Distribution of natural gas · North Carolina

Frontier Natural Gas

Elkin, NC · ~34 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Frontier Natural Gas runs at 318% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Distribution of natural gas workplace, earning a grade F.

Frontier Natural Gas: 3.8 TCR = 318% of Distribution of natural gas BLS 1.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Frontier Natural Gas safety composite

Frontier Natural Gas scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32%), 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% 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

−3.0

2017→2024

Frontier Natural Gas injury rate improved

Frontier Natural Gas's TCR fell 3.0 from 3.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.0 · 2018=2.8 · 2019=8.1 · 2020=5.8 · 2021=6.0 · 2022=4.8 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · Elkin, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 3.8 · 318% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #42/46
  • PHOTO HEWLETT-NY55
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HEWLETT-NY55 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Frontier Natural Gas in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Frontier Natural Gas averages 3.8 TCR (318% of the Distribution of natural gas BLS benchmark).

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

Frontier Natural Gas TCR series: 2017=3 · 2018=2.8 · 2019=8.1 · 2020=5.8 · 2021=6 · 2022=4.8 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 1.2

Where Frontier Natural Gas falls in its industry

1,153 Distribution of natural gas establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #42 safest of 46 Distribution of natural gas employers in North Carolina.

Frontier Natural Gas (34 employees, TCR 3.8) 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 Frontier Natural Gas
Frontier Natural Gas (34 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Frontier Natural Gas has fewer employees than the Distribution of natural gas median and a higher 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 4.8 2.4 2 0 0
2021 6.0 3.0 2 0 0
2020 5.8 0.0 2 0 0
2019 8.1 0.0 3 0 0
2018 2.8 0.0 1 0 0
2017 3.0 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · NC · Elkin

1,153 Distribution of natural gas employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 40 employers in Elkin, NC · 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 HEWLETT-NY55 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR CenterPoint Energy - Laredo 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR BHGNE - Scottsbluff (NE069) 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vectren Corporation - Dayton West 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Jerry G. Williams & Sons, Inc. 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2778 NC 50 South, Benson, NC 27504 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Iredell Operations Center 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE NWR Services LLC - Contracting North Carolina 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pittsburgh Glass Works, LLC - Elkin 380 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1337 351 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pittsburgh Glass Works, LLC 343 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1337 330 FTE
NAT-TCR Design Within Reach 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Second Life Mac 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Barnsco Dallas 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR STR0683 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rainier Plastics inc 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Barber Station Assisted Living and Memory Care 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Womens Residential Center 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hana Oriental Supermarket Inc. 34 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.