Fiber optic cable transmission line construction · Georgia

Construction

Buford, GA · ~146 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Construction runs at 105% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Fiber optic cable transmission line construction workplace, earning a grade C.

Construction: 2.9 TCR = 105% of Fiber optic cable transmission line construction BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Construction safety composite

Construction scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 34%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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

−1.4

2018→2021

Construction injury rate improved

Construction's TCR fell 1.4 from 3.6 in 2018 to 2.2 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 3.6 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=3.6 · 2021=2.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237130 · Buford, GA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 105% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #49/71
  • PHOTO Black & McDonald - V…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~146 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Black & McDonald - Vancouver (0.0 TCR gap)

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Construction in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Construction averages 2.9 TCR (105% of the Fiber optic cable transmission line construction BLS benchmark).

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

Construction TCR series: 2018=3.6 · 2021=2.2 · BLS 2.8

Where Construction falls in its industry

1,605 Fiber optic cable transmission establishments

Safer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #49 safest of 71 Fiber optic cable transmission employers in Georgia.

Construction (146 employees, TCR 2.9) 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 Construction
Construction (146 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Construction has more employees than the Fiber optic cable transmission line cons 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 2.2 1.5 3 0 0
2018 3.6 3.6 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237130 · GA · Buford

1,605 Fiber optic cable transmission line construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 164 employers in Buford, GA · 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 Black & McDonald - Vancouver 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR South Hillsborough Service Area 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Freson, CA Office 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Yazoo Valley Electric Power Association 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Forza Group, INC 146 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nutrien Augusta GA 146 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sellers Contracting Services, LLC 146 FTE
STATE-SIZE Trion Shared Facilities 146 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tech Systems, Inc 478 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elringklinger USA, Inc. 473 FTE
CITY-NEAR GAORD - BUFORD CENTER 447 FTE
CITY-NEAR Georgia Branch 428 FTE
NAT-TCR A Beka Academy, Inc. 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR SSA Program Integrity 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR St. Louis Hospice 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Greencastle FC 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE PCC Print Shop, Inc. 146 FTE
NAT-SIZE Metrex Research, LLC 146 FTE
NAT-SIZE Altoona Center for Nursing Care 146 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nashville - BCBST 146 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, 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.