Pole line construction · Alabama

Utility Lines Construction Services - 117

Name: Utility Lines Construction Services - 117 Workplace Safety Data
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Birmingham, AL · ~151 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 1.6
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Utility Lines Construction Services - 117 runs at 57% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Pole line construction workplace, earning a grade B.

Utility Lines Construction Services - 117: 1.6 TCR = 57% of Pole line construction BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Utility Lines Construction Services - 117 safety composite

Utility Lines Construction Services - 117 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 49%), 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).

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 1.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers
DART rate: D 0.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% 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

Utility Lines Construction Services - 117: 1.4 → 2.1 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 2.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.33× in 2020

Utility Lines Construction Services - 117's TCR rose 0.7 from 1.4 in 2017 to 2.1 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237130 · Birmingham, AL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.6 · 57% of ind

DART 0.5 DART
RANK #8/30
PHOTO Bauer Underground, I…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 8 inj
SIZE ~151 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bauer Underground, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Utility Lines Construction Services - 117 averages 1.6 TCR (57% of the Pole line construction BLS benchmark).

Utility Lines Construction Services - 117 TCR series: 2017=1.4 · 2018=1.3 · 2020=2.1 · BLS 2.8

Where Utility Lines Construction Services - 117 falls in its industry

1,605 Pole line construction establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 30 Pole line construction employers in Alabama.

Utility Lines Construction Services - 117 (151 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Utility Lines Construction Services - 117 has more employees than the Pole line construction median and a lower 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
2020	2.1	0.5	4
2018	1.3	0.0	2
2017	1.4	1.4	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237130 · AL · Birmingham

1,605 Pole line construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 840 employers in Birmingham, AL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Bauer Underground, Inc.	NORFOLK, NE	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	L.E. Myers Co.	CHATTANOOGA, TN	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Henkels & McCoy, Inc. - Portland, OR	PORTLAND, OR	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Integrity Network Solutions	RENTON, WA	1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	D.R. Horton, Inc. - Baldwin County	SPANISH FORT	151 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Transmission Lines Construction - Calera	CALERA	151 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Ozark Striping Co, LLC	OZARK	151 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Byrd Maintenance Services Inc.	DECATUR	151 FTE
CITY-NEAR	USD	Birmingham	9,165 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CLASSIC FOODS	Birmingham	9,165 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Corporate	Birmingham	8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR	BIRMINGHAM PACKERS	Birmingham	8,650 FTE
NAT-TCR	Fineline Graphics	Denver, CO	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Aehr Headquarters	Fremont, CA	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Mid-America Conversion Services, LLC - Portsmouth	Piketon, OH	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	GEA Farm Technologies - Naperville	Naperville, IL	1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Bradford Oaks Center	Clinton, MD	151 FTE
NAT-SIZE	St. James Wellness Rehabilitation Villas	Crete, IL	151 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Behavioral Health Services	Carson City, NV	151 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Edwardsville Crossing	Edwardsville, IL	151 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: 2020, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.