Telecommunications carriers, wired · Texas

Grande Communications Networks, LLC-Austin

Austin, TX · ~77 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
0.7
Avg TCR
0.7
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Grande Communications Networks, LLC-Austin runs at 101% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Telecommunications carriers, wired workplace, earning a grade C.

Grande Communications Networks, LLC-Austin: 0.7 TCR = 101% of Telecommunications carriers, wired BLS 0.7 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Grande Communications Networks, LLC-Austin safety composite

Grande Communications Networks, LLC-Austin scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 0.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Grande Communications Networks, LLC-Austin: 0.0 → 1.5 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 1.5 TCR · DART/TCR 2.11× in 2024

Grande Communications Networks, LLC-Austin's TCR rose 1.5 from 0.0 in 2021 to 1.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2.11× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade C · TCR 0.7 · 101% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #33/61
  • PHOTO NineStar Connect-Nor…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~77 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: NineStar Connect-North Campus (0.0 TCR gap)

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Grande Communications Networks, LLC-Austin in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Grande Communications Networks, LLC-Austin averages 0.7 TCR (101% of the Telecommunications carriers, wired BLS benchmark).

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

Grande Communications Networks, LLC-Austin TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=0 · 2024=1.5 · BLS 0.7

Where Grande Communications Networks, LLC-Austin falls in its industry

537 Telecommunications carriers, w establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #33 safest of 61 Telecommunications carriers, w employers in Texas.

Grande Communications Networks, LLC-Austin (77 employees, TCR 0.7) 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 Grande Communications Networks, LLC-Austin
Grande Communications Networks, LLC-Austin (77 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 276 employees and a TCR of 1.3

Grande Communications Networks, LLC-Austin has fewer 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
2024 1.5 1.5 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 1.3 1.3 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

517110 · TX · Austin

537 Telecommunications 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR NineStar Connect-North Campus 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Liberty San Roberto 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR MIAMFLHQ 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2100 Bartow Ave 0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE FLOYDADA COOP GIN 2 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Holman Well Service 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Woodlands Service Center 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE D.R. Horton, Inc. - Huntsville 77 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ensign Services 11,325 FTE
CITY-NEAR NA-US-TX-Austin-Giga Texas 8,621 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6017-Loc: CORP LOC - US Austin 6,911 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6017-CORP LOC - USA UNITED STATES - AST 5,272 FTE
NAT-TCR Myerstown, PA 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Charter Next Generation, Inc. 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC. - 027 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Bollinger Houma Shipyards 0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pacific Electrical Contractors 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE RCN Telecom Services, LLC Arlington 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE 104796 - P1-105 Headworks Rehab & Expansion 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE SmallHD LLC 77 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.