Cable laying (e.g., cable television, electricity, marine, telephone), including underground · Indiana
Directline Communications Inc.
Mishawaka, IN · ~80 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.2
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Directline Communications Inc. runs at 115% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Cable laying (e.g., cable television, electricity, marine, telephone), including underground workplace, earning a grade C.
Directline Communications Inc.: 3.2 TCR = 115% of Cable laying (e.g., cable television, electricity, marine, telephone), including underground BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Directline Communications Inc. safety composite
Directline Communications Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 25%), 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).
35/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 3.21 per 100 workers
Safer than 33% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.38 per 100 workers
Safer than 25% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Directline Communications Inc.: 0.0 → 3.6 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 6.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.74× in 2024
Directline Communications Inc.'s TCR rose 3.6 from 0.0 in 2022 to 3.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.74× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237130 · Mishawaka, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.2 · 115% of ind
- DART 2.4 DART
- RANK #25/30
- PHOTO Electric Power Board…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 8 inj
- SIZE ~80 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Electric Power Board of Chattanooga (0.0 TCR gap)
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Directline Communications Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Directline Communications Inc.
3.2 TCR
- Electric Power
Electric Power Board of Chattanooga
3.2 TCR
- NA-US-NY-Elmsf
NA-US-NY-Elmsford-Ridgewood Drive
3.2 TCR
- Bristol Tennes
Bristol Tennessee Essential Services
3.2 TCR
- Michels Power
Michels Power Inc-NM-Albuquerque
3.2 TCR
What this shows Directline Communications Inc. averages 3.2 TCR (115% of the Cable laying (e.g., cable television, electricity, marine, telephone), including underground BLS benchmark).
Directline Communications Inc. TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=6.1 · 2024=3.6 · BLS 2.8
Where Directline Communications Inc. falls in its industry
1,605 Cable laying (e.g., cable tele establishmentsSafer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.
Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 30 Cable laying (e.g., cable tele employers in Indiana.
Directline Communications Inc. has more 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 | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6.1 | 3.6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237130 · IN · Mishawaka
1,605 Cable laying (e.g., cable television, electricity, marine, telephone), including underground employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 185 employers in Mishawaka, IN · 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 Power Board of Chattanooga | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | NA-US-NY-Elmsford-Ridgewood Drive | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bristol Tennessee Essential Services | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Michels Power Inc-NM-Albuquerque | 3.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | 180-NiSource-Crown Point IN-Operating HQ | 80 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | XL Industrial Services, Inc. | 80 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Elbrecht Investments | 80 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Concrete 40 | 80 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center Mishawaka | 1,906 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | AM General, LLC | 459 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | LCI - 039 | 392 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 2678 | 381 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Reddog Industries | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Show Motion, Inc. | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 3320 - DC New York Ave NE | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ryder location 4003 | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Hudson County Correctional Center | 80 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Thermal Circuits, Inc. | 80 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | D.R. Horton, Inc. - Birmingham | 80 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | PENN Greenhouse 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.