Utility line (i.e., communication, electric power), construction · Texas

Mesquite/Distribution & Meter Services

Mesquite, TX · ~47 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.4
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Mesquite/Distribution & Meter Services runs at 228% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Utility line (i.e., communication, electric power), construction workplace, earning a grade F.

Mesquite/Distribution & Meter Services: 6.4 TCR = 228% of Utility line (i.e., communication, electric power), construction BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Mesquite/Distribution & Meter Services safety composite

Mesquite/Distribution & Meter Services scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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%).

TCR Δ

−9.2

2016→2018

Mesquite/Distribution & Meter Services injury rate improved

Mesquite/Distribution & Meter Services's TCR fell 9.2 from 11.0 in 2016 to 1.8 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 11.0 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=11.0 · 2018=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237130 · Mesquite, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.4 · 228% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #142/161
  • PHOTO NA-US-UT-Draper Salt…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~47 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: NA-US-UT-Draper Salt Lake City-313 West (0.0 TCR gap)

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Mesquite/Distribution & Meter Services in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Mesquite/Distribution & Meter Services averages 6.4 TCR (228% of the Utility line (i.e., communication, electric power), construction BLS benchmark).

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

Mesquite/Distribution & Meter Services TCR series: 2016=11 · 2018=1.8 · BLS 2.8

Where Mesquite/Distribution & Meter Services falls in its industry

1,605 Utility line (i.e., communicat establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #142 safest of 161 Utility line (i.e., communicat employers in Texas.

Mesquite/Distribution & Meter Services (47 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Mesquite/Distribution & Meter Services
Mesquite/Distribution & Meter Services (47 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Mesquite/Distribution & Meter Services has fewer employees than the Utility line (i.e., communication, elect median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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
2018 1.8 1.8 1 0 0
2016 11.0 9.2 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237130 · TX · Mesquite

1,605 Utility line (i.e., communication, electric power), construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 166 employers in Mesquite, 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 NA-US-UT-Draper Salt Lake City-313 West 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bronder Technical Services 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR ElecComm Corporation 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Communication Data Link - Grimes 6.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Blackstone Dilworth 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hartley Feeders 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Handley Station 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE South Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc. Pearsall Energy Center 47 FTE
CITY-NEAR MESQUITE (TXMES) 2,771 FTE
CITY-NEAR TXMES - MESQUITE 2,481 FTE
CITY-NEAR Canadian Solar US Module Manufacturing 883 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6458-ZMES 874 FTE
NAT-TCR Paramelt Muskegon 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR La Grange (Galag) 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Charlottesville (Vacha) 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Sunline Civil Construction, Inc. 6.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE dd's DISCOUNTS Store 5121 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Liberty View Brooklyn 3102 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Atrium Post Acute Care of Williams Bay 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Atrium Post Acute Care of Weston 47 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.