Natural gas distribution systems · Maryland

Frederick Division

Frederick, MD · ~29 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Frederick Division runs at 156% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Natural gas distribution systems workplace, earning a grade D.

Frederick Division: 1.9 TCR = 156% of Natural gas distribution systems BLS 1.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Frederick Division safety composite

Frederick Division scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−4.0

2016→2019

Frederick Division injury rate improved

Frederick Division's TCR fell 4.0 from 4.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.0 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=3.5 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · Frederick, MD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 1.9 · 156% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/13
  • PHOTO 473-NiSource-PA Cent…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 473-NiSource-PA Central Horning Rd MOD (0.0 TCR gap)

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Frederick Division in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Frederick Division averages 1.9 TCR (156% of the Natural gas distribution systems BLS benchmark).

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

Frederick Division TCR series: 2016=4 · 2017=0 · 2018=3.5 · 2019=0 · BLS 1.2

Where Frederick Division falls in its industry

1,153 Natural gas distribution syste establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 13 Natural gas distribution syste employers in Maryland.

Frederick Division (29 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Frederick Division
Frederick Division (29 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Frederick Division has fewer employees than the Natural gas distribution systems median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 3.5 3.5 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 4.0 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · MD · Frederick

1,153 Natural gas distribution systems employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 267 employers in Frederick, MD · 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 473-NiSource-PA Central Horning Rd MOD 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR CLFP - Cheyenne W 24th St (WY003) 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR BHGCO - Glenwood Springs (CO024) 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR VNG Virginia Beach Service Center 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fort Smallwood 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE WGL MD - Rockville 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE IPS - Integrated Project Services, LLC - Germantown 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Veteran Design & Construction, Inc. 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR MD-03 4,250 FTE
CITY-NEAR AstraZeneca Frederick Manufacturing Center 775 FTE
CITY-NEAR AstraZeneca Frederick Manufacturing 711 FTE
CITY-NEAR Thermo Fisher Scientific Frederick, MD (BID - Executive Way) 568 FTE
NAT-TCR 210 - Forest Park 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Serco - Charleston, SC 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR General Magnaplate 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Meijer #65 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE 32-Ttco-Birmingham Rental 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fisher 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4113-41131003-R725 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4113-41131003-R09 29 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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