Asphalt paving (i.e., highway, road, street, public sidewalk) · Nebraska

Western Engineering- North Platte

North Platte, NE · ~30 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Western Engineering- North Platte runs at 145% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Asphalt paving (i.e., highway, road, street, public sidewalk) workplace, earning a grade D.

Western Engineering- North Platte: 4.0 TCR = 145% of Asphalt paving (i.e., highway, road, street, public sidewalk) BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Western Engineering- North Platte safety composite

Western Engineering- North Platte scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 3%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 3% 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

−2.1

2016→2021

Western Engineering- North Platte injury rate improved

Western Engineering- North Platte's TCR fell 2.1 from 2.1 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 7.5 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.1 · 2018=6.5 · 2019=4.1 · 2020=7.5 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237310 · North Platte, NE ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 145% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #15/27
  • PHOTO LBJ Infrastructure G…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: LBJ Infrastructure Group (0.0 TCR gap)

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Western Engineering- North Platte in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Western Engineering- North Platte averages 4.0 TCR (145% of the Asphalt paving (i.e., highway, road, street, public sidewalk) BLS benchmark).

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

Western Engineering- North Platte TCR series: 2016=2.1 · 2018=6.5 · 2019=4.1 · 2020=7.5 · 2021=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Western Engineering- North Platte falls in its industry

4,078 Asphalt paving (i.e., highway, establishments

Safer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Nebraska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 27 Asphalt paving (i.e., highway, employers in Nebraska.

Western Engineering- North Platte (30 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 01,0002,0003,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Western Engineering- North Platte
Western Engineering- North Platte (30 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Western Engineering- North Platte has fewer employees than the Asphalt paving (i.e., highway, road, str median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 7.5 7.5 2 0 0
2019 4.1 4.1 1 0 0
2018 6.5 2.2 2 1 1
2016 2.1 2.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237310 · NE · North Platte

4,078 Asphalt paving (i.e., highway, road, street, public sidewalk) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 70 employers in North Platte, NE · 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 LBJ Infrastructure Group 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Indiana Sign and Barricade 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3934 S HWY 287 Waxahachie TX 75165 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR FSG - NEVADA 4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Whitetail, LLC 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lost Island, Inc. 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE MTZ Construction, LLC 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Scottsbluff East Region 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 7018 607 FTE
CITY-NEAR 7018 562 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1585 398 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1585 393 FTE
NAT-TCR 4769-6161-Pottery Barn 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 2077-Us Dd Nw Colton Branch 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 4818-SOCS 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Orscheln Farm and Home 176 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Air Products and Chemicals Galt Facility 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE All American Lumber- RC 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4769-618-Williams Sonoma 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4769-6098-Pottery Barn 30 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: 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.