Locating underground utility lines prior to digging · Montana

Helena, MT

Helena, MT · ~11 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.3
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Helena, MT runs at 125% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Locating underground utility lines prior to digging workplace, earning a grade D.

Helena, MT: 3.3 TCR = 125% of Locating underground utility lines prior to digging BLS 2.6 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Helena, MT safety composite

Helena, MT scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 11%), 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

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Helena, MT: 0.0 → 5.8 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 17.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.78× in 2024

Helena, MT's TCR rose 5.8 from 0.0 in 2016 to 5.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 17.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.78× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561990 · Helena, MT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.3 · 125% of ind

  • DART 5.8 DART
  • RANK #4/5
  • PHOTO Olameter - Entergy L…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~11 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Olameter - Entergy LA Meter Services (0.0 TCR gap)

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Helena, MT in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Helena, MT averages 3.3 TCR (125% of the Locating underground utility lines prior to digging BLS benchmark).

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

Helena, MT TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=17 · 2024=5.8 · BLS 2.6

Where Helena, MT falls in its industry

208 Locating underground utility l establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Montana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 5 Locating underground utility l employers in Montana.

Helena, MT (11 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Helena, MT
Helena, MT (11 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Helena, MT has fewer employees than the Locating underground utility lines prior median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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 5.8 5.8 1 0 0
2023 17.0 8.5 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561990 · MT · Helena

208 Locating underground utility lines prior to digging employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,536 rated employers in Montana with headcount on file · 98 employers in Helena, MT · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Olameter - Entergy LA Meter Services 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR BAY AREA TRAFFIC SOLUTION INC. 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 120 Pittsburgh 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR PICO Enterprises INC 3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lolo, MT 11 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northern DC 11 FTE
STATE-SIZE Harlow's School Bus Service of Montana - Stevensville 11 FTE
STATE-SIZE SK Construction Inc 13 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dick Anderson Construction 399 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1872 377 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1872 349 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rocky Mountain Contractors, Main Office 265 FTE
NAT-TCR Marshalltown 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Peterson Farms Fresh 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Winelco Inc 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 006 3.3 TCR

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, 2018, 2017, 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.