Cable laying (e.g., cable television, electricity, marine, telephone), including underground · North Carolina

DataWatt Solutions, Inc.

Name: DataWatt Solutions, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Linwood, NC · ~33 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 6.6
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

DataWatt Solutions, Inc. runs at 235% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cable laying (e.g., cable television, electricity, marine, telephone), including underground workplace, earning a grade F.

DataWatt Solutions, Inc.: 6.6 TCR = 235% of Cable laying (e.g., cable television, electricity, marine, telephone), including underground BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DataWatt Solutions, Inc. safety composite

DataWatt Solutions, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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): F 6.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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

−2.5

2016→2019

DataWatt Solutions, Inc. injury rate improved

DataWatt Solutions, Inc.'s TCR fell 2.5 from 6.9 in 2016 to 4.4 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 15.1 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.9 · 2017=15.1 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=4.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237130 · Linwood, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.6 · 235% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #72/79
PHOTO Laser Underground
BOOK 4y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Laser Underground (0.0 TCR gap)

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6.6
NA-US-CA-Fresn

6.6
TMMA2 - Marion

6.6

What this shows DataWatt Solutions, Inc. averages 6.6 TCR (235% of the Cable laying (e.g., cable television, electricity, marine, telephone), including underground BLS benchmark).

DataWatt Solutions, Inc. TCR series: 2016=6.9 · 2017=15.1 · 2018=0 · 2019=4.4 · BLS 2.8

Where DataWatt Solutions, Inc. falls in its industry

1,605 Cable laying (e.g., cable tele establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #72 safest of 79 Cable laying (e.g., cable tele employers in North Carolina.

DataWatt Solutions, Inc. (33 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0

DataWatt Solutions, Inc. has fewer employees than the Cable laying (e.g., cable television, el 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
2019	4.4	0.0	2	0
2018	0.0	0.0	0	0
2017	15.1	3.8	3	1
2016	6.9	0.0	1	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237130 · NC · Linwood

1,605 Cable laying (e.g., cable television, electricity, marine, telephone), including underground employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 7 employers in Linwood, NC · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Laser Underground	SNOHOMISH, WA	6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Patriot Towers, Inc.	SCOTTSVILLE, NY	6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	NA-US-CA-Fresno-N Armstrong Avenue	FRESNO, CA	6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	TMMA2 - Marion, IA	MARION, IA	6.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Scott Brothers Inc	LUCAMA	33 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Strickland Farms Payroll	SALEMBURG	33 FTE
STATE-SIZE	James B. Morris Farms, Inc,	COLERAIN	33 FTE
STATE-SIZE	LTL, LLC	GOLDSBORO	33 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Linwood/Lexington	Linwood	201 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Owens & Minor/Halyard Health	Linwood	192 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lexington Plant	Linwood	185 FTE
CITY-NEAR	RHB - LIN	Linwood	88 FTE
NAT-TCR	Alside Supply Center #170	Orlando, FL	6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	2073-SW-20730210-CS	Gillette, WY	6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	NDX Bauer	Mitchell, SD	6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	NDX Florida	Orlando, FL	6.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Dart Trucking Inc., Kenova, Wv	Kenova, WV	33 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Sierra Ambulance Service, Inc	Oakhurst, CA	33 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Eventures, LLC	Fayetteville, AR	33 FTE
NAT-SIZE	BOLLIG	Hopkins, MN	33 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.