Distribution line, sewer and water, construction · Idaho

Hi-Grade Underground, inc.

Name: Hi-Grade Underground, inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Meridian, ID · ~19 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 3.9
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Hi-Grade Underground, inc. runs at 139% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Distribution line, sewer and water, construction workplace, earning a grade D.

Hi-Grade Underground, inc.: 3.9 TCR = 139% of Distribution line, sewer and water, construction BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hi-Grade Underground, inc. safety composite

Hi-Grade Underground, inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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).

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 3.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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

Hi-Grade Underground, inc.: 0.0 → 3.5 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 8.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.91× in 2019

Hi-Grade Underground, inc.'s TCR rose 3.5 from 0.0 in 2016 to 3.5 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.1 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.91× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237110 · Meridian, ID ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.9 · 139% of ind

DART 3.5 DART
RANK #5/9
PHOTO Cleary Construction
BOOK 3y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~19 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cleary Construction (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Hi-Grade Underground, inc. averages 3.9 TCR (139% of the Distribution line, sewer and water, construction BLS benchmark).

Hi-Grade Underground, inc. TCR series: 2016=0 · 2018=8.1 · 2019=3.5 · BLS 2.8

Where Hi-Grade Underground, inc. falls in its industry

1,614 Distribution line, sewer and w establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Idaho alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 9 Distribution line, sewer and w employers in Idaho.

Hi-Grade Underground, inc. (19 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Hi-Grade Underground, inc. has fewer employees than the Distribution line, sewer and water, cons 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
2019	3.5	3.5	1
2018	8.1	8.1	2
2016	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237110 · ID · Meridian

1,614 Distribution line, sewer and water, construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,774 rated employers in Idaho with headcount on file · 217 employers in Meridian, ID · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Cleary Construction	TOMPKINSVILLE, KY	3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	5901 Fresca Dr. La Palma, CA	LA PALMA, CA	3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Public Utilities	SUFFOLK, VA	3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	American Contracting & Environmental Services, Inc.	COLUMBIA, MD	3.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Crown Nursery LLC - Idaho	PRIEST RIVER	19 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Essential Oil Research Farm - Naples	NAPLES	19 FTE
STATE-SIZE	McLaughlin Logging, Inc.	OROFINO	19 FTE
STATE-SIZE	New West Building Company Idaho, LLC	DRIGGS	19 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Jacksons Food Stores	Meridian	2,110 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Scentsy Meridian	Meridian	1,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CAP Meridian, ID	Meridian	820 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Field Sales West	Meridian	787 FTE
NAT-TCR	Lincoln Heights Service Center	Los Angeles, CA	3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	SLU Sportservice, LLC	St. Louis, MO	3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Mead	Mead, CO	3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ohio State Waterproofing	Macedonia, OH	3.9 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: 2019, 2018, 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.