Long-distance telephone carriers, wired · Texas

Grande Communications Austin

Name: Grande Communications Austin Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Austin, TX · ~81 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 2.8
Avg TCR: 0.7
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Grande Communications Austin runs at 404% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Long-distance telephone carriers, wired workplace, earning a grade F.

Grande Communications Austin: 2.8 TCR = 404% of Long-distance telephone carriers, wired BLS 0.7 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Grande Communications Austin safety composite

Grande Communications Austin scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 20%), 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).

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 2.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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%).

Grande Communications Austin held a steady TCR band

Grande Communications Austin's TCR held near 0.3 from 2.3 in 2016 to 2.6 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.5 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.92× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.3 · 2017=5.5 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=1.3 · 2020=2.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 517110 · Austin, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 2.8 · 404% of ind

DART 2.6 DART
RANK #53/61
PHOTO Santa Rosa Telephone…
BOOK 5y book
INJ 12 inj
SIZE ~81 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Santa Rosa Telephone Cooperative Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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CLARO / PRT -

2.9
CLARO / PRT -

2.9
This site

2.8
Santa Rosa Tel

2.8
Wave Division

2.8

What this shows Grande Communications Austin averages 2.8 TCR (404% of the Long-distance telephone carriers, wired BLS benchmark).

Grande Communications Austin TCR series: 2016=2.3 · 2017=5.5 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=1.3 · 2020=2.6 · BLS 0.7

Where Grande Communications Austin falls in its industry

537 Long-distance telephone carrie establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.3.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #53 safest of 61 Long-distance telephone carrie employers in Texas.

Grande Communications Austin (81 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 276 employees and a TCR of 1.3

Grande Communications Austin has fewer employees than the Long-distance telephone carriers, wired median and a higher 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
2020	2.6	2.6	2
2019	1.3	1.3	1
2018	2.4	2.4	2
2017	5.5	5.5	5
2016	2.3	1.1	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

517110 · TX · Austin

537 Long-distance telephone carriers, wired employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 1,645 employers in Austin, TX · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Santa Rosa Telephone Cooperative Inc.	VERNON, TX	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Wave Division Holdings, LLC-Port Angeles	PORT ANGELES, WA	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	CLARO / PRT - Centro Operaciones Guaynabo Esmeralda	GUAYNABO, PR	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	CLARO / PRT - Centro Operaciones Cayey	CAYEY, PR	2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Kraken Oil & Gas	HOUSTON	81 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Total Frac Solutions	MIDLAND	81 FTE
STATE-SIZE	ARLINGTON SERVICE CENTER	ARLINGTON	81 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Karnes Electric Cooperative, Inc.	KARNES CITY	81 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Ensign Services	Austin	11,325 FTE
CITY-NEAR	NA-US-TX-Austin-Giga Texas	Austin	8,621 FTE
CITY-NEAR	6017-Loc: CORP LOC - US Austin	Austin	6,911 FTE
CITY-NEAR	6017-CORP LOC - USA UNITED STATES - AST	Austin	5,272 FTE
NAT-TCR	Kendall Electric - EKDC	Portage, MI	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Waterford Public Schools - Clark Lane Middle School	Waterford, CT	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bally'S Atlantic City Hotel and Casino	Atlantic City, NJ	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	ABC Recovery Center, Inc.	Indio, CA	2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Plant 26	Walnut Cove, NC	81 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Aegis Lodge at Totem Lake	Kirkland, WA	81 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Wolfeboro Bay Center	Wolfeboro, NH	81 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Plant 15	Belmont, NC	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: 2020, 2019, 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.