Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction · Texas

KIK Underground, LLC

Richardson, TX · ~58 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

KIK Underground, LLC runs at 38% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction workplace, earning a grade A.

KIK Underground, LLC: 1.1 TCR = 38% of Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KIK Underground, LLC safety composite

KIK Underground, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 50%), 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).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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

KIK Underground, LLC: 0.0 → 1.0 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 2.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.93× in 2019

KIK Underground, LLC's TCR rose 1.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 1.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.2 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.93× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237110 · Richardson, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 38% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #52/194
  • PHOTO Insituform Technolog…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~58 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Insituform Technologies LLC - Tualatin (0.0 TCR gap)

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KIK Underground, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows KIK Underground, LLC averages 1.1 TCR (38% of the Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction BLS benchmark).

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

KIK Underground, LLC TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=1 · BLS 2.8

Where KIK Underground, LLC falls in its industry

1,614 Utility line (i.e., sewer, wat establishments

Safer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #52 safest of 194 Utility line (i.e., sewer, wat employers in Texas.

KIK Underground, LLC (58 employees, TCR 1.1) 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 KIK Underground, LLC
KIK Underground, LLC (58 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0

KIK Underground, LLC has more employees than the Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), const median and a lower 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
2019 1.0 1.0 1 0 0
2018 2.2 2.2 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237110 · TX · Richardson

1,614 Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 220 employers in Richardson, 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 Insituform Technologies LLC - Tualatin 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR John Burns Const Co of Tx 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fischer Construction, Inc. 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kelpe Contracting, Inc. 1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Cactus Feedyard 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Flatonia Farm Plant 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Waelder 2 Complex 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Complex 1 58 FTE
CITY-NEAR Safety-Kleen Systems Inc 2,858 FTE
CITY-NEAR Methodist Richardson Medical Center 1,932 FTE
CITY-NEAR RFAB 1,309 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2636-TEXAS.RICHARDSON 1,266 FTE
NAT-TCR TN-Nashville Call Center 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR US SF Baltimore/Washington 485 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Brim's Imports 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Commercial Operations 1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rule Steel Plant 3 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE Miller Transfer & Rigging Co. 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mega-Camden 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elkins 58 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: 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.