Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction · Texas

RKM Utility Services, Inc.

Richardson, TX · ~558 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

RKM Utility Services, Inc. runs at 151% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction workplace, earning a grade D.

RKM Utility Services, Inc.: 4.2 TCR = 151% of Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

RKM Utility Services, Inc. safety composite

RKM Utility Services, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 33% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 2%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 2% 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

−156.5

2016→2019

RKM Utility Services, Inc. injury rate improved

RKM Utility Services, Inc.'s TCR fell 156.5 from 160.0 in 2016 to 3.5 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 160.0 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.83× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=160.0 · 2017=5.0 · 2019=3.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237110 · Richardson, TX ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 151% of ind

  • DART 3.5 DART
  • RANK #148/194
  • PHOTO Palmdale Water Distr…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 67 inj
  • SIZE ~558 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Palmdale Water District (0.0 TCR gap)

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RKM Utility Services, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows RKM Utility Services, Inc. averages 4.2 TCR (151% of the Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction BLS benchmark).

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

RKM Utility Services, Inc. TCR series: 2016=160 · 2017=5 · 2019=3.5 · BLS 2.8

Where RKM Utility Services, Inc. falls in its industry

1,614 Utility line (i.e., sewer, wat establishments

Safer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #148 safest of 194 Utility line (i.e., sewer, wat employers in Texas.

RKM Utility Services, Inc. (558 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 0200400600 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate RKM Utility Services, Inc.
RKM Utility Services, Inc. (558 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0

RKM Utility Services, Inc. has more employees than the Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), const median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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
2019 3.5 3.5 16 0 0
2017 5.0 4.2 32 2 1
2016 160.0 128.0 19 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237110 · TX · Richardson

1,614 Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 220 employers in Richardson, 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 Palmdale Water District 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Oscar Renda Contracting Inc-Edmund 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Belden Construction LLC 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kana Subsurface Engineering 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Layne Christensen Company 558 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ceres Houston 558 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6005 558 FTE
STATE-SIZE Independence Contract Drilling 557 FTE
CITY-NEAR Safety-Kleen Systems Inc 2,858 FTE
CITY-NEAR Methodist Richardson Medical Center 1,932 FTE
CITY-NEAR RFAB 1,309 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2636-TEXAS.RICHARDSON 1,266 FTE
NAT-TCR Park Ridge Public Works 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 4192-00051423-TMP 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Essentra 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Western Connecticut Home Care 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital & Medical Center 558 FTE
NAT-SIZE Briggs & Stratton Corp.- Turf & Consumer Products 558 FTE
NAT-SIZE LASCO - Brownsville 558 FTE
NAT-SIZE Berkshire Farm Center & Services for Youth 558 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, 2017, 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.