Fiber optic cable transmission line construction · Arkansas

Ar 2

Benton, AR · ~49 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.8
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ar 2 runs at 241% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fiber optic cable transmission line construction workplace, earning a grade F.

Ar 2: 6.8 TCR = 241% 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 total case rate (tcr) (safer than 12%), 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

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.94 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%).

Ar 2 held a steady TCR band

Ar 2's TCR held near 0.3 from 6.9 in 2016 to 6.6 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.9 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.73× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.9 · 2017=6.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237130 · Benton, AR ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.8 · 241% of ind

  • DART 4.9 DART
  • RANK #13/14
  • PHOTO 500
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~49 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 500 (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 6.8 TCR (241% 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: 2016=6.9 · 2017=6.6 · BLS 2.8

Where Ar 2 falls in its industry

1,605 Fiber optic cable transmission establishments

Safer than 12% 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 #13 safest of 14 Fiber optic cable transmission employers in Arkansas.

Ar 2 (49 employees, TCR 6.8) 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 (49 employees, TCR 6.8) 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
2017 6.6 4.9 4 0 0
2016 6.9 5.2 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237130 · AR · Benton

1,605 Fiber optic cable transmission line construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 48 employers in Benton, 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 500 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mainstream Fiber Networks 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR NA-US-CT-Milford-Cascade Boulevard 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 507 Forest Ave., Carnegie, PA 15106 6.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Entergy Little Rock Data Center 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE CenterPoint Energy Arkla - Little Rock Lyons 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jacobs - FAYETTEVILLE - OMI 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mid-Continential Carpentry, LLC 49 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saline Memorial Hospital 758 FTE
CITY-NEAR Central Arkansas Development Council 446 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 85 401 FTE
CITY-NEAR 85 392 FTE
NAT-TCR 3105 Republic Services of South Carolina, Hilton Head 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Truman Valley Healthcare Inc 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR RAF Electronic Hardware 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Hunt Valley (Mdhun) 6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE AAA Worldwide Transportation 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Village of Elk Rapids 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE AKA Tree Removal 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Mansfield LLC 49 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: 2017, 2016. 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.