Telecommunications carriers, wired · Indiana

Fort Wayne State Hdq & G.O.

Fort Wayne, IN · ~802 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
0.7
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fort Wayne State Hdq & G.O. runs at 179% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Telecommunications carriers, wired workplace, earning a grade D.

Fort Wayne State Hdq & G.O.: 1.3 TCR = 179% of Telecommunications carriers, wired BLS 0.7 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fort Wayne State Hdq & G.O. safety composite

Fort Wayne State Hdq & G.O. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 44%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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%).

Fort Wayne State Hdq & G.O. held a steady TCR band

Fort Wayne State Hdq & G.O.'s TCR held near 0.2 from 1.4 in 2016 to 1.2 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 1.4 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.4 · 2018=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 517110 · Fort Wayne, IN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 1.3 · 179% of ind

  • DART 0.5 DART
  • RANK #4/6
  • PHOTO Red Oak Mediacom
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~802 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Red Oak Mediacom (0.0 TCR gap)

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Fort Wayne State Hdq & G.O. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fort Wayne State Hdq & G.O. averages 1.3 TCR (179% of the Telecommunications carriers, wired BLS benchmark).

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

Fort Wayne State Hdq & G.O. TCR series: 2016=1.4 · 2018=1.2 · BLS 0.7

Where Fort Wayne State Hdq & G.O. falls in its industry

537 Telecommunications carriers, w establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 6 Telecommunications carriers, w employers in Indiana.

Fort Wayne State Hdq & G.O. (802 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 276 employees and a TCR of 1.3 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 01,0002,0003,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Fort Wayne State Hdq & G.O.
Fort Wayne State Hdq & G.O. (802 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 276 employees and a TCR of 1.3

Fort Wayne State Hdq & G.O. has more employees than the Telecommunications carriers, wired median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.3. 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
2018 1.2 0.5 7 0 0
2016 1.4 0.8 10 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

517110 · IN · Fort Wayne

537 Telecommunications carriers, wired employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 634 employers in Fort Wayne, 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 Red Oak Mediacom 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR NY0262CN4 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Spencer/Spirit Lake IA Site 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cox Communications - 901 Building 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Steel Dynamics Structural & Rail Division 802 FTE
STATE-SIZE Master Spas 801 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1621 GEODIS LOGISTICS 801 FTE
STATE-SIZE HARRAH'S HOOSIER PARK RACING & CASINO 804 FTE
CITY-NEAR Parkview Memorial Hospital 6,096 FTE
CITY-NEAR Parkview North Hospital 4,648 FTE
CITY-NEAR Parkview Corporate Office 3,312 FTE
CITY-NEAR Shambaugh & Son LP 3,072 FTE
NAT-TCR JFSNA at ADM Clinton 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR UG2 - 520 - Walden Galleria 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Toshiba Houston 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Antioch RMFG 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Overland Contracting Inc. 802 FTE
NAT-SIZE Waterpark Management, INc. 802 FTE
NAT-SIZE Boeing Distribution Inc. - Dallas 802 FTE
NAT-SIZE Edwards Lifesciences 802 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: 2018, 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.