Drilling gas and oil field wells on a contract basis · Colorado
Ensign United States Drilling Inc. - Rockies Drilling
Lasalle, CO · ~360 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 2.5
- Avg TCR
- 1.9
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
Ensign United States Drilling Inc. - Rockies Drilling runs at 129% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Drilling gas and oil field wells on a contract basis workplace, earning a grade D.
Ensign United States Drilling Inc. - Rockies Drilling: 2.5 TCR = 129% of Drilling gas and oil field wells on a contract basis BLS 1.9 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Ensign United States Drilling Inc. - Rockies Drilling safety composite
Ensign United States Drilling Inc. - Rockies Drilling scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 23% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 4%), 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).
17/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 2.46 per 100 workers
Safer than 23% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.99 per 100 workers
Safer than 19% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- F 1
Safer than 4% 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 Inc. - Rockies Drilling: 0.4 → 3.6 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 3.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.22× in 2024
Ensign United States Drilling Inc. - Rockies Drilling's TCR rose 3.2 from 0.4 in 2020 to 3.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 3.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.22× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 213111 · Lasalle, CO ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 2.5 · 129% of ind
- DART 3.0 DART
- RANK #7/8
- PHOTO Rig 14
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 39 inj
- SIZE ~360 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Rig 14 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Ensign United States Drilling Inc. - Rockies Drilling in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Ensign United States Drilling Inc. - Rockies Drilling
2.5 TCR
- Rig 14
Rig 14
2.5 TCR
- LRM Encinal
LRM Encinal
2.5 TCR
- AKITA Drilling
AKITA Drilling USA Corp.
2.5 TCR
- H&P U.S. Land
H&P U.S. Land - East
2.4 TCR
What this shows Ensign United States Drilling Inc. - Rockies Drilling averages 2.5 TCR (129% of the Drilling gas and oil field wells on a contract basis BLS benchmark).
Ensign United States Drilling Inc. - Rockies Drilling TCR series: 2020=0.4 · 2022=3.6 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=3.6 · BLS 1.9
Where Ensign United States Drilling Inc. - Rockies Drilling falls in its industry
171 Drilling gas and oil field wel establishmentsSafer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.
Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 8 Drilling gas and oil field wel employers in Colorado.
Ensign United States Drilling Inc. - Rockies Drilling has more employees than the Drilling gas and oil field wells on a co median and a higher 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 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
213111 · CO · Lasalle
171 Drilling gas and oil field wells on a contract basis employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 7 employers in Lasalle, CO · 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 14 | 2.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | LRM Encinal | 2.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | AKITA Drilling USA Corp. | 2.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | H&P U.S. Land - East | 2.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Sundyne LLC | 360 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | DEN-ODFL | 360 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Windigo Logitsics | 360 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Haselden Construction | 359 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ensign Well Services - Rockies | 339 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ensign United States Drilling Inc. - US Well Servicing | 196 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Gilcrest Feedlot | 41 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 857 Evans, CO | 21 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Mercy Hospital Waldron | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | NGDS-S950 | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | American Phoenix | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Gilmer Warehouse, LLC Macon Whse | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Core-Mark | 360 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Snap-on Milwaukee | 360 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Historic Davenport | 360 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Voyant Beauty New Albany | 360 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.