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

Dakota Utility Contractors LLC

Ennis, TX · ~100 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.5
Avg TCR
1.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dakota Utility Contractors LLC runs at 26% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Directional drilling of oil and gas wells on a contract basis workplace, earning a grade A.

Dakota Utility Contractors LLC: 0.5 TCR = 26% of Directional drilling of oil and gas wells on a contract basis BLS 1.9 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dakota Utility Contractors LLC safety composite

Dakota Utility Contractors LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 91% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 47%), 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).

C

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 91% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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%).

Dakota Utility Contractors LLC held a steady TCR band

Dakota Utility Contractors LLC's TCR held near 0.2 from 0.5 in 2016 to 0.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 1.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.37× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.5 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=1.0 · 2019=0.7 · 2020=0.6 · 2021=0.0 · 2023=0.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 213111 · Ennis, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 26% of ind

  • DART 0.7 DART
  • RANK #6/48
  • PHOTO Cactus Drilling Rig …
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~100 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cactus Drilling Rig 152 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dakota Utility Contractors LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dakota Utility Contractors LLC averages 0.5 TCR (26% 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

Dakota Utility Contractors LLC TCR series: 2016=0.5 · 2017=0 · 2018=1 · 2019=0.7 · 2020=0.6 · 2021=0 · 2023=0.7 · BLS 1.9

Where Dakota Utility Contractors LLC falls in its industry

171 Directional drilling of oil an establishments

Safer than 91% 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 #6 safest of 48 Directional drilling of oil an employers in Texas.

Dakota Utility Contractors LLC (100 employees, TCR 0.5) 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 Dakota Utility Contractors LLC
Dakota Utility Contractors LLC (100 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 97 employees and a TCR of 1.6

Dakota Utility Contractors LLC has more employees than the Directional drilling of oil and gas well median and a lower 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
2023 0.7 0.7 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.6 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.7 0.7 1 0 0
2018 1.0 1.0 2 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.5 0.5 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

213111 · TX · Ennis

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 · 80 employers in Ennis, 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 152 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cactus Drilling Rig 165 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cactus Drilling Rig 164 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0233 - HES Broussard 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Revol Greens - TX 100 FTE
STATE-SIZE McClung Energy Services, LLC 100 FTE
STATE-SIZE HCI03-FPC 100 FTE
STATE-SIZE Isaacs Transport 100 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sterilite Corporation - ENS 627 FTE
CITY-NEAR 86100B01 CVS PHARMACY, INC. 307 FTE
CITY-NEAR 286 305 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6795-86100B0199 297 FTE
NAT-TCR Teva Branded Pharma R&D at West Chester 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Corporate Office 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Ortho Mattress HQ 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Proconex Corporate 0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Health at Home LHH 100 FTE
NAT-SIZE Greif (IP Kernersville - Tube) 100 FTE
NAT-SIZE 9000 University 100 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eugene WOD 100 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.