Communication tower construction · North Carolina

Charlotte, NC Office

Charlotte, NC · ~132 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Charlotte, NC Office runs at 93% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Communication tower construction workplace, earning a grade C.

Charlotte, NC Office: 2.6 TCR = 93% of Communication tower construction BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Charlotte, NC Office safety composite

Charlotte, NC Office scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

C

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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%).

TCR Δ

−4.3

2016→2021

Charlotte, NC Office injury rate improved

Charlotte, NC Office's TCR fell 4.3 from 5.0 in 2016 to 0.7 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.1 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.0 · 2018=5.1 · 2019=1.6 · 2020=0.7 · 2021=0.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237130 · Charlotte, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.6 · 93% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #48/79
  • PHOTO Rocky Mountain Contr…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~132 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Rocky Mountain Contractors, Main Office (0.0 TCR gap)

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Charlotte, NC Office in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Charlotte, NC Office averages 2.6 TCR (93% of the Communication tower construction BLS benchmark).

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

Charlotte, NC Office TCR series: 2016=5 · 2018=5.1 · 2019=1.6 · 2020=0.7 · 2021=0.7 · BLS 2.8

Where Charlotte, NC Office falls in its industry

1,605 Communication tower constructi establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #48 safest of 79 Communication tower constructi employers in North Carolina.

Charlotte, NC Office (132 employees, TCR 2.6) 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 Charlotte, NC Office
Charlotte, NC Office (132 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Charlotte, NC Office has more employees than the Communication tower construction median and a higher 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
2021 0.7 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.7 0.7 1 0 0
2019 1.6 1.1 3 0 0
2018 5.1 3.2 8 0 0
2016 5.0 5.0 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237130 · NC · Charlotte

1,605 Communication tower construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 2,058 employers in Charlotte, 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 Rocky Mountain Contractors, Main Office 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR CR_Potelco 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR STC:SC400 - SC400-Chattanooga, TN 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR NA-US-TX-Ft Worth-Northern Cross Boulevard 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE US150: Charlotte 260 - SG 132 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lenoir Site 132 FTE
STATE-SIZE Iron Horse Contractors 132 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mexichem Specialty Compounds Pineville 132 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1101-Carolinas Medical Center (1101) 8,444 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0001-Carolinas Medical Center 8,032 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4795-AA-CLT-CHARLOTTE-CLT-TRML 7,295 FTE
CITY-NEAR Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center 4,973 FTE
NAT-TCR Carlisle Fluid Technologies 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR CCL Label Specialty 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR CBOC Columbus 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Metal-Matic, Inc.- Humboldt 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Eads Distribution 132 FTE
NAT-SIZE TRANSPORTATION 132 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pioneer Hi-bred International Inc. 132 FTE
NAT-SIZE Saint-Gobain Aerospace- Ravenna 132 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.