Alternative energy (e.g., geothermal, ocean wave, solar, wind) structure construction · North Carolina

Solar Utility

Durham, NC · ~49 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Solar Utility runs at 99% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Alternative energy (e.g., geothermal, ocean wave, solar, wind) structure construction workplace, earning a grade C.

Solar Utility: 2.8 TCR = 99% of Alternative energy (e.g., geothermal, ocean wave, solar, wind) structure construction BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Solar Utility safety composite

Solar Utility scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 30%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Solar Utility: 0.0 → 5.6 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 5.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.67× in 2020

Solar Utility's TCR rose 5.6 from 0.0 in 2019 to 5.6 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237130 · Durham, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 99% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #54/79
  • PHOTO FT010 - Fiber Tech -…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~49 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: FT010 - Fiber Tech - Richmond (0.0 TCR gap)

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Solar Utility in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Solar Utility averages 2.8 TCR (99% of the Alternative energy (e.g., geothermal, ocean wave, solar, wind) structure construction BLS benchmark).

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

Solar Utility TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=5.6 · BLS 2.8

Where Solar Utility falls in its industry

1,605 Alternative energy (e.g., geot establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #54 safest of 79 Alternative energy (e.g., geot employers in North Carolina.

Solar Utility (49 employees, TCR 2.8) 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 Solar Utility
Solar Utility (49 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Solar Utility has fewer employees than the Alternative energy (e.g., geothermal, oc 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
2020 5.6 1.9 3 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237130 · NC · Durham

1,605 Alternative energy (e.g., geothermal, ocean wave, solar, wind) structure construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 530 employers in Durham, NC · 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 FT010 - Fiber Tech - Richmond 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR LEM Rural Hall 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hancock Wood Electric Cooperative, Inc. ( North Baltimore) 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Michels Pacific Energy, Inc- WA- Tumwater 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Zackly Rite Farms 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Taylor's Nursery-Raleigh 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Butterball Hatchery # 3 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Matthews Operations Center 49 FTE
CITY-NEAR Duke University 23,871 FTE
CITY-NEAR Duke University Hospital 11,048 FTE
CITY-NEAR BCBSNC Telecommuters 3,033 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wolfspeed - Durham, NC 3,013 FTE
NAT-TCR DCA Reagan National Airport 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Gladstone Community Center 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR MacAllister Rental Midland 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR PA148 Lehigh Valley (Dixie) Easton 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE NGC - National City Plant 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dedicated - Rite Aid 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Acme Laundry 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Xanitos EVS at Phoenixville Hospital - Tower Health 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: 2020, 2019. 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.