Drilling gas and oil field wells on a contract basis · California
Ensign United States Drilling (California) Inc.
Bakersfield, CA · ~219 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.6
- Avg TCR
- 1.9
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Ensign United States Drilling (California) Inc. runs at 29% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Drilling gas and oil field wells on a contract basis workplace, earning a grade A.
Ensign United States Drilling (California) Inc.: 0.6 TCR = 29% of Drilling gas and oil field wells on a contract basis BLS 1.9 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Ensign United States Drilling (California) Inc. safety composite
Ensign United States Drilling (California) Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 89% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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).
61/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 0.55 per 100 workers
Safer than 89% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.19 per 100 workers
Safer than 35% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Ensign United States Drilling (California) Inc.: 0.4 → 1.2 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 1.2 TCR · DART/TCR 2.16× in 2024
Ensign United States Drilling (California) Inc.'s TCR rose 0.8 from 0.4 in 2020 to 1.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 213111 · Bakersfield, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 29% of ind
- DART 1.2 DART
- RANK #1/5
- PHOTO Rig 1
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 7 inj
- SIZE ~219 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Rig 1 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Ensign United States Drilling (California) Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Ensign United States Drilling (California) Inc.
0.6 TCR
- Lubbock Office
Lubbock Office
0.6 TCR
- Rig 1
Rig 1
0.5 TCR
- 0233 - HES Bro
0233 - HES Broussard
0.5 TCR
- Cactus Drillin
Cactus Drilling Rig 164
0.5 TCR
What this shows Ensign United States Drilling (California) Inc. averages 0.6 TCR (29% of the Drilling gas and oil field wells on a contract basis BLS benchmark).
Ensign United States Drilling (California) Inc. TCR series: 2020=0.4 · 2021=1.2 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=1.2 · BLS 1.9
Where Ensign United States Drilling (California) Inc. falls in its industry
171 Drilling gas and oil field wel establishmentsSafer than 89% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 5 Drilling gas and oil field wel employers in California.
Ensign United States Drilling (California) Inc. has more employees than the Drilling gas and oil field wells on a co 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
213111 · CA · Bakersfield
171 Drilling gas and oil field wells on a contract basis employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 818 employers in Bakersfield, CA · 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 | Rig 1 | 0.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lubbock Office | 0.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 0233 - HES Broussard | 0.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Cactus Drilling Rig 164 | 0.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Gilroy Location | 219 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mellano & Company dba Mellano Enterprises SLR | 219 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | The Garlic Company | 219 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Statewide Labor Corporation | 219 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CA Bakersfield | 4,667 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CA-04 | 4,525 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amazon.com Services LLC - BFL1 | 4,113 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Esparza Enterprises, Inc | 3,267 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | USA Calhoun GA 450 Clarence King | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Clean Harbors Deer Park LLC 69DE | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ameriflight, LLC- Salt Lake City | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | VA - DuPont | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 10587 Spring Lake Wall | 219 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 10062 Tenley Town | 219 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 10683 Commack | 219 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Design Mechanical | 219 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.