underground utility locating · Texas

East Texas (ETX) 5301

Garland, TX · ~249 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

East Texas (ETX) 5301 runs at 70% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical underground utility locating workplace, earning a grade B.

East Texas (ETX) 5301: 1.8 TCR = 70% of underground utility locating BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

East Texas (ETX) 5301 safety composite

East Texas (ETX) 5301 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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

−0.4

2016→2017

East Texas (ETX) 5301 injury rate improved

East Texas (ETX) 5301's TCR fell 0.4 from 2.0 in 2016 to 1.6 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.0 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.0 · 2017=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561990 · Garland, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 70% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/14
  • PHOTO Las Vegas, NV
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~249 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Las Vegas, NV (0.0 TCR gap)

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East Texas (ETX) 5301 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows East Texas (ETX) 5301 averages 1.8 TCR (70% 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 Texas (ETX) 5301 TCR series: 2016=2 · 2017=1.6 · BLS 2.6

Where East Texas (ETX) 5301 falls in its industry

208 underground utility locating establishments

Safer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

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 14 underground utility locating employers in Texas.

East Texas (ETX) 5301 (249 employees, TCR 1.8) 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 Texas (ETX) 5301
East Texas (ETX) 5301 (249 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.1

East Texas (ETX) 5301 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 1.6 0.0 3 0 0
2016 2.0 1.5 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561990 · TX · Garland

208 underground utility locating employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 316 employers in Garland, 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 Las Vegas, NV 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 123 Harrisburg 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 200 Atlanta 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Greenville (GVL) 5002 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Petrobras America, Inc. 249 FTE
STATE-SIZE CrownQuest Operating, LLC 249 FTE
STATE-SIZE Silvertip Completions Services, LLC 249 FTE
STATE-SIZE Montgomery County CCGT Power Station Project 249 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMZL : DDA2 1,704 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kraft Heinz Comany Garland 1,482 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kraft Heinz 1,370 FTE
CITY-NEAR Osburn Contractors 933 FTE
NAT-TCR SAT_Cleveland 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Heyburn Building 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Orange Avenue (Flora) 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Membership 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE 2990-Physician Services Group 249 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tifton (Gatif) 249 FTE
NAT-SIZE Foss - Seattle Shipyard 249 FTE
NAT-SIZE Albany NY Cake (Manning Blvd) Plant 249 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.