Cellular phone tower construction · Kentucky

Bowlin Communications, LLC

Walton, KY · ~32 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.7
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bowlin Communications, LLC runs at 25% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Cellular phone tower construction workplace, earning a grade A.

Bowlin Communications, LLC: 0.7 TCR = 25% of Cellular phone tower construction BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bowlin Communications, LLC safety composite

Bowlin Communications, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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%).

Bowlin Communications, LLC held a steady TCR band

Bowlin Communications, LLC's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=3.5 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=2.2 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237130 · Walton, KY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 25% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/20
  • PHOTO Arrow Drillers dba A…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Arrow Drillers dba Arrow Construction (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bowlin Communications, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bowlin Communications, LLC averages 0.7 TCR (25% of the Cellular phone tower construction BLS benchmark).

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

Bowlin Communications, LLC TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=3.5 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=2.2 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Bowlin Communications, LLC falls in its industry

1,605 Cellular phone tower construct establishments

Safer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 20 Cellular phone tower construct employers in Kentucky.

Bowlin Communications, LLC (32 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Bowlin Communications, LLC
Bowlin Communications, LLC (32 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Bowlin Communications, LLC has fewer employees than the Cellular phone tower construction median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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 2.2 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 3.5 3.5 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237130 · KY · Walton

1,605 Cellular phone tower construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 50 employers in Walton, 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 Arrow Drillers dba Arrow Construction 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Blattner Energy Inc 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jacobs Telecommunications 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR ABLe Communications, Inc. HQ 0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Limestone Transmission Substation 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Schaefer General Contracting Services 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ray Black & Son, Inc. 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE OMNI Commercial LLC 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR KYWON - RICHWOOD 876 FTE
CITY-NEAR Richwood #2 460 FTE
CITY-NEAR Radial Richwood #1 404 FTE
CITY-NEAR Safran Landing Systems Kentucky LLC 322 FTE
NAT-TCR 436-NiSource-Cranberry PA-MOD Site 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Wabln - Border Brokerage Blaine Administration 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Liberty Oilfield Services LLC 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Aerospace : Irvine FSD 0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Trinity Services Group - CA Solano County 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE ProTech Thermal Services 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE National Distribution Centers LLC-101 Ventura Drive 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Decatur 32 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, 2021, 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.