Fiber Optics · Pennsylvania

DQE Communications

Pittsburgh, PA · ~81 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
0.0
Avg TCR
0.7
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DQE Communications runs at 0% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Fiber Optics workplace, earning a grade C.

DQE Communications: 0.0 TCR = 0% of Fiber Optics BLS 0.7 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DQE Communications safety composite

DQE Communications scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 100% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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 50% 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%).

DQE Communications held a steady TCR band

DQE Communications's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 0.0 TCR.

2016=0.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 517911 · Pittsburgh, PA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 0.0 · 0% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P100
  • PHOTO Granite Telecommunic…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 0 inj
  • SIZE ~81 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Granite Telecommunications LLC Quincy (0.1 TCR gap)

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DQE Communications in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DQE Communications averages 0.0 TCR (0% of the Fiber Optics BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

DQE Communications TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 0.7

Where DQE Communications falls in its industry

23 Fiber Optics establishments

Safer than 100% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
DQE Communications (81 employees, TCR 0.0) among 15 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 64 employees and a TCR of 1.5 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 16 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 02004006008001,000 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate DQE Communications
DQE Communications (81 employees, TCR 0.0) among 15 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 64 employees and a TCR of 1.5

DQE Communications has more employees than the Fiber Optics median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

517911 · PA · Pittsburgh

23 Fiber Optics employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 1,170 employers in Pittsburgh, PA · 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 Granite Telecommunications LLC Quincy 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hotwire Communications - Bala 0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Smart City Networks, L.P. 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR VelocityVelocity, A Managed Services Company, Inc. 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Belle Reve Senior Living 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE Good Food Inc. 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE Daedalus Investments LLC dba Tech Cast Limited 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE 181090000 81 FTE
CITY-NEAR United States Steel COrporation 15,229 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Pittsburgh- Oakland 14,135 FTE
CITY-NEAR UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside (PUH) 13,900 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Pittsburgh-Oakland 13,208 FTE
NAT-TCR Airborn Inc. Addison 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Keller Warehouse 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Integration Appliance Inc. 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR California Department of Transportation Facility 128 0.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Atlanta Airport Renaissasnce Gateway 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Demo Company, LLC - Austin 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fairway Market of Chelsea 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pardue Masonry of Central FL 81 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.