Natural Gas Distribution Srv. · California

Lancaster Base - 15

Lancaster, CA · ~56 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.0
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lancaster Base - 15 runs at 587% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Natural Gas Distribution Srv. workplace, earning a grade F.

Lancaster Base - 15: 7.0 TCR = 587% of Natural Gas Distribution Srv. BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lancaster Base - 15 safety composite

Lancaster Base - 15 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 7%), 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).

F

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−2.2

2017→2018

Lancaster Base - 15 injury rate improved

Lancaster Base - 15's TCR fell 2.2 from 8.2 in 2017 to 5.9 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.2 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=8.2 · 2018=5.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · Lancaster, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.0 · 587% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK #103/125
  • PHOTO Vectren Corporation …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~56 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Vectren Corporation - Bloomington (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lancaster Base - 15 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lancaster Base - 15 averages 7.0 TCR (587% of the Natural Gas Distribution Srv. BLS benchmark).

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

Lancaster Base - 15 TCR series: 2017=8.2 · 2018=5.9 · BLS 1.2

Where Lancaster Base - 15 falls in its industry

1,153 Natural Gas Distribution Srv. establishments

Safer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #103 safest of 125 Natural Gas Distribution Srv. employers in California.

Lancaster Base - 15 (56 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Lancaster Base - 15
Lancaster Base - 15 (56 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Lancaster Base - 15 has more employees than the Natural Gas Distribution Srv. median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2018 5.9 3.9 3 0 0
2017 8.2 6.1 3 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · CA · Lancaster

1,153 Natural Gas Distribution Srv. employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 131 employers in Lancaster, CA · 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 Vectren Corporation - Bloomington 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Manahawkin 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR WATERFORD 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Trade Center 7.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Wallace Brothers 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE New Sun Farms, Inc 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1624 Poole Blvd., Yuba City, CA 95993 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Copperhill 56 FTE
CITY-NEAR Antelope Valley Union High School District 3,219 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 549 2,621 FTE
CITY-NEAR California State Prison-Los Angeles County 1,505 FTE
CITY-NEAR BYD Coach & Bus LLC 679 FTE
NAT-TCR St. Clara's Manor 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Springfield (Ilspr) 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR TriMet Portland Streetcar 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Oak Pointe Nursing and Rehabiliataion 7.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Holland - OW 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE 7100501 - ALT Olympus Alexandria 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southern Specialty Service 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Watson Refrigeration, Inc 56 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: 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.