Alarm system monitoring services · Pennsylvania

Communication Systems, Inc

Allentown, PA · ~43 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Communication Systems, Inc runs at 82% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Alarm system monitoring services workplace, earning a grade C.

Communication Systems, Inc: 2.1 TCR = 82% of Alarm system monitoring services BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Communication Systems, Inc safety composite

Communication Systems, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 69% 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).

D

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% 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%).

Communication Systems, Inc held a steady TCR band

Communication Systems, Inc's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 6.4 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=0.0 · 2019=6.4 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561621 · Allentown, PA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.1 · 82% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/5
  • PHOTO Irvine FS (SSS,CSS)
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Irvine FS (SSS,CSS) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Communication Systems, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Communication Systems, Inc averages 2.1 TCR (82% of the Alarm system monitoring services BLS benchmark).

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

Communication Systems, Inc TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=6.4 · 2020=0 · BLS 2.6

Where Communication Systems, Inc falls in its industry

161 Alarm system monitoring servic establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 5 Alarm system monitoring servic employers in Pennsylvania.

Communication Systems, Inc (43 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 42 employees and a TCR of 1.7 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Communication Systems, Inc
Communication Systems, Inc (43 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 42 employees and a TCR of 1.7

Communication Systems, Inc has more employees than the Alarm system monitoring services median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.7. 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 6.4 3.2 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561621 · PA · Allentown

161 Alarm system monitoring services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 447 employers in Allentown, PA · 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 Irvine FS (SSS,CSS) 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR COL-CPIS-COLUMBIA,SC 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Memphis FS (SSS, CSS) 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR CLS-CPIS-CHARLESTON,SC 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Farm Fresh Egg Products (FFEP) 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Panda Hummel Station, LLC 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE 435-NiSource-New Castle PA 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Builders Inc 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lehigh Valley Hospital 9,463 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1200SCC 6,531 FTE
CITY-NEAR Air Products and Chemicals Inc.- Main Campus 2,118 FTE
CITY-NEAR LOCATION 48042 1,728 FTE
NAT-TCR Egan Company 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Brian Center Health and Rehabilitation/Hertford 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR C521 Halifax 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Platteville 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE REN264 Metro East Mesa 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE CW Egg Products 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Montgomery Scrap Corporation 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE United Iron and Metal 43 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: 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.