Natural Gas Distribution · North Carolina

South Durham Operations

Durham, NC · ~63 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

South Durham Operations runs at 134% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Natural Gas Distribution workplace, earning a grade D.

South Durham Operations: 1.6 TCR = 134% of Natural Gas Distribution BLS 1.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

South Durham Operations safety composite

South Durham Operations scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 44%), 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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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%).

Rising injury rate

South Durham Operations: 0.0 → 1.7 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 3.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.04× in 2024

South Durham Operations's TCR rose 1.7 from 0.0 in 2022 to 1.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.04× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · Durham, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 1.6 · 134% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #20/46
  • PHOTO 248-NiSource-Greensb…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~63 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 248-NiSource-GreensburgPA-Mod Site-Jeanette (0.0 TCR gap)

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South Durham Operations in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows South Durham Operations averages 1.6 TCR (134% of the Natural Gas Distribution BLS benchmark).

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

South Durham Operations TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=1.7 · BLS 1.2

Where South Durham Operations falls in its industry

1,153 Natural Gas Distribution establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 46 Natural Gas Distribution employers in North Carolina.

South Durham Operations (63 employees, TCR 1.6) 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 South Durham Operations
South Durham Operations (63 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

South Durham Operations has more employees than the Natural Gas Distribution median and a lower 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
2024 1.7 1.7 1 0 0
2023 3.1 1.6 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · NC · Durham

1,153 Natural Gas Distribution 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 248-NiSource-GreensburgPA-Mod Site-Jeanette 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Enterprise Products (Northern MAPL) 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR AUSTIN TX SC 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kiski 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Smith Energy Complex 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Union Power Cooperative - Oakboro 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Asheboro Office 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Koury Corporation 63 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 Ruyle Mechanical Services, Inc 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Lubrizol Advanced Materials Inc Bowling Green 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR ACCO Engineered Systems 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR TDI Columbus 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Polk Personal Care Center 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Moore Trosper Construction Company 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Custom Pipe & Fabrication, Inc. / Grand Island 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Poured Brick Walls, Inc. 63 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: 2024, 2023, 2022. 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.