Water distribution (except irrigation) · North Carolina

UFO-Utilities

Winston-Salem, NC · ~105 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.9
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

UFO-Utilities runs at 911% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water distribution (except irrigation) workplace, earning a grade F.

UFO-Utilities: 10.9 TCR = 911% of Water distribution (except irrigation) BLS 1.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

UFO-Utilities safety composite

UFO-Utilities scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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

6/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
F 12.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 1% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.4

2019→2024

UFO-Utilities injury rate improved

UFO-Utilities's TCR fell 0.4 from 14.6 in 2019 to 14.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 14.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.12× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=14.6 · 2020=4.3 · 2021=10.6 · 2022=10.3 · 2023=11.8 · 2024=14.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Winston-Salem, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 10.9 · 911% of ind

  • DART 12.3 DART
  • RANK #29/33
  • PHOTO Barrow Utilities & E…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 70 inj
  • SIZE ~105 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Barrow Utilities & Electric Cooperative, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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UFO-Utilities in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows UFO-Utilities averages 10.9 TCR (911% of the Water distribution (except irrigation) BLS benchmark).

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

UFO-Utilities TCR series: 2019=14.6 · 2020=4.3 · 2021=10.6 · 2022=10.3 · 2023=11.8 · 2024=14.1 · BLS 1.2

Where UFO-Utilities falls in its industry

727 Water distribution (except irr establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 33 Water distribution (except irr employers in North Carolina.

UFO-Utilities (105 employees, TCR 10.9) 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 UFO-Utilities
UFO-Utilities (105 employees, TCR 10.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

UFO-Utilities has more employees than the Water distribution (except irrigation) 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 14.1 12.3 14 1 0
2023 11.8 10.7 11 0 0
2022 10.3 8.4 11 0 1
2021 10.6 9.7 12 0 0
2020 4.3 4.3 5 0 0
2019 14.6 12.0 17 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · NC · Winston-Salem

727 Water distribution (except irrigation) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 234 employers in Winston-Salem, 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 Barrow Utilities & Electric Cooperative, Inc. 10.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR College Hill Water Treatment Plant 11.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Grand Rapids-Water Administration 10.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Water Resources - WSPM 11.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Omega Construction, Inc. 105 FTE
STATE-SIZE Curtin Trucking and Drainage Inc. 105 FTE
STATE-SIZE Advance Concrete 105 FTE
STATE-SIZE Envirotrol Service Division 105 FTE
CITY-NEAR Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center 4,906 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Budd Group Janitorial 4,414 FTE
CITY-NEAR Reynolds American Inc. Trade Marketing Services 2,061 FTE
CITY-NEAR Reynolds Marketing Services Company 1,600 FTE
NAT-TCR GC International, Inc. 10.9 TCR
NAT-TCR TXD070 10.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Spectra Jet, Incorporated 10.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Dillard Store Services, Inc. 10.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Louisiana Pride Catfish, Inc 105 FTE
NAT-SIZE SAI Cincinnati 105 FTE
NAT-SIZE Margaritaville Hotel Nashville 105 FTE
NAT-SIZE The W Assisted Living at Riverdale 105 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, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.