Low voltage electrical work · New Mexico

Baca Valley Telephone Co. & Sierra Communications Inc.

Des Moines, NM · ~29 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Baca Valley Telephone Co. & Sierra Communications Inc. runs at 189% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Low voltage electrical work workplace, earning a grade D.

Baca Valley Telephone Co. & Sierra Communications Inc.: 5.3 TCR = 189% of Low voltage electrical work BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Baca Valley Telephone Co. & Sierra Communications Inc. safety composite

Baca Valley Telephone Co. & Sierra Communications Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 21%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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

−10.5

2016→2023

Baca Valley Telephone Co. & Sierra Communications Inc. injury rate improved

Baca Valley Telephone Co. & Sierra Communications Inc.'s TCR fell 10.5 from 10.5 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 22.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.5 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=22.3 · 2020=4.2 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238210 · Des Moines, NM ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.3 · 189% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #27/30
  • PHOTO Westech Systems, LLC
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Westech Systems, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Baca Valley Telephone Co. & Sierra Communications Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Baca Valley Telephone Co. & Sierra Communications Inc. averages 5.3 TCR (189% of the Low voltage electrical work BLS benchmark).

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

Baca Valley Telephone Co. & Sierra Communications Inc. TCR series: 2016=10.5 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=22.3 · 2020=4.2 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Baca Valley Telephone Co. & Sierra Communications Inc. falls in its industry

4,550 Low voltage electrical work establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Mexico alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 30 Low voltage electrical work employers in New Mexico.

Baca Valley Telephone Co. & Sierra Communications Inc. (29 employees, TCR 5.3) 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 Baca Valley Telephone Co. & Sierra Communications Inc.
Baca Valley Telephone Co. & Sierra Communications Inc. (29 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Baca Valley Telephone Co. & Sierra Communications Inc. has fewer employees than the Low voltage electrical work 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 4.2 0.0 1 0 0
2019 22.3 0.0 4 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 10.5 7.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238210 · NM · Des Moines

4,550 Low voltage electrical work employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,241 rated employers in New Mexico with headcount on file · 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 Westech Systems, LLC 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alcan Electrical & Engineering, Inc. 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ambia Energy, LLC 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Clark Mechanical Services Inc. 5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Roswell 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE JMC Construction LLC dba JMC Roofing 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company New Mexico 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Savage Services - San Juan 29 FTE
NAT-TCR Thermal Mechanical, INC. 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 383 SW Arrowhead Terrace Lake City Fl 32024 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Malibu Boats, LLC CA Operations 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR HMP Jay Group 5.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ebert Meats LLC dba Salmon's Meat Products 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alpha Protech 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Doctor's Outpatient Surgery Center 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Reeder Flying Service, Inc. 29 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: 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.