Telecommunications equipment and wiring (except transmission line) installation contractors · Virginia

Ashland, VA

Ashland, VA · ~85 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.4
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ashland, VA runs at 193% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Telecommunications equipment and wiring (except transmission line) installation contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Ashland, VA: 5.4 TCR = 193% of Telecommunications equipment and wiring (except transmission line) installation contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ashland, VA safety composite

Ashland, VA scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 20%), 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

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−2.5

2017→2019

Ashland, VA injury rate improved

Ashland, VA's TCR fell 2.5 from 5.8 in 2017 to 3.4 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.0 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.8 · 2018=7.0 · 2019=3.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238210 · Ashland, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.4 · 193% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #71/80
  • PHOTO Coastal Electric of …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~85 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Coastal Electric of Georgia, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ashland, VA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ashland, VA averages 5.4 TCR (193% of the Telecommunications equipment and wiring (except transmission line) installation contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Ashland, VA TCR series: 2017=5.8 · 2018=7 · 2019=3.4 · BLS 2.8

Where Ashland, VA falls in its industry

4,550 Telecommunications equipment a establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #71 safest of 80 Telecommunications equipment a employers in Virginia.

Ashland, VA (85 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 Ashland, VA
Ashland, VA (85 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Ashland, VA has more employees than the Telecommunications equipment and wiring median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 3.4 1.7 2 2 0
2018 7.0 2.3 5 1 0
2017 5.8 2.3 2 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238210 · VA · Ashland

4,550 Telecommunications equipment and wiring (except transmission line) installation contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 134 employers in Ashland, VA · 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 Coastal Electric of Georgia, Inc 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR TRI-STATE ELECTRIC, INC 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR JAAM Electric Inc. 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1-ACI-Grand Rapids 5.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Early Mountain Vineyards 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE Summit Ridge Energy Arlington Office 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE REC - Culpeper 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE Virginia Beach 85 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon Transportation Services : RIC5 1,187 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - RIC5 1,077 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1730 RNDC-ASHLAND 486 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4609-1730 468 FTE
NAT-TCR Tmx2648 - El Dorado 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 850/859 American Construction Metals 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR County of Los Angeles Custodial 5.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Carnival Supermarket 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dean IL - Rockford 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE Reiter Springfield - Springfield - DTI 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Faricy Boys 85 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, 2017. 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.