Cellular phone tower construction · Indiana

ERS Tower, LLC

Ligonier, IN · ~36 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

ERS Tower, LLC runs at 39% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Cellular phone tower construction workplace, earning a grade A.

ERS Tower, LLC: 1.1 TCR = 39% of Cellular phone tower construction BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ERS Tower, LLC safety composite

ERS Tower, LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% 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).

C

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% 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%).

Rising injury rate

ERS Tower, LLC: 0.0 → 1.9 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 2.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2019

ERS Tower, LLC's TCR rose 1.9 from 0.0 in 2016 to 1.9 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.5 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237130 · Ligonier, IN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 39% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #14/30
  • PHOTO Panhandle Power Solu…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Panhandle Power Solutions LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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ERS Tower, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows ERS Tower, LLC averages 1.1 TCR (39% of the Cellular phone tower construction BLS benchmark).

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

ERS Tower, LLC TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=0 · 2019=1.9 · BLS 2.8

Where ERS Tower, LLC falls in its industry

1,605 Cellular phone tower construct establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 30 Cellular phone tower construct employers in Indiana.

ERS Tower, LLC (36 employees, TCR 1.1) 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 ERS Tower, LLC
ERS Tower, LLC (36 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0

ERS Tower, LLC has fewer employees than the Cellular phone 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
2019 1.9 0.0 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 2.5 2.5 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237130 · IN · Ligonier

1,605 Cellular phone tower construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 21 employers in Ligonier, 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 Panhandle Power Solutions LLC 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR R.R. Cassidy, Inc. 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sumter Utilities, Inc. 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR FiberPlus Federal Services, Inc. 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Indy, Churchman Pack 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Natural Beauty Growers, LLC - Richmond IN 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hidden View Dairy, LLC 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Elkhart Office and Service Building 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tenneco Automotive Operating Company 415 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ligonier Glass Plant 410 FTE
CITY-NEAR Silgan Plastics 219 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ligonier 216 FTE
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Halifax Memorial Hospital 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Supply Chain : On Wing Support 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR AMEREN ILLINOIS - Tuscola 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Eagan, Mn 1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bolingbrook - 1 Territorial Drive 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dittemore Insulation Contractors, Inc. 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kansas City - 570 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE St. Louis - 3635 36 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.