Cable, nonferrous, insulated, or armored, made from purchased nonferrous wire · Massachusetts

Draka Cableteq USA

No. Dighton, MA · ~207 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Draka Cableteq USA runs at 141% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cable, nonferrous, insulated, or armored, made from purchased nonferrous wire workplace, earning a grade D.

Draka Cableteq USA: 4.7 TCR = 141% of Cable, nonferrous, insulated, or armored, made from purchased nonferrous wire BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Draka Cableteq USA safety composite

Draka Cableteq USA scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 16%), 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

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.1

2016→2017

Draka Cableteq USA injury rate improved

Draka Cableteq USA's TCR fell 3.1 from 6.2 in 2016 to 3.1 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.2 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.2 · 2017=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 335929 · No. Dighton, MA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.7 · 141% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #15/20
  • PHOTO LS Cable & System US…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~207 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: LS Cable & System USA -Tarboro Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Draka Cableteq USA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Draka Cableteq USA averages 4.7 TCR (141% of the Cable, nonferrous, insulated, or armored, made from purchased nonferrous wire BLS benchmark).

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

Draka Cableteq USA TCR series: 2016=6.2 · 2017=3.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Draka Cableteq USA falls in its industry

144 Cable, nonferrous, insulated, establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 20 Cable, nonferrous, insulated, employers in Massachusetts.

Draka Cableteq USA (207 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 97 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 0100200300 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Draka Cableteq USA
Draka Cableteq USA (207 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 97 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Draka Cableteq USA has more employees than the Cable, nonferrous, insulated, or armored median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2017 3.1 1.3 5 2 0
2016 6.2 4.9 12 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

335929 · MA · No. Dighton

144 Cable, nonferrous, insulated, or armored, made from purchased nonferrous wire employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 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 LS Cable & System USA -Tarboro Plant 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR TF CABLE AMERICAS 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Youngsville 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR General Cable Williamsport 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Environmental Systems, Inc 207 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kaz 207 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1232 - Holyoke 207 FTE
STATE-SIZE PGI Corporate Office 207 FTE
CITY-NEAR Prysmian Cables and Systems USA, LLC 203 FTE
NAT-TCR 0744 - Jasper, Al 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Hi-Performance Fastening Systems 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Ashbottom Hub (Kyash) 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR MPS Raleigh 4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Open Kitchens Inc. 207 FTE
NAT-SIZE North 207 FTE
NAT-SIZE NDC - Northern Distribution Center 207 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lafayette (Lalaf) 207 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: 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.