Telecommunications carriers, wired · Illinois

Charleston, IL

Charleston, IL · ~30 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
0.7
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Charleston, IL runs at 456% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Telecommunications carriers, wired workplace, earning a grade F.

Charleston, IL: 3.2 TCR = 456% of Telecommunications carriers, wired BLS 0.7 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Charleston, IL safety composite

Charleston, IL scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 46%), 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−3.6

2020→2024

Charleston, IL injury rate improved

Charleston, IL's TCR fell 3.6 from 6.7 in 2020 to 3.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 6.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=6.7 · 2021=3.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 517311 · Charleston, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 3.2 · 456% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #7/9
  • PHOTO Ottumwa
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ottumwa (0.1 TCR gap)

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Charleston, IL in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Charleston, IL averages 3.2 TCR (456% of the Telecommunications carriers, wired BLS benchmark).

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

Charleston, IL TCR series: 2020=6.7 · 2021=3 · 2022=0 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=3.1 · BLS 0.7

Where Charleston, IL falls in its industry

61 Telecommunications carriers, w establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 9 Telecommunications carriers, w employers in Illinois.

Charleston, IL (30 employees, TCR 3.2) 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 Charleston, IL
Charleston, IL (30 employees, TCR 3.2) among 28 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Charleston, IL 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 3.1 0.0 1 0 0
2023 3.1 3.1 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2020 6.7 3.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

517311 · IL · Charleston

61 Telecommunications carriers, wired employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 41 employers in Charleston, IL · 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 Ottumwa 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hotwire Communications - Boyton Warehouse 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Blackfoot Telephone Cooperative, Inc 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hiawatha Telephone Company 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Odell Fire 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Northern N - IL Common Ops 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chicago Loop Tech 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Spoon River Electric Cooperative, Inc. 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR Eastern Illinois University 2,096 FTE
CITY-NEAR Charleston CUSD #1 360 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 612 300 FTE
CITY-NEAR Eastern Illinois Area of Special Education 267 FTE
NAT-TCR Pittsburgh Glass Works, LLC 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Plumb Supply Company - Cedar Rapids 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Crossnore Communities for Children 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR MainStage Theatrical Supply 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Northern Plains Dairy 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Packaging Specialties 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of Kerkhoven 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Altour- Los Angeles 30 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.

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

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