Distribution line, sewer and water, construction · South Carolina

Cape Fear Utilities, LLC

Cross, SC · ~50 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cape Fear Utilities, LLC runs at 286% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Distribution line, sewer and water, construction workplace, earning a grade F.

Cape Fear Utilities, LLC: 8.0 TCR = 286% of Distribution line, sewer and water, construction BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cape Fear Utilities, LLC safety composite

Cape Fear Utilities, LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% 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).

D

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% 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

−16.0

2023→2024

Cape Fear Utilities, LLC injury rate improved

Cape Fear Utilities, LLC's TCR fell 16.0 from 16.0 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 16.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=16.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237110 · Cross, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.0 · 286% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #20/21
  • PHOTO Gerrard Excavating, …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gerrard Excavating, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cape Fear Utilities, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cape Fear Utilities, LLC averages 8.0 TCR (286% of the Distribution line, sewer and water, construction BLS benchmark).

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

Cape Fear Utilities, LLC TCR series: 2023=16 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Cape Fear Utilities, LLC falls in its industry

1,614 Distribution line, sewer and w establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 21 Distribution line, sewer and w employers in South Carolina.

Cape Fear Utilities, LLC (50 employees, TCR 8.0) 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 Cape Fear Utilities, LLC
Cape Fear Utilities, LLC (50 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Cape Fear Utilities, LLC has fewer employees than the Distribution line, sewer and water, cons 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 16.0 2.3 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237110 · SC · Cross

1,614 Distribution line, sewer and water, construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 4 employers in Cross, SC · 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 Gerrard Excavating, Inc. 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southern Development & Construction, Inc. 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR J & H Engineering General Contractors, Inc. 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Workman Industrial Services, Inc. 8.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Langley Electric Ops 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE BEC - Goose Creek Facility 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Santee Cooper Cross 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southern Concrete 50 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cross Elementary School 70 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cross High School 59 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cross Transportation 19 FTE
NAT-TCR Forrest Paint Company 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Bowman Orchards, LLc 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Kypre - Prestonsburg 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Ndfar - Fargo 8.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Eddy Taproom & Hotel 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Citi-Cargo & Storage Co 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ennis, Inc. 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Geneship LLC 50 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. 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.