Water main and line construction · Colorado

Global Underground Corp.

Colorado Springs, CO · ~63 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Global Underground Corp. runs at 176% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Water main and line construction workplace, earning a grade D.

Global Underground Corp.: 4.9 TCR = 176% of Water main and line construction BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Global Underground Corp. safety composite

Global Underground Corp. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 26%), 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).

F

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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

−2.9

2017→2020

Global Underground Corp. injury rate improved

Global Underground Corp.'s TCR fell 2.9 from 6.6 in 2017 to 3.7 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.6 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.6 · 2018=4.6 · 2020=3.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237110 · Colorado Springs, CO ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 176% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #43/69
  • PHOTO Irvine Pipeline Comp…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~63 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Irvine Pipeline Company Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Global Underground Corp. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Global Underground Corp. averages 4.9 TCR (176% of the Water main and line construction BLS benchmark).

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

Global Underground Corp. TCR series: 2017=6.6 · 2018=4.6 · 2020=3.7 · BLS 2.8

Where Global Underground Corp. falls in its industry

1,614 Water main and line constructi establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #43 safest of 69 Water main and line constructi employers in Colorado.

Global Underground Corp. (63 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Global Underground Corp.
Global Underground Corp. (63 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Global Underground Corp. has more employees than the Water main and line construction 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
2020 3.7 2.5 3 0 0
2018 4.6 4.6 3 0 0
2017 6.6 3.3 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237110 · CO · Colorado Springs

1,614 Water main and line construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 832 employers in Colorado Springs, 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 Irvine Pipeline Company Inc. 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sammax Contracting, LLC 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2019 N Gateway #200 Fresno, CA 93727 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Brough Construction, Inc. 4.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Main Office 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lakewood Electric Co Inc. 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE C&L Water Solutions, Inc- Colorado 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE W. C. Striegel Inc 63 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Colorado Hospital Memorial Central 3,102 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - DEN4 2,948 FTE
CITY-NEAR Penrose Hospital 2,841 FTE
CITY-NEAR 05070001-050701 PENROSE HOSPITAL 2,391 FTE
NAT-TCR Kimbel Mechanical Systems, Inc 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Vermont Store Fixture Corporation 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Mastclimbers LLC 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Construction 4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Shrink Packaging Systems 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Simpson Performance Products 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cl-3 Opened 10/22/13 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE LV 63 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: 2020, 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.