Water treatment and distribution · Texas

Southern Utilities

Tyler, TX · ~61 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.5
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Southern Utilities runs at 543% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water treatment and distribution workplace, earning a grade F.

Southern Utilities: 6.5 TCR = 543% of Water treatment and distribution BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southern Utilities safety composite

Southern Utilities scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 28%), 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)
F 6.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

Southern Utilities: 5.3 → 7.7 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 7.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.4× in 2024

Southern Utilities's TCR rose 2.4 from 5.3 in 2023 to 7.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Tyler, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.5 · 543% of ind

  • DART 2.6 DART
  • RANK #21/25
  • PHOTO Water Resources H310
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~61 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Water Resources H310 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Southern Utilities in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Southern Utilities averages 6.5 TCR (543% of the Water treatment and distribution BLS benchmark).

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

Southern Utilities TCR series: 2023=5.3 · 2024=7.7 · BLS 1.2

Where Southern Utilities falls in its industry

727 Water treatment and distributi establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 25 Water treatment and distributi employers in Texas.

Southern Utilities (61 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Southern Utilities
Southern Utilities (61 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Southern Utilities has more employees than the Water treatment and distribution median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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 7.7 2.6 4 2 0
2023 5.3 2.6 3 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · TX · Tyler

727 Water treatment and distribution employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 357 employers in Tyler, 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 Water Resources H310 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mountain Water District 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Water Operations and Maintenance, LLC 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR New Jersey American Water-Fire Road 6.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE North Muleshoe Dairy LLC 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE Patriot Drilling LLC 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE TEXOMA SVC CTR 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE PEC-Cedar Park 61 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tyler - CTMF 380 3,897 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tyler Main Hospital 2,205 FTE
CITY-NEAR Residential HVAC and Supply : MFG-Tyler,TX-USA 2,173 FTE
CITY-NEAR Trinity Clinic - CTMF 381 1,705 FTE
NAT-TCR AZZ Galvanizing - Chattanooga LLC 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Schneider Heating and Air Conditioning 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Innovative Demolition Services 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Lenny Szarek 6.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ervin Technologies 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE Arden Courts of Geneva 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gittleman Construction and Maintenance 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE Yokohama Industries Americas Ohio 61 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. 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.