Electric power distribution systems · North Carolina

Blue Ridge Electric Watauga District

Name: Blue Ridge Electric Watauga District Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Boone, NC · ~32 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 7.0
Avg TCR: 1.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Blue Ridge Electric Watauga District runs at 582% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Electric power distribution systems workplace, earning a grade F.

Blue Ridge Electric Watauga District: 7.0 TCR = 582% of Electric power distribution systems BLS 1.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Blue Ridge Electric Watauga District safety composite

Blue Ridge Electric Watauga District scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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).

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 51% 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

Blue Ridge Electric Watauga District: 2.7 → 5.9 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 16.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.42× in 2023

Blue Ridge Electric Watauga District's TCR rose 3.2 from 2.7 in 2016 to 5.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 16.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221122 · Boone, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.0 · 582% of ind

DART 3.0 DART
RANK #101/107
PHOTO Eastern Division Roa…
BOOK 5y book
INJ 11 inj
SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Eastern Division Roanoke (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Blue Ridge Electric Watauga District averages 7.0 TCR (582% of the Electric power distribution systems BLS benchmark).

Blue Ridge Electric Watauga District TCR series: 2016=2.7 · 2018=16.5 · 2019=6.9 · 2022=2.9 · 2023=5.9 · BLS 1.2

Where Blue Ridge Electric Watauga District falls in its industry

2,958 Electric power distribution sy establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #101 safest of 107 Electric power distribution sy employers in North Carolina.

Blue Ridge Electric Watauga District (32 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Blue Ridge Electric Watauga District has fewer employees than the Electric power distribution systems median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2023	5.9	3.0	2
2022	2.9	0.0	1
2019	6.9	3.4	2
2018	16.5	13.2	5
2016	2.7	2.7	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221122 · NC · Boone

2,958 Electric power distribution systems employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 38 employers in Boone, NC · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Eastern Division Roanoke	ROANOKE, AL	7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Lane Scott Electric Cooperative, Inc.	DIGHTON, KS	7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Covington Electric Cooperative Inc. - Sanford Office	ANDALUSIA, AL	7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Alamogordo Construction Center	ALAMOGORDO, NM	7.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	T.C. Smith Produce Farm	SEVEN SPRINGS	32 FTE
STATE-SIZE	LATHAMS NURSERY INC. - MONROE, NC	MONROE	32 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Lake Wendell Farming Co. LLC	WENDELL	32 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Case Farms Goldsboro Hatchery	DUDLEY	32 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Watauga Medical Center, Inc.	Boone	1,077 FTE
CITY-NEAR	2496	Boone	307 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 2496	Boone	302 FTE
CITY-NEAR	NC BOONE ADM	Boone	246 FTE
NAT-TCR	Cdi Custom Design Inc.	Bellingham, WA	7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Pete's Fresh Market Wheaton Corporation	Wheaton, IL	7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Contractor Services Inc	North Platte, NE	7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	JT Lawn Service	Moorhead, MN	7.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Minebrook Golf Club	Hackettstown, NJ	32 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Smith's Station	Smith'S Station, AL	32 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Polymeric US	North Kansas City, MO	32 FTE
NAT-SIZE	DDM Energy	West Chester, PA	32 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, 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.