Directional drilling of oil and gas wells on a contract basis · West Virginia

Highlands Drilling, LLC.

Charleston, WV · ~85 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
1.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Highlands Drilling, LLC. runs at 107% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Directional drilling of oil and gas wells on a contract basis workplace, earning a grade C.

Highlands Drilling, LLC.: 2.0 TCR = 107% of Directional drilling of oil and gas wells on a contract basis BLS 1.9 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Highlands Drilling, LLC. safety composite

Highlands Drilling, LLC. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32%), 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

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 2.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−4.4

2018→2020

Highlands Drilling, LLC. injury rate improved

Highlands Drilling, LLC.'s TCR fell 4.4 from 4.4 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.4 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=4.4 · 2019=1.7 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 213111 · Charleston, WV ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.0 · 107% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P32
  • PHOTO H&P IDC - U.S. Land …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~85 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: H&P IDC - U.S. Land - Grand Junction (0.0 TCR gap)

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Highlands Drilling, LLC. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Highlands Drilling, LLC. averages 2.0 TCR (107% of the Directional drilling of oil and gas wells on a contract basis BLS benchmark).

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

Highlands Drilling, LLC. TCR series: 2018=4.4 · 2019=1.7 · 2020=0 · BLS 1.9

Where Highlands Drilling, LLC. falls in its industry

171 Directional drilling of oil an establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Highlands Drilling, LLC. (85 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 97 employees and a TCR of 1.6 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 05001,0001,5002,000 012345 Average employees Total Case Rate Highlands Drilling, LLC.
Highlands Drilling, LLC. (85 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 97 employees and a TCR of 1.6

Highlands Drilling, LLC. has fewer employees than the Directional drilling of oil and gas well median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 1.7 1.7 2 0 0
2018 4.4 1.8 3 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

213111 · WV · Charleston

171 Directional drilling of oil and gas wells on a contract basis employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,269 rated employers in West Virginia with headcount on file · 158 employers in Charleston, WV · 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 H&P IDC - U.S. Land - Grand Junction 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rig 121 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cactus Drilling Rig 150 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR LCH WELL SERVICING llc 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Zim's Bagging - Main Plant 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lockheed Martin Corporation Clarksburg (1508) 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE 029-00752 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE BrandSafway Industries, LLC - Huntington - Branch 86 FTE
CITY-NEAR CAMC Memorial Hospital 3,442 FTE
CITY-NEAR CAMC Memorial Division 3,374 FTE
CITY-NEAR Memorial Hospital 3,232 FTE
CITY-NEAR Charleston Area Medical Center General Division 1,990 FTE
NAT-TCR Michigan Department of Corrections - Pontiac Probation 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Meijer #168 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR RCN Telecom Services, LLC - Bethlehem Ave C. 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Olsen Fire Protection 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Residence Inn Chicago Downtown/Loop 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE Raley's 302-Galt 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Parkes Companies 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE AAA Pioneer Valley - West Springfield 85 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, 2019, 2018. 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.