Distribution line, sewer and water, construction · Virginia

Gaston Brothers Utilities, LLC

Name: Gaston Brothers Utilities, LLC Workplace Safety Data
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Chesapeake, VA · ~39 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.9
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Gaston Brothers Utilities, LLC runs at 33% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Distribution line, sewer and water, construction workplace, earning a grade A.

Gaston Brothers Utilities, LLC: 0.9 TCR = 33% of Distribution line, sewer and water, construction BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gaston Brothers Utilities, LLC safety composite

Gaston Brothers Utilities, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 89% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 0.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−3.6

2016→2023

Gaston Brothers Utilities, LLC injury rate improved

Gaston Brothers Utilities, LLC's TCR fell 3.6 from 3.6 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.6 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237110 · Chesapeake, VA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 33% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #3/48
PHOTO MPS Engineers
BOOK 4y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~39 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MPS Engineers (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Gaston Brothers Utilities, LLC averages 0.9 TCR (33% of the Distribution line, sewer and water, construction BLS benchmark).

Gaston Brothers Utilities, LLC TCR series: 2016=3.6 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Gaston Brothers Utilities, LLC falls in its industry

1,614 Distribution line, sewer and w establishments

Safer than 89% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 48 Distribution line, sewer and w employers in Virginia.

Gaston Brothers Utilities, LLC (39 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Gaston Brothers Utilities, LLC has fewer employees than the Distribution line, sewer and water, cons median and a lower 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
2023	0.0	0.0	0	0
2022	0.0	0.0	0	0
2021	0.0	0.0	0	0
2016	3.6	3.6	1	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237110 · VA · Chesapeake

1,614 Distribution line, sewer and water, construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 434 employers in Chesapeake, VA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	MPS Engineers	DES MOINES, IA	0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Corporate Office	RALEIGH, NC	0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	UNDERGROUND WATER/SEWER UTILITIES	BALTIMORE, MD	0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Tohono O O'dham Utility Authority	SELLS, AZ	0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Select Genetics VA Hatch 60 61 62 64 65 66, 950-VA	HARRISONBURG	39 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Utilities - Sewerage Systems	CHESTERFIELD	39 FTE
STATE-SIZE	D.D. Kerns Construction Company, Inc.	COVINGTON	39 FTE
STATE-SIZE	DWATTS Construction LLC	ALEXANDRIA	39 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Amazon.com Services LLC - ORF2	Chesapeake	2,432 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Chesapeake Regional Medical Center	Chesapeake	2,059 FTE
CITY-NEAR	QVC Chesapeake, Inc.	Chesapeake	1,056 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Crossways	Chesapeake	931 FTE
NAT-TCR	River Rouge Power Plant	River Rouge, MI	0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Transport Service 60336 Charlotte	Charlotte, NC	0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Waterbury Adult Education	Waterbury, CT	0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Monticello	Monticello, KY	0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Thiele Tanning Co	Milwaukee, WI	39 FTE
NAT-SIZE	J B Stamping, Inc	Cleveland, OH	39 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Thermo Tech Mechanical Insulation, Inc.	Watertown, WI	39 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Carefree Cottages of Maplewood - Chateau	Maplewood, MN	39 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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