Natural Gas Distribution · Pennsylvania

UGI Utilities Bethlehem

Bethlehem, PA · ~168 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

UGI Utilities Bethlehem runs at 270% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Natural Gas Distribution workplace, earning a grade F.

UGI Utilities Bethlehem: 3.2 TCR = 270% of Natural Gas Distribution BLS 1.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

UGI Utilities Bethlehem safety composite

UGI Utilities Bethlehem scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 31%), 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)
D 3.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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

UGI Utilities Bethlehem: 1.3 → 4.7 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 5.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.83× in 2022

UGI Utilities Bethlehem's TCR rose 3.4 from 1.3 in 2016 to 4.7 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 5.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.83× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · Bethlehem, PA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 3.2 · 270% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK #43/59
  • PHOTO AMEREN ILLINOIS - Ga…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 29 inj
  • SIZE ~168 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: AMEREN ILLINOIS - Gas Tech - Operations (0.0 TCR gap)

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UGI Utilities Bethlehem in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows UGI Utilities Bethlehem averages 3.2 TCR (270% of the Natural Gas Distribution BLS benchmark).

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

UGI Utilities Bethlehem TCR series: 2016=1.3 · 2018=1.9 · 2019=4.1 · 2020=5 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=4.7 · BLS 1.2

Where UGI Utilities Bethlehem falls in its industry

1,153 Natural Gas Distribution establishments

Safer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #43 safest of 59 Natural Gas Distribution employers in Pennsylvania.

UGI Utilities Bethlehem (168 employees, TCR 3.2) 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 UGI Utilities Bethlehem
UGI Utilities Bethlehem (168 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

UGI Utilities Bethlehem has more employees than the Natural Gas Distribution median and a higher 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
2022 4.7 2.7 6 1 0
2021 2.5 1.9 4 0 0
2020 5.0 4.3 8 0 0
2019 4.1 3.4 6 0 0
2018 1.9 1.2 3 0 0
2016 1.3 1.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · PA · Bethlehem

1,153 Natural Gas Distribution employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 358 employers in Bethlehem, PA · 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 AMEREN ILLINOIS - Gas Tech - Operations 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR AMEREN MISSOURI - MO Northeast Gas 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 961-NiSource-Lawrence MA 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR OR-Mist/Miller Station 3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE JC Orr & Sons Inc 168 FTE
STATE-SIZE HB Home Services 168 FTE
STATE-SIZE Noble Environmental Specialty Services 168 FTE
STATE-SIZE Knouse Foods Coop, Inc - Biglerville 168 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Luke's Hospital 5,338 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Luke's Physician's Group 3,041 FTE
CITY-NEAR LVH-Muhlenberg 2,139 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4087 2,105 FTE
NAT-TCR AMRG 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Rite Hite Duct Sox 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Payne & Dolan, Inc - Racine/Kensoha 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 606 - Temecula 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Medical Transport 168 FTE
NAT-SIZE Beaverton 168 FTE
NAT-SIZE Inwes - Tri-City (Westville) 168 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mosli - Saint Louis 168 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.