Telecommunications equipment and wiring (except transmission line) installation contractors · Virginia
Communications Specialists, Inc.
Mechanisville, VA · ~80 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.9
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Communications Specialists, Inc. runs at 103% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Telecommunications equipment and wiring (except transmission line) installation contractors workplace, earning a grade C.
Communications Specialists, Inc.: 2.9 TCR = 103% of Telecommunications equipment and wiring (except transmission line) installation contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Communications Specialists, Inc. safety composite
Communications Specialists, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 43%), 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).
46/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 2.89 per 100 workers
Safer than 43% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 0.79 per 100 workers
Safer than 47% 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%).
Communications Specialists, Inc. held a steady TCR band
Communications Specialists, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.2 from 1.8 in 2016 to 1.6 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.3 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=1.8 · 2017=5.3 · 2018=1.6
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 238210 · Mechanisville, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 103% of ind
- DART 0.8 DART
- RANK #59/80
- PHOTO Electric Services, I…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 6 inj
- SIZE ~80 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Electric Services, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Communications Specialists, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Communications Specialists, Inc.
2.9 TCR
- Electric Servi
Electric Services, Inc.
2.9 TCR
- TransCore - T0
TransCore - T0574 - Houston CSC
2.9 TCR
- Prairie Electr
Prairie Electric, Inc
2.9 TCR
- Dausin Electri
Dausin Electric Co.
2.9 TCR
What this shows Communications Specialists, Inc. averages 2.9 TCR (103% of the Telecommunications equipment and wiring (except transmission line) installation contractors BLS benchmark).
Communications Specialists, Inc. TCR series: 2016=1.8 · 2017=5.3 · 2018=1.6 · BLS 2.8
Where Communications Specialists, Inc. falls in its industry
4,550 Telecommunications equipment a establishmentsSafer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.
Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #59 safest of 80 Telecommunications equipment a employers in Virginia.
Communications Specialists, Inc. has more employees than the Telecommunications equipment and wiring median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5.3 | 3.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
238210 · VA · Mechanisville
4,550 Telecommunications equipment and wiring (except transmission line) installation contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 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 | Electric Services, Inc. | 2.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | TransCore - T0574 - Houston CSC | 2.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Prairie Electric, Inc | 2.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Dausin Electric Co. | 2.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Concrete Polishing and Restoration LLC | 80 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Roanoke Service Building | 80 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | David A. Nice Builders, Inc. | 80 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Christian Siding LLC | 80 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Flint St. Plant | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Somerset (Kysom) | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mirmont Alcohol Rehabilitation Center | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | UFP Mid- Atlantic, LLC #286 | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Atlantic Spring | 80 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 1730 LKQ/Keystone | 80 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Twin Farms | 80 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Excelsior Springs Nursing and Rehab LLC | 80 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.