Drilling gas and oil field wells on a contract basis · Texas

Orion Drilling

Corpus Christi, TX · ~347 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
1.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Orion Drilling runs at 58% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Drilling gas and oil field wells on a contract basis workplace, earning a grade B.

Orion Drilling: 1.1 TCR = 58% of Drilling gas and oil field wells on a contract basis BLS 1.9 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Orion Drilling safety composite

Orion Drilling scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 49%), 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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−0.7

2016→2019

Orion Drilling injury rate improved

Orion Drilling's TCR fell 0.7 from 1.3 in 2016 to 0.6 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 1.4 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.3 · 2018=1.4 · 2019=0.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 213111 · Corpus Christi, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.1 · 58% of ind

  • DART 0.6 DART
  • RANK #18/48
  • PHOTO Dubois
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~347 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dubois (0.0 TCR gap)

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Orion Drilling in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Orion Drilling averages 1.1 TCR (58% of the Drilling gas and oil field wells on a contract basis BLS benchmark).

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

Orion Drilling TCR series: 2016=1.3 · 2018=1.4 · 2019=0.6 · BLS 1.9

Where Orion Drilling falls in its industry

171 Drilling gas and oil field wel establishments

Safer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 48 Drilling gas and oil field wel employers in Texas.

Orion Drilling (347 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 97 employees and a TCR of 1.6 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 05001,0001,5002,000 012345 Average employees Total Case Rate Orion Drilling
Orion Drilling (347 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 97 employees and a TCR of 1.6

Orion Drilling has more employees than the Drilling gas and oil field wells on a co median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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
2019 0.6 0.6 3 0 0
2018 1.4 0.4 10 0 0
2016 1.3 0.6 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

213111 · TX · Corpus Christi

171 Drilling gas and oil field wells on a contract basis employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 553 employers in Corpus Christi, 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 Dubois 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cactus Drilling Rig 163 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mashburn Transportation Services 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR SW 15th St. Yard/Office 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Texas Division 347 FTE
STATE-SIZE Guardian Industries 347 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1185 347 FTE
STATE-SIZE 3591 347 FTE
CITY-NEAR TX Corpus Christi 4,667 FTE
CITY-NEAR Driscoll Health Systems 2,730 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bay Ltd. 2,536 FTE
CITY-NEAR Driscoll Children's Hospital 2,490 FTE
NAT-TCR Athens - 260 Dennis St. 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Weaverville - 70 Reems Creek Road 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR KHS USA, Inc. 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR American Cutting Edge 1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE SD,ABERDEEN - Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 347 FTE
NAT-SIZE MAI 347 FTE
NAT-SIZE PA.MALVE.2 - Ricoh Usa, Inc. 347 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hub Drive (Ny58) 347 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, 2016. 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.