Utility line (i.e., communication, electric power), construction · Arizona

Southwest Energy Solutions (South / TEP)

Tucson, AZ · ~116 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Southwest Energy Solutions (South / TEP) runs at 113% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Utility line (i.e., communication, electric power), construction workplace, earning a grade C.

Southwest Energy Solutions (South / TEP): 3.2 TCR = 113% of Utility line (i.e., communication, electric power), construction BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southwest Energy Solutions (South / TEP) safety composite

Southwest Energy Solutions (South / TEP) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 34%), 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 3.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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

Southwest Energy Solutions (South / TEP): 3.4 → 4.4 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 4.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.46× in 2019

Southwest Energy Solutions (South / TEP)'s TCR rose 1.0 from 3.4 in 2016 to 4.4 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.9 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237130 · Tucson, AZ ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.2 · 113% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #34/47
  • PHOTO Headquarters
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~116 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Headquarters (0.0 TCR gap)

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Southwest Energy Solutions (South / TEP) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Southwest Energy Solutions (South / TEP) averages 3.2 TCR (113% of the Utility line (i.e., communication, electric power), construction BLS benchmark).

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

Southwest Energy Solutions (South / TEP) TCR series: 2016=3.4 · 2017=0 · 2018=4.9 · 2019=4.4 · BLS 2.8

Where Southwest Energy Solutions (South / TEP) falls in its industry

1,605 Utility line (i.e., communicat establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arizona alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #34 safest of 47 Utility line (i.e., communicat employers in Arizona.

Southwest Energy Solutions (South / TEP) (116 employees, TCR 3.2) 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 Southwest Energy Solutions (South / TEP)
Southwest Energy Solutions (South / TEP) (116 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Southwest Energy Solutions (South / TEP) has more employees than the Utility line (i.e., communication, elect 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
2019 4.4 1.5 3 0 0
2018 4.9 0.0 3 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 3.4 3.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237130 · AZ · Tucson

1,605 Utility line (i.e., communication, electric power), construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,594 rated employers in Arizona with headcount on file · 1,150 employers in Tucson, AZ · 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 Headquarters 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Michels Power Inc-NM-Albuquerque 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Broadcast Construction Solutions LLC 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Maslonka Powerline Services 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Spectra Electrical Services 116 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lucid Motors Gila Bend 116 FTE
STATE-SIZE Liberty Iron & Metal Southwest, LLC 116 FTE
STATE-SIZE WILLIE ITULE PRODUCE, INC. 116 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Arizona 18,951 FTE
CITY-NEAR Raytheon_Tucson_AZ_Airport Site 9,878 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tucson Medical Center 4,407 FTE
CITY-NEAR U.S. Border Patrol Sector - Tucson 3,989 FTE
NAT-TCR Pittsburgh Glass Works, LLC - Creighton 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR CLARO / PRT - Roosevelt 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Diamond Pet Foods-Lathrop 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR OSVI 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Boise Mobile Equipment 116 FTE
NAT-SIZE Diveresicare of Winfield 116 FTE
NAT-SIZE Green Works Inc. 116 FTE
NAT-SIZE PolyOne 116 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, 2018, 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.