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

Southern Development & Construction, Inc.

Chuluota, FL · ~146 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Southern Development & Construction, Inc. runs at 287% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction workplace, earning a grade F.

Southern Development & Construction, Inc.: 8.0 TCR = 287% of Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southern Development & Construction, Inc. safety composite

Southern Development & Construction, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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%).

Southern Development & Construction, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Southern Development & Construction, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.1 from 8.1 in 2016 to 8.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.1 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.1 · 2018=8.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237110 · Chuluota, FL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.0 · 287% of ind

  • DART 3.2 DART
  • RANK #108/121
  • PHOTO Gerrard Excavating, …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~146 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gerrard Excavating, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Southern Development & Construction, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Southern Development & Construction, Inc. averages 8.0 TCR (287% 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

Southern Development & Construction, Inc. TCR series: 2016=8.1 · 2018=8 · BLS 2.8

Where Southern Development & Construction, Inc. falls in its industry

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

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Florida alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #108 safest of 121 Utility line (i.e., sewer, wat employers in Florida.

Southern Development & Construction, Inc. (146 employees, TCR 8.0) 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Southern Development & Construction, Inc.
Southern Development & Construction, Inc. (146 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Southern Development & Construction, 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
2018 8.0 3.2 12 3 0
2016 8.1 1.0 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237110 · FL · Chuluota

1,614 Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 26,569 rated employers in Florida with headcount on file · 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 Gerrard Excavating, Inc. 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cape Fear Utilities, LLC 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR J & H Engineering General Contractors, Inc. 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Workman Industrial Services, Inc. 8.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE W. Gardner, LLC 146 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sauer Construction, LLC 146 FTE
STATE-SIZE Deme Construction LLC 146 FTE
STATE-SIZE Division 3 Of Florida LLC 146 FTE
NAT-TCR Masters Gallery Foods, Inc. 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Boeing Field (Waboe) 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Kiel, WI Plant 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR HOPE Family Health (Sumner, Westside and Dental Locations) 8.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tecnocap Glen Dale 146 FTE
NAT-SIZE Illinois 146 FTE
NAT-SIZE 8350 Lyra Drive,LLC 146 FTE
NAT-SIZE Murfreesboro (Tnmur) 146 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, 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.