underground utility locating · Texas

West Texas (WTX) 5305

Keller, TX · ~264 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.1
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

West Texas (WTX) 5305 runs at 158% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical underground utility locating workplace, earning a grade D.

West Texas (WTX) 5305: 4.1 TCR = 158% of underground utility locating BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

West Texas (WTX) 5305 safety composite

West Texas (WTX) 5305 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 59% 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% 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%).

TCR Δ

−4.2

2022→2023

West Texas (WTX) 5305 injury rate improved

West Texas (WTX) 5305's TCR fell 4.2 from 6.2 in 2022 to 2.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.24× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=6.2 · 2023=2.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561990 · Keller, TX ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 158% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #10/14
  • PHOTO North Star Enterpris…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 25 inj
  • SIZE ~264 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: North Star Enterprises, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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West Texas (WTX) 5305 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows West Texas (WTX) 5305 averages 4.1 TCR (158% of the underground utility locating BLS benchmark).

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

West Texas (WTX) 5305 TCR series: 2022=6.2 · 2023=2 · BLS 2.6

Where West Texas (WTX) 5305 falls in its industry

208 underground utility locating establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 14 underground utility locating employers in Texas.

West Texas (WTX) 5305 (264 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate West Texas (WTX) 5305
West Texas (WTX) 5305 (264 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.1

West Texas (WTX) 5305 has more employees than the underground utility locating median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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
2023 2.0 1.0 6 0 0
2022 6.2 4.9 19 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561990 · TX · Keller

208 underground utility locating employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 43 employers in Keller, 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 North Star Enterprises, Inc. 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Highway Signing Inc. 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Olameter Corporation 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rochester, NY-1 4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE ANDRES Construction Services 264 FTE
STATE-SIZE Independence Oilfield Chemicals, LLC 264 FTE
STATE-SIZE VAM USA Hardy Rd. 264 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sulzer Pump Services (US) Inc. 264 FTE
CITY-NEAR Penske : 5486-00 Kroger-DCM/Keller, TX 594 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2662-3022 541 FTE
CITY-NEAR 591-Keller 496 FTE
CITY-NEAR 195-DC035 443 FTE
NAT-TCR S04012 - Denver Arapahoe Disposal (DADS) 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR South Burlington #228 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Jackson Al Dirt Cheap 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR King County Public Health 4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE New Orange Hills 264 FTE
NAT-SIZE Udd 7102 (Dham - M) 264 FTE
NAT-SIZE ABB Installation Products 264 FTE
NAT-SIZE Weeks Marine Construction 264 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.