Fiber optic cable made from purchased fiber optic strand · North Carolina

Berk-Tek

Fuquay Varina, NC · ~102 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Berk-Tek runs at 39% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Fiber optic cable made from purchased fiber optic strand workplace, earning a grade A.

Berk-Tek: 1.3 TCR = 39% of Fiber optic cable made from purchased fiber optic strand BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Berk-Tek safety composite

Berk-Tek scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

−1.9

2022→2024

Berk-Tek injury rate improved

Berk-Tek's TCR fell 1.9 from 1.9 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 1.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=1.9 · 2023=1.9 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 335921 · Fuquay Varina, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 39% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #11/15
  • PHOTO Hickory Cable Plant
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~102 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hickory Cable Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Berk-Tek in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Berk-Tek averages 1.3 TCR (39% of the Fiber optic cable made from purchased fiber optic strand BLS benchmark).

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

Berk-Tek TCR series: 2022=1.9 · 2023=1.9 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Berk-Tek falls in its industry

49 Fiber optic cable made from pu establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 15 Fiber optic cable made from pu employers in North Carolina.

Berk-Tek (102 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 111 employees and a TCR of 1.5 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 0200400600800 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Berk-Tek
Berk-Tek (102 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 111 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Berk-Tek has fewer employees than the Fiber optic cable made from purchased fi median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 1.9 1.9 2 0 0
2022 1.9 1.9 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

335921 · NC · Fuquay Varina

49 Fiber optic cable made from purchased fiber optic strand employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 26 employers in Fuquay Varina, NC · 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 Hickory Cable Plant 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Corning LLC 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Data Center Systems 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Water Resources 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tar Heel Winston 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE A American Electric 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brady Services Inc 102 FTE
CITY-NEAR John Deere Turf Care 612 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2836 320 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2836 313 FTE
CITY-NEAR 100 FUQUAY CORPORATE OFFICE 142 FTE
NAT-TCR Storm Master Gutters 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Location 37005 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR KirbyCo Builders, Inc. 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Berkel Piling Houston 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE GSM Metals Inc 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE District Wide 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE BGMC 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE Richardet Floor Covering Co., Inc. 102 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.