Telecommunications carriers, wired · Louisiana

BTR-Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge, LA · ~556 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
0.7
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

BTR-Baton Rouge runs at 156% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Telecommunications carriers, wired workplace, earning a grade D.

BTR-Baton Rouge: 1.1 TCR = 156% of Telecommunications carriers, wired BLS 0.7 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

BTR-Baton Rouge safety composite

BTR-Baton Rouge scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 41%), 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)
D 1.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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%).

BTR-Baton Rouge held a steady TCR band

BTR-Baton Rouge's TCR held near 0.3 from 0.3 in 2016 to 0.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 2.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.3 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=0.9 · 2021=0.6 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=0.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 517110 · Baton Rouge, LA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 1.1 · 156% of ind

  • DART 0.7 DART
  • RANK #3/7
  • PHOTO RCN Telecom Services…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 43 inj
  • SIZE ~556 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: RCN Telecom Services, LLC-Woodside (0.0 TCR gap)

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BTR-Baton Rouge in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows BTR-Baton Rouge averages 1.1 TCR (156% of the Telecommunications carriers, wired BLS benchmark).

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

BTR-Baton Rouge TCR series: 2016=0.3 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=0.9 · 2021=0.6 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=0.7 · BLS 0.7

Where BTR-Baton Rouge falls in its industry

537 Telecommunications carriers, w establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 7 Telecommunications carriers, w employers in Louisiana.

BTR-Baton Rouge (556 employees, TCR 1.1) 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 BTR-Baton Rouge
BTR-Baton Rouge (556 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 276 employees and a TCR of 1.3

BTR-Baton Rouge has more employees than the Telecommunications carriers, wired median and a lower 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 0.7 0.7 3 0 0
2023 1.1 1.1 5 0 0
2022 2.1 1.7 10 0 0
2021 0.6 0.6 3 0 0
2020 0.9 0.4 5 0 0
2019 1.8 1.3 8 2 0
2018 1.3 0.9 7 0 0
2016 0.3 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

517110 · LA · Baton Rouge

537 Telecommunications carriers, wired employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 781 employers in Baton Rouge, LA · 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 RCN Telecom Services, LLC-Woodside 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR LSLEILAA 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR DTRTMIBHDS0 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Liberty Guaynabo CO 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Delta Downs Racetrack Casino Hotel 561 FTE
STATE-SIZE St. Charles Refinery, Valero Refining - New Orleans, LLC 550 FTE
STATE-SIZE Louisiana United Methodist Children and Family Services 550 FTE
STATE-SIZE PALA-Interstate, LLC. 549 FTE
CITY-NEAR WEST REGION HEADQUARTERS 9,680 FTE
CITY-NEAR Brown & Root Industrial Services, LLC. 8,819 FTE
CITY-NEAR BATON ROUGE PACKERS 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baton Rouge 4,833 FTE
NAT-TCR Prescott Valley AZ Home Center 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR American Red Cross - 2055 Kendall Dr 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR OmniSource, LLC. - NonFerrous Taylor St. 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR VA Eligius 1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Time Manufacturing Company 556 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wilton Retail Support Center - Ace Hardware 556 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cabinetworks Group Middlefield Plant #3 Orwell 556 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tristar Greenview Regional Hospital 556 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, 2019, 2018, 2016. 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.