Gas, natural, distribution · Maine

Northern Utilities - d/b/a Unitil

Portland, ME · ~49 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Northern Utilities - d/b/a Unitil runs at 334% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Gas, natural, distribution workplace, earning a grade F.

Northern Utilities - d/b/a Unitil: 4.0 TCR = 334% of Gas, natural, distribution BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northern Utilities - d/b/a Unitil safety composite

Northern Utilities - d/b/a Unitil scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 29%), 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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%).

Northern Utilities - d/b/a Unitil held a steady TCR band

Northern Utilities - d/b/a Unitil's TCR held near 0.3 from 4.2 in 2017 to 3.9 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.2 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.2 · 2018=3.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · Portland, ME ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 4.0 · 334% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK P29
  • PHOTO MALDEN-MA19
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~49 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MALDEN-MA19 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Northern Utilities - d/b/a Unitil in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Northern Utilities - d/b/a Unitil averages 4.0 TCR (334% of the Gas, natural, distribution BLS benchmark).

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

Northern Utilities - d/b/a Unitil TCR series: 2017=4.2 · 2018=3.9 · BLS 1.2

Where Northern Utilities - d/b/a Unitil falls in its industry

1,153 Gas, natural, distribution establishments

Safer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Northern Utilities - d/b/a Unitil (49 employees, TCR 4.0) 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 Northern Utilities - d/b/a Unitil
Northern Utilities - d/b/a Unitil (49 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Northern Utilities - d/b/a Unitil has fewer employees than the Gas, natural, distribution 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 3.9 1.9 1 1 0
2017 4.2 4.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · ME · Portland

1,153 Gas, natural, distribution employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,397 rated employers in Maine with headcount on file · 244 employers in Portland, ME · 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 MALDEN-MA19 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR CUMBERLAND 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northwest Station 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Peachtree Service Center 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE LONGFELLOW'S GREENHOUSES 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wyman Fossil Plant 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brackley Electric, Inc. 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE HALEYS METAL SHOP 49 FTE
CITY-NEAR MMC 8,437 FTE
CITY-NEAR MMC- 22 Bram 5,535 FTE
CITY-NEAR Point32Health Portland 4,440 FTE
CITY-NEAR MMP Practices 2,063 FTE
NAT-TCR Shopko Hometown #609 (Kiel, WI) 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR DSI 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Lippolis Electric, Inc. 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR The Spa at Norwich Inn 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Asplundh Brush Control LLC 186 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Champion 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Justin Terminal 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bay Villa Healthcare Center 49 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.

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