesota.

Blake Drilling Company, Inc. (30 employees, TCR 5.6) 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 Blake Drilling Company, Inc.
Blake Drilling Company, Inc. (30 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Blake Drilling Company, Inc. has fewer employees than the Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), const median and a higher 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 6.9 6.9 2 0 0
2022 3.8 0.0 1 0 0
2021 6.7 6.7 2 0 0
2020 6.2 0.0 2 0 0
2019 3.2 0.0 1 0 0
2018 9.3 3.1 3 0 0
2017 3.0 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237110 · MN · Blaine

1,614 Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 163 employers in Blaine, MN · 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 S.M. Hentges & Sons Inc 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR PW Utilities - Water Facility Operations- Central/North/South 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pipeline Utilities Inc. 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Universal Land Construction Company 5.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Nelson Nursery 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northern Plains Dairy 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE United Dairy, Westland Dairy 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pipestone Grow Finish 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR Estee Lauder - Blaine 669 FTE
CITY-NEAR Infinite Campus, Inc. 471 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1832 - Blaine 400 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 3498 352 FTE
NAT-TCR Village Plaza Sparkle 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 3804-Aloft/Element Austin Dt 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Spring Senior Assisted Living 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Protecto Wrap Cherokee Warehouse 5.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Straight Arrow Products, Inc. - Highland 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE FL, RI Jacksonville Mayo 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Northern Indiana Manufacturing 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cleveland Vibrator Company 30 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.