underground utility locating · Missouri

East Missouri (EMO) 3501

Earth City, MO · ~275 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

East Missouri (EMO) 3501 runs at 101% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical underground utility locating workplace, earning a grade C.

East Missouri (EMO) 3501: 2.6 TCR = 101% of underground utility locating BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

East Missouri (EMO) 3501 safety composite

East Missouri (EMO) 3501 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 34%), 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

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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

East Missouri (EMO) 3501: 1.7 → 3.6 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 3.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.16× in 2017

East Missouri (EMO) 3501's TCR rose 1.9 from 1.7 in 2016 to 3.6 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 1.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561990 · Earth City, MO ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.6 · 101% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #3/4
  • PHOTO Heath Consultants In…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~275 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Heath Consultants Incorporated--Charlotte (0.0 TCR gap)

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East Missouri (EMO) 3501 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows East Missouri (EMO) 3501 averages 2.6 TCR (101% of the underground utility locating BLS benchmark).

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

East Missouri (EMO) 3501 TCR series: 2016=1.7 · 2017=3.6 · BLS 2.6

Where East Missouri (EMO) 3501 falls in its industry

208 underground utility locating establishments

Safer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 underground utility locating employers in Missouri.

East Missouri (EMO) 3501 (275 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 East Missouri (EMO) 3501
East Missouri (EMO) 3501 (275 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.1

East Missouri (EMO) 3501 has more employees than the underground utility locating median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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 3.6 3.1 7 0 0
2016 1.7 1.1 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561990 · MO · Earth City

208 underground utility locating employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 82 employers in Earth City, MO · 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 Heath Consultants Incorporated--Charlotte 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Specialty Underwater Services 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Minnesota (MIN) 3301 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Web Industries Atlanta 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Virbac Animal Health Bridgeton, Missouri 275 FTE
STATE-SIZE St. Joseph MO DC 275 FTE
STATE-SIZE 34 275 FTE
STATE-SIZE MCI - Ground Ops 275 FTE
CITY-NEAR MOEAR - EARTH CITY 2,657 FTE
CITY-NEAR EARTH CITY (MOEAR) 2,300 FTE
CITY-NEAR STLVMOKO 472 FTE
CITY-NEAR STLVMOKO - Southwestern Bell Telephone Company 454 FTE
NAT-TCR Kraft Heinz Oscar Mayer 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 0309 - Phoenix-Northgate, Az 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 0276 - Jacksonville, Nc 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 0090 - Pearl, Ms 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Willowbrook (Txhs1) 275 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aspen Facility (Nmasp) 275 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hope House Foundation 275 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sky View Rehabilitation and Health Care Center 275 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.

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