Water well drilling, digging, boring or sinking (except water intake wells in oil and gas fields) · Ohio
Frontz Drilling, Inc.
Wooster, OH · ~30 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 6.5
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Frontz Drilling, Inc. runs at 233% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water well drilling, digging, boring or sinking (except water intake wells in oil and gas fields) workplace, earning a grade F.
Frontz Drilling, Inc.: 6.5 TCR = 233% of Water well drilling, digging, boring or sinking (except water intake wells in oil and gas fields) BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Frontz Drilling, Inc. safety composite
Frontz Drilling, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 16%), 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).
26/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.52 per 100 workers
Safer than 16% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.8 per 100 workers
Safer than 20% 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
−7.0
2018→2021
Frontz Drilling, Inc. injury rate improved
Frontz Drilling, Inc.'s TCR fell 7.0 from 10.8 in 2018 to 3.8 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 10.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2018=10.8 · 2019=5.4 · 2020=6.0 · 2021=3.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237110 · Wooster, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 6.5 · 233% of ind
- DART 3.8 DART
- RANK #41/51
- PHOTO Layne Christensen 17…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 9 inj
- SIZE ~30 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Layne Christensen 1775 E 69th Avenue (0.0 TCR gap)
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Frontz Drilling, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Frontz Drilling, Inc.
6.5 TCR
- Layne Christen
Layne Christensen 1775 E 69th Avenue
6.5 TCR
- Copenhaver Con
Copenhaver Construction
6.5 TCR
- Field Office
Field Office
6.5 TCR
- D'Arcy & Harty
D'Arcy & Harty Construction, Inc
6.5 TCR
What this shows Frontz Drilling, Inc. averages 6.5 TCR (233% of the Water well drilling, digging, boring or sinking (except water intake wells in oil and gas fields) BLS benchmark).
Frontz Drilling, Inc. TCR series: 2018=10.8 · 2019=5.4 · 2020=6 · 2021=3.8 · BLS 2.8
Where Frontz Drilling, Inc. falls in its industry
1,614 Water well drilling, digging, establishmentsSafer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #41 safest of 51 Water well drilling, digging, employers in Ohio.
Frontz Drilling, Inc. has fewer employees than the Water well drilling, digging, boring or median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 10.8 | 5.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237110 · OH · Wooster
1,614 Water well drilling, digging, boring or sinking (except water intake wells in oil and gas fields) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 133 employers in Wooster, OH · 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 | Layne Christensen 1775 E 69th Avenue | 6.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Copenhaver Construction | 6.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Field Office | 6.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | D'Arcy & Harty Construction, Inc | 6.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Tuente Farms Inc | 30 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Farm 3 | 30 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Trillium Farms Layer 6 | 30 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Canton Hatchery | 30 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Scaheffler Transmissions LLC | 1,907 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | LuK USA LLC | 1,814 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Schaeffler Transmission LLC | 1,662 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | College of Wooster | 771 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Favorite Brands - Austin | 6.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 0095 - Tacoma Wa Whse | 6.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | AgriCare- California | 6.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | C and S Rail Services LLC | 6.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | WK Upchurch Construction Co., Inc. | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Patriot Andrews | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Dixie - Big Spring | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | NDA Distributors, LLC | 30 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.