Gas main construction · Montana

Michels Pipeline - Montana

Missoula, MT · ~38 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.7
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Michels Pipeline - Montana runs at 26% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Gas main construction workplace, earning a grade A.

Michels Pipeline - Montana: 0.7 TCR = 26% of Gas main construction BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Michels Pipeline - Montana safety composite

Michels Pipeline - Montana scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 0.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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

−1.4

2019→2020

Michels Pipeline - Montana injury rate improved

Michels Pipeline - Montana's TCR fell 1.4 from 1.4 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 1.4 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=1.4 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237120 · Missoula, MT AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 26% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/6
  • PHOTO M. O'Herron Company
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: M. O'Herron Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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Michels Pipeline - Montana in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Michels Pipeline - Montana averages 0.7 TCR (26% of the Gas main construction BLS benchmark).

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

Michels Pipeline - Montana TCR series: 2019=1.4 · 2020=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Michels Pipeline - Montana falls in its industry

809 Gas main construction establishments

Safer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Montana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 6 Gas main construction employers in Montana.

Michels Pipeline - Montana (38 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 137 employees and a TCR of 0.7 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 01234 Average employees Total Case Rate Michels Pipeline - Montana
Michels Pipeline - Montana (38 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 137 employees and a TCR of 0.7

Michels Pipeline - Montana has fewer employees than the Gas main construction median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.7. 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 1.4 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237120 · MT · Missoula

809 Gas main construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,536 rated employers in Montana with headcount on file · 181 employers in Missoula, MT · 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 M. O'Herron Company 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Worley Field Services at Sabic Burkville 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Underground Construction Co Inc 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Precision Pipeline Services 0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE TREASURE STATE INC. 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE CENTRAL PLUMBING & HEATING, INC. - Belgrade Mechanical Division 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE 7479 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Anderson Steel Supply, Inc 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2252-00000460 2,189 FTE
CITY-NEAR MT190 ST PATRICK HOSPITAL-BROADWAY BLDG-MISSOU 1,966 FTE
CITY-NEAR Community Medical Center 985 FTE
CITY-NEAR MSSLMTXA 670 FTE
NAT-TCR Johnsonville Trucking 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR South Windsor Ct Store 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Ctr Family Medicine/Car Cardio 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Corporate Headquarters 0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ewles Materials/New Rental Co. - Division of John B. Ewles Inc. 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Checker Transportation Inc. 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hartford 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Medspeed Springfield 38 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.