Wired Telecommunications Carriers · Colorado

CO0016CSS

Colorado Springs, CO · ~306 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
0.5
Avg TCR
0.7
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

CO0016CSS runs at 73% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Wired Telecommunications Carriers workplace, earning a grade B.

CO0016CSS: 0.5 TCR = 73% of Wired Telecommunications Carriers BLS 0.7 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

CO0016CSS safety composite

CO0016CSS scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% 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

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 0.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−1.2

2016→2018

CO0016CSS injury rate improved

CO0016CSS's TCR fell 1.2 from 1.2 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 1.2 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.2 · 2017=0.3 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 517110 · Colorado Springs, CO AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 0.5 · 73% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #7/9
  • PHOTO Ritter Communication…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~306 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ritter Communications - Jonesboro (0.0 TCR gap)

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CO0016CSS in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows CO0016CSS averages 0.5 TCR (73% of the Wired Telecommunications Carriers BLS benchmark).

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

CO0016CSS TCR series: 2016=1.2 · 2017=0.3 · 2018=0 · BLS 0.7

Where CO0016CSS falls in its industry

537 Wired Telecommunications Carri establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 9 Wired Telecommunications Carri employers in Colorado.

CO0016CSS (306 employees, TCR 0.5) 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 CO0016CSS
CO0016CSS (306 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 276 employees and a TCR of 1.3

CO0016CSS has more employees than the Wired Telecommunications Carriers 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
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.3 0.0 1 0 0
2016 1.2 0.6 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

517110 · CO · Colorado Springs

537 Wired Telecommunications Carriers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 832 employers in Colorado Springs, CO · 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 Ritter Communications - Jonesboro 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Leader Communications Inc 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR COQUI NET 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR ROYAL RIDGE CENTRALIZED SVC 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE 2052 - Denver Northfield Blvd 306 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2052 - Denver Stapleton 306 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1058 306 FTE
STATE-SIZE PDC Energy, Evans Field Office 305 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Colorado Hospital Memorial Central 3,102 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - DEN4 2,948 FTE
CITY-NEAR Penrose Hospital 2,841 FTE
CITY-NEAR 05070001-050701 PENROSE HOSPITAL 2,391 FTE
NAT-TCR Power Martin Lake 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Houston Port 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Corona Container 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR PITP 0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE North American Shipbuilding LLC 306 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lansing (Milan) 306 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hattie Larlham Center for Children with Disabilities 306 FTE
NAT-SIZE WCFS Redstone 306 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.