Long-distance telephone carriers, wired · Tennessee

Ben Lomand Connect (Sparta)

Sparta, TN · ~16 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.8
Avg TCR
0.7
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ben Lomand Connect (Sparta) runs at 821% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Long-distance telephone carriers, wired workplace, earning a grade F.

Ben Lomand Connect (Sparta): 5.8 TCR = 821% of Long-distance telephone carriers, wired BLS 0.7 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ben Lomand Connect (Sparta) safety composite

Ben Lomand Connect (Sparta) scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−10.0

2021→2024

Ben Lomand Connect (Sparta) injury rate improved

Ben Lomand Connect (Sparta)'s TCR fell 10.0 from 10.0 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 10.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=10.0 · 2022=6.2 · 2023=6.8 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 517110 · Sparta, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.8 · 821% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #9/10
  • PHOTO Grande Communicaiton…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~16 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Grande Communicaitons Corpus Christi (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ben Lomand Connect (Sparta) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ben Lomand Connect (Sparta) averages 5.8 TCR (821% of the Long-distance telephone carriers, wired BLS benchmark).

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

Ben Lomand Connect (Sparta) TCR series: 2021=10 · 2022=6.2 · 2023=6.8 · 2024=0 · BLS 0.7

Where Ben Lomand Connect (Sparta) falls in its industry

537 Long-distance telephone carrie establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 10 Long-distance telephone carrie employers in Tennessee.

Ben Lomand Connect (Sparta) (16 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 276 employees and a TCR of 1.3 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 01,0002,0003,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Ben Lomand Connect (Sparta)
Ben Lomand Connect (Sparta) (16 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 276 employees and a TCR of 1.3

Ben Lomand Connect (Sparta) has fewer employees than the Long-distance telephone carriers, wired median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.3. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 6.8 0.0 0 1 0
2022 6.2 0.0 1 0 0
2021 10.0 10.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

517110 · TN · Sparta

537 Long-distance telephone carriers, wired employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 33 employers in Sparta, TN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Grande Communicaitons Corpus Christi 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR EATELCORP - Vision Communications 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Allo-Twin Cities 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Telco Supply 5.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE LINDAMOOD PLANTING COMPANY 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southern Light 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE Espey Gin Company, Inc. 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE Humboldt Live Production 16 FTE
CITY-NEAR Life Force Sparta 6,606 FTE
CITY-NEAR Altium Packaging - Sparta 396 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tri State Distribution, Inc 360 FTE
CITY-NEAR THK Rhythm North America 275 FTE
NAT-TCR Chatsworth Grocery Outlet 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Round Rock 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Macon Beverage Co. 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Marriott Marquis Houston 5.8 TCR

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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.