Electrical contractors · Texas

Cougar Electric Inc

Mesquite, TX · ~25 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cougar Electric Inc runs at 138% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Electrical contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Cougar Electric Inc: 3.9 TCR = 138% of Electrical contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cougar Electric Inc safety composite

Cougar Electric Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 33%), 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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%).

Cougar Electric Inc held a steady TCR band

Cougar Electric Inc's TCR held near 0.0 from 3.9 in 2016 to 3.9 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.9 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.9 · 2017=3.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238210 · Mesquite, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.9 · 138% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #310/424
  • PHOTO JN Electric of Tampa…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: JN Electric of Tampa Bay (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cougar Electric Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cougar Electric Inc averages 3.9 TCR (138% of the Electrical contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Cougar Electric Inc TCR series: 2016=3.9 · 2017=3.9 · BLS 2.8

Where Cougar Electric Inc falls in its industry

4,550 Electrical contractors establishments

Safer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #310 safest of 424 Electrical contractors employers in Texas.

Cougar Electric Inc (25 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Cougar Electric Inc
Cougar Electric Inc (25 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Cougar Electric Inc has fewer employees than the Electrical contractors 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2017 3.9 0.0 1 0 0
2016 3.9 3.9 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238210 · TX · Mesquite

4,550 Electrical contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 166 employers in Mesquite, 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 JN Electric of Tampa Bay 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wood Electric, Inc. 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jensen Electric 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Signals Audio Video - Los Angeles 3.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Village Farms of Monahans 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lubbock Feeders, LLC 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Circle Three Feed Yard, Ltd 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE SEABOARD FOODS LP 501-508 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR MESQUITE (TXMES) 2,771 FTE
CITY-NEAR TXMES - MESQUITE 2,481 FTE
CITY-NEAR Canadian Solar US Module Manufacturing 883 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6458-ZMES 874 FTE
NAT-TCR Bellefontaine Gardens Nursing and Rehab Inc 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Economy Spring 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR US - Supply Chain : 0946 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Pink Jeep Tours Las Vegas 3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Atlantic Nurseries, Inc. 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3105 Republic Services of South Carolina, Hilton Head 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE GCT - Sharonville 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE GCR - Dayton 25 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: 2017, 2016. 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.