Drilling gas and oil field wells on a contract basis · Texas

Independence Contract Drilling

Houston, TX · ~557 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
1.9
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Independence Contract Drilling runs at 77% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Drilling gas and oil field wells on a contract basis workplace, earning a grade B.

Independence Contract Drilling: 1.5 TCR = 77% of Drilling gas and oil field wells on a contract basis BLS 1.9 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Independence Contract Drilling safety composite

Independence Contract Drilling scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 4%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 4% 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

−1.4

2017→2024

Independence Contract Drilling injury rate improved

Independence Contract Drilling's TCR fell 1.4 from 2.2 in 2017 to 0.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.12× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.2 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=1.5 · 2021=2.0 · 2022=1.5 · 2023=1.0 · 2024=0.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 213111 · Houston, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.5 · 77% of ind

  • DART 0.2 DART
  • RANK #25/48
  • PHOTO Xtreme Drilling Inc.
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 66 inj
  • SIZE ~557 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Xtreme Drilling Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Independence Contract Drilling in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Independence Contract Drilling averages 1.5 TCR (77% of the Drilling gas and oil field wells on a contract basis BLS benchmark).

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

Independence Contract Drilling TCR series: 2017=2.2 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=1.5 · 2021=2 · 2022=1.5 · 2023=1 · 2024=0.7 · BLS 1.9

Where Independence Contract Drilling falls in its industry

171 Drilling gas and oil field wel establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 48 Drilling gas and oil field wel employers in Texas.

Independence Contract Drilling (557 employees, TCR 1.5) 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 Independence Contract Drilling
Independence Contract Drilling (557 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 97 employees and a TCR of 1.6

Independence Contract Drilling has more employees than the Drilling gas and oil field wells on a co median and a lower 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
2024 0.7 0.2 4 0 0
2023 1.0 1.0 6 0 0
2022 1.5 1.0 10 0 0
2021 2.0 1.2 10 0 0
2019 1.5 0.9 14 0 1
2018 1.3 0.6 13 0 0
2017 2.2 1.4 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

213111 · TX · Houston

171 Drilling gas and oil field wells on a contract basis employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 5,116 employers in Houston, TX · 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 Xtreme Drilling Inc. 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR H&P U.S. Land - South 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dickinson Area Office 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR FireRock Energy Services 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE BuildASign LLC 557 FTE
STATE-SIZE Layne Christensen Company 558 FTE
STATE-SIZE RKM Utility Services, Inc. 558 FTE
STATE-SIZE Industrial Scaffolding L.L.C. DBA Industrial Specialty Crafts L.L.C. 556 FTE
CITY-NEAR IAH IAH 11,560 FTE
CITY-NEAR IAH - Airport United Airlines Offices 10,239 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6925-IAH 9,442 FTE
CITY-NEAR Houston Methodist Hospital Texas Medical Center 8,873 FTE
NAT-TCR Wisconsin Rapids 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 115 Courtyard by Marriott 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Wolverine Carbide & Tool Inc. 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Prusak's Precision Construction, Inc. 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Century College 557 FTE
NAT-SIZE St. Charles - Kirk Road 557 FTE
NAT-SIZE Raybrook Manor 557 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mason General Hospital & Clinics 557 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 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.