Telecommunications carriers, wired · Kentucky

Benton, KY

Benton, KY · ~38 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.2
Avg TCR
0.7
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Benton, KY runs at 1177% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Telecommunications carriers, wired workplace, earning a grade F.

Benton, KY: 8.2 TCR = 1177% of Telecommunications carriers, wired BLS 0.7 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Benton, KY safety composite

Benton, KY scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 18%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% 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

−3.5

2020→2024

Benton, KY injury rate improved

Benton, KY's TCR fell 3.5 from 10.8 in 2020 to 7.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 12.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.59× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=10.8 · 2021=12.8 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=7.7 · 2024=7.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 517311 · Benton, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.2 · 1177% of ind

  • DART 4.8 DART
  • RANK P18
  • PHOTO Ellsworth: 445 MAIN ST
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ellsworth: 445 MAIN ST (0.2 TCR gap)

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Benton, KY in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Benton, KY averages 8.2 TCR (1177% of the Telecommunications carriers, wired BLS benchmark).

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

Benton, KY TCR series: 2020=10.8 · 2021=12.8 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=7.7 · 2024=7.3 · BLS 0.7

Where Benton, KY falls in its industry

61 Telecommunications carriers, w establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Benton, KY (38 employees, TCR 8.2) among 28 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 2.9 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 29 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 Benton, KY
Benton, KY (38 employees, TCR 8.2) among 28 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Benton, KY has fewer employees than the Telecommunications carriers, wired median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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 7.3 4.8 3 0 0
2023 7.7 7.7 3 0 0
2022 2.6 2.6 1 0 0
2021 12.8 10.3 4 1 0
2020 10.8 8.1 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

517311 · KY · Benton

61 Telecommunications carriers, wired employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 27 employers in Benton, KY · 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 Ellsworth: 445 MAIN ST 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 40 Potash Rd 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Moline IL (Quad Cities - 2) 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bangor: 645 ODLIN RD 9.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lexington Substation Dept. & Relay 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Muldraugh Compressor Station 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2057 Mercer Rd 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Field Work 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 143 323 FTE
CITY-NEAR 143 301 FTE
CITY-NEAR Marshall County Hospital 258 FTE
CITY-NEAR Champion Benton 135 FTE
NAT-TCR AOW Associates Inc 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 018 Plaza Escorial 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Dunes Surgical Hospital 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Crystal 8.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Popeyes 11766 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE TLDB, Inc 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Quality One Woodwork 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE West Plains Veterinary Supply of West Plains, LLC 38 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. 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.