Long-distance telephone carriers, wired · Texas

Grande Communications Waco

Name: Grande Communications Waco Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Waco, TX · ~76 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 2.7
Avg TCR: 0.7
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Grande Communications Waco runs at 381% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Long-distance telephone carriers, wired workplace, earning a grade F.

Grande Communications Waco: 2.7 TCR = 381% of Long-distance telephone carriers, wired BLS 0.7 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Grande Communications Waco safety composite

Grande Communications Waco scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 33%), 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).

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 2.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.0

2016→2020

Grande Communications Waco injury rate improved

Grande Communications Waco's TCR fell 3.0 from 3.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.0 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.0 · 2017=2.8 · 2018=3.5 · 2019=4.0 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 2.7 · 381% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #51/61
PHOTO Liberty Levittown
BOOK 5y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~76 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Liberty Levittown (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Grande Communications Waco averages 2.7 TCR (381% of the Long-distance telephone carriers, wired BLS benchmark).

Grande Communications Waco TCR series: 2016=3 · 2017=2.8 · 2018=3.5 · 2019=4 · 2020=0 · BLS 0.7

Where Grande Communications Waco falls in its industry

537 Long-distance telephone carrie establishments

Safer than 33% 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 #51 safest of 61 Long-distance telephone carrie employers in Texas.

Grande Communications Waco (76 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 276 employees and a TCR of 1.3

Grande Communications Waco 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	Illnesses
2020	0.0	0.0	0	0
2019	4.0	2.7	2	1
2018	3.5	1.8	1	1
2017	2.8	2.8	2	0
2016	3.0	1.5	1	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

517110 · TX · Waco

537 Long-distance telephone carriers, wired employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 314 employers in Waco, 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	Liberty Levittown	TOA BAJA, PR	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Dell Rapids	WALL, SD	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	RCN Telecom Services, LLC-Havertown	HAVERTOWN, PA	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	CLARO / PRT - Tienda Plaza del Caribe	PONCE, PR	2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	TX-NSF-TEXAS	HARTLEY	76 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Birdsong Peanuts	BROWNFIELD	76 FTE
STATE-SIZE	1550 TECH CENTRE PKWY ARLINGTON TX	ARLINGTON	76 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Tri-State Ventures, LLC dba Carefree Homes	EL PASO	76 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Hillcrest	Waco	1,512 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Amazon.com Services LLC - AUS3	Waco	1,468 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1855-TXWAC1	Waco	1,407 FTE
CITY-NEAR	L3Harris AS IAS Waco	Waco	1,400 FTE
NAT-TCR	Akron	Mogadore, OH	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Acoustical Solutions	Richmond, VA	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	18-La Meseta	San Juan, PR	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Swift County	Benson, MN	2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Perfection Structural Components	Wichita, KS	76 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Linco Health, Inc. dba Gardner Nursing and Rehabilitation	Star City, AR	76 FTE
NAT-SIZE	018k - Milwaukee Wi Rntl	Menomonee Falls, WI	76 FTE
NAT-SIZE	RCN Telecom Services, LLC - Arlington, MA	Arlington, MA	76 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.