Fiber optic cable transmission line construction · Arkansas

Ar 2

North Little Rock, AR · ~47 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ar 2 runs at 183% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fiber optic cable transmission line construction workplace, earning a grade D.

Ar 2: 5.1 TCR = 183% of Fiber optic cable transmission line construction BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ar 2 safety composite

Ar 2 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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).

F

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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

−0.4

2018→2019

Ar 2 injury rate improved

Ar 2's TCR fell 0.4 from 5.3 in 2018 to 4.9 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.96× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=5.3 · 2019=4.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237130 · North Little Rock, AR ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 183% of ind

  • DART 4.9 DART
  • RANK #10/14
  • PHOTO Circle H Constructio…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~47 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Circle H Construction, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ar 2 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ar 2 averages 5.1 TCR (183% 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

Ar 2 TCR series: 2018=5.3 · 2019=4.9 · BLS 2.8

Where Ar 2 falls in its industry

1,605 Fiber optic cable transmission establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 14 Fiber optic cable transmission employers in Arkansas.

Ar 2 (47 employees, TCR 5.1) 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 Ar 2
Ar 2 (47 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Ar 2 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
2019 4.9 4.9 2 0 0
2018 5.3 4.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237130 · AR · North Little Rock

1,605 Fiber optic cable transmission line construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 149 employers in North Little Rock, AR · 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 Circle H Construction, Inc. 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR PA039 - Pauley Construction-Centennial 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Construction Van Alstyne 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR TCC-Omaha 5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Systems Plant Services, Inc.- Blytheville, AR NYS-Nucor Yamato 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kimbel Mechanical Systems, Inc Central AR 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Novus Arkansas, LLC 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fiber Energy Products 47 FTE
CITY-NEAR AR Little Rock 4,667 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maverick North Little Rock, AR 1,165 FTE
CITY-NEAR EngageMED 1,100 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baptist Health Medical Center - North Little Rock 1,002 FTE
NAT-TCR Caniff Electric Supply 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 4054-Abs 0021 4279 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR DPI Specialty Foods - Mid Atlantic 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-Swy 0020 3579 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hilton Garden Inn Omaha Dt 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE BWV 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE 40154 - Capstone Spartannash Norfolk 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Teron Lighting, Inc. 47 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: 2019, 2018. 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.