Communication tower construction · Colorado

Denver

Thornton, CO · ~40 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
0.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Denver runs at 0% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Communication tower construction workplace, earning a grade C.

Denver: 0.0 TCR = 0% of Communication tower construction BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Denver safety composite

Denver scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 100% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

B

80/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 100% 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%).

Denver held a steady TCR band

Denver's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 0.0 TCR.

2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237130 · Thornton, CO AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 0.0 · 0% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #0/65
  • PHOTO 15-100 IN
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 0 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 15-100 IN (0.0 TCR gap)

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Denver in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Denver averages 0.0 TCR (0% of the Communication tower construction BLS benchmark).

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

Denver TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Denver falls in its industry

1,605 Communication tower constructi establishments

Safer than 100% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #0 safest of 65 Communication tower constructi employers in Colorado.

Denver (40 employees, TCR 0.0) 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 Denver
Denver (40 employees, TCR 0.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Denver has fewer employees than the Communication tower construction median and a lower 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237130 · CO · Thornton

1,605 Communication tower construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 96 employers in Thornton, 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 15-100 IN 0.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hanwha Q Cells USA Corp. 0.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 105185 - IPP Repowering- 840MW 2x2x1 CC 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 103171 - Huntington Beach Energy Project 0.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Grape Cultivation 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rocky Ford 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Organic Alternatives 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE NGL WATER SOLUTIONS, LLC-GREELEY 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - DEN3 3,070 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : DEN3 2,522 FTE
CITY-NEAR North Suburban Medical Center 822 FTE
CITY-NEAR Brundage-Bone Concrete Pumping 818 FTE
NAT-TCR Rogers Group, Inc 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Burrow Global Services, LLC 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 00525 North Temple Office 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Springhill Suites Houston Intercontinental AP 0.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ashtabula- Liquids Transport 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Henry County Hardwoods, Inc. 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pioneer Aerostructures 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE A-1 Services, Inc. 40 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021. 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.