Telecommunications · Virginia

FT010 - Fiber Tech - Richmond

Richmond, VA · ~24 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

FT010 - Fiber Tech - Richmond runs at 99% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Telecommunications workplace, earning a grade C.

FT010 - Fiber Tech - Richmond: 2.8 TCR = 99% of Telecommunications BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

FT010 - Fiber Tech - Richmond safety composite

FT010 - Fiber Tech - Richmond scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 38%), 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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.9

2016→2018

FT010 - Fiber Tech - Richmond injury rate improved

FT010 - Fiber Tech - Richmond's TCR fell 0.9 from 4.6 in 2016 to 3.7 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.6 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.6 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=3.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237130 · Richmond, VA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 99% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #36/45
  • PHOTO Solar Utility
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Solar Utility (0.0 TCR gap)

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FT010 - Fiber Tech - Richmond in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows FT010 - Fiber Tech - Richmond averages 2.8 TCR (99% of the Telecommunications BLS benchmark).

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

FT010 - Fiber Tech - Richmond TCR series: 2016=4.6 · 2017=0 · 2018=3.7 · BLS 2.8

Where FT010 - Fiber Tech - Richmond falls in its industry

1,605 Telecommunications establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #36 safest of 45 Telecommunications employers in Virginia.

FT010 - Fiber Tech - Richmond (24 employees, TCR 2.8) 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 FT010 - Fiber Tech - Richmond
FT010 - Fiber Tech - Richmond (24 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0

FT010 - Fiber Tech - Richmond has fewer employees than the Telecommunications 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
2018 3.7 0.0 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 4.6 4.6 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237130 · VA · Richmond

1,605 Telecommunications employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 939 employers in Richmond, VA · 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 Solar Utility 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR LEM Rural Hall 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hancock Wood Electric Cooperative, Inc. ( North Baltimore) 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Michels Pacific Energy, Inc- WA- Tumwater 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Smith Mountain Hydro 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE SHENANDOAH 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Craig-Botetourt Electric Cooperative 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Inner Space Systems, Inc. 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR VCU Health System 14,536 FTE
CITY-NEAR Virginia Commonwealth University 11,826 FTE
CITY-NEAR VCU 5,271 FTE
CITY-NEAR CJW Medical Center 3,259 FTE
NAT-TCR Shiloh Pendergrass 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Vee Pak - Countryside, IL 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Nelson Tree Service LLC 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Fort Worth Civil Construction, LLC 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE PA031 - Pauley Construction Longmont 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE BX352 - Cincinnati OH 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE ANJON - Jonesboro- GA 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE TDNIC - Nicholasville 24 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, 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.