Fiber optic cable transmission line construction · Alaska

Alaska Directional, LLC-Palmer

Palmer, AK · ~66 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Alaska Directional, LLC-Palmer runs at 92% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Fiber optic cable transmission line construction workplace, earning a grade C.

Alaska Directional, LLC-Palmer: 2.6 TCR = 92% of Fiber optic cable transmission line construction BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Alaska Directional, LLC-Palmer safety composite

Alaska Directional, LLC-Palmer scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 33%), 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

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% 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

Alaska Directional, LLC-Palmer: 0.0 → 3.1 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 5.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.61× in 2024

Alaska Directional, LLC-Palmer's TCR rose 3.1 from 0.0 in 2018 to 3.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 5.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237130 · Palmer, AK AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.6 · 92% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #5/10
  • PHOTO H.C. Jeffries Tower …
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~66 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: H.C. Jeffries Tower Company INC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Alaska Directional, LLC-Palmer in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Alaska Directional, LLC-Palmer averages 2.6 TCR (92% of the Fiber optic cable transmission line construction BLS benchmark).

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

Alaska Directional, LLC-Palmer TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=1.1 · 2020=1.1 · 2021=5.6 · 2022=4.7 · 2023=2.4 · 2024=3.1 · BLS 2.8

Where Alaska Directional, LLC-Palmer falls in its industry

1,605 Fiber optic cable transmission establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alaska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 10 Fiber optic cable transmission employers in Alaska.

Alaska Directional, LLC-Palmer (66 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Alaska Directional, LLC-Palmer
Alaska Directional, LLC-Palmer (66 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Alaska Directional, LLC-Palmer has fewer employees than the Fiber optic cable transmission line cons median and a higher 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2024 3.1 1.6 2 0 0
2023 2.4 1.2 2 0 0
2022 4.7 2.3 4 0 0
2021 5.6 1.9 3 0 0
2020 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2019 1.1 0.0 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237130 · AK · Palmer

1,605 Fiber optic cable transmission line construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,558 rated employers in Alaska with headcount on file · 64 employers in Palmer, AK · 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 H.C. Jeffries Tower Company INC 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR NA-US-NV-Reno-Virginia Street 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR CA-Alhambra Combined: SCE 10 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chantilly, VA Office PS 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE JBER 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dept. of Health & Social Services (77) 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dept. of Commerce, Community & Econmic Development (4) 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dept. of Transportation & Public Facilities (49) 66 FTE
CITY-NEAR Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District 2,784 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mat-Su Borough School District 2,660 FTE
CITY-NEAR Matanuska Telecom Association, Inc. 285 FTE
CITY-NEAR 701-00649 269 FTE
NAT-TCR Forsyth County Interchange Modification 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR MH Visalia Adult Clinic 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Machado & Sons Construction, Inc. 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Walla Walla 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Oak-It, Inc. 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Caldwell Electrical Contractors, Inc. 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gallagher Electric, Inc. 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Taisuco America Corporation 66 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, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.