Commercial building construction · Arizona

High Desert Communications

Mesa, AZ · ~88 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
2.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

High Desert Communications runs at 40% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Commercial building construction workplace, earning a grade A.

High Desert Communications: 1.2 TCR = 40% of Commercial building construction BLS 2.9 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

High Desert Communications safety composite

High Desert Communications scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−3.6

2020→2023

High Desert Communications injury rate improved

High Desert Communications's TCR fell 3.6 from 3.6 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 3.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=3.6 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=1.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 236220 · Mesa, AZ AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 40% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #42/106
  • PHOTO The Weitz Company - …
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~88 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Weitz Company - Nebraska (0.0 TCR gap)

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High Desert Communications in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows High Desert Communications averages 1.2 TCR (40% of the Commercial building construction BLS benchmark).

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

High Desert Communications TCR series: 2020=3.6 · 2021=0 · 2022=1 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.9

Where High Desert Communications falls in its industry

4,692 Commercial building constructi establishments

Safer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arizona alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #42 safest of 106 Commercial building constructi employers in Arizona.

High Desert Communications (88 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 0100200300400500 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate High Desert Communications
High Desert Communications (88 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.3

High Desert Communications has more employees than the Commercial building construction median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 1.0 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 3.6 3.6 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

236220 · AZ · Mesa

4,692 Commercial building construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,594 rated employers in Arizona with headcount on file · 565 employers in Mesa, AZ · 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 The Weitz Company - Nebraska 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Skanska USA Building Inc. 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mel Lanzer Company 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cork Howard Construction Co. 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE FSG-AZ- VAI Resort 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE Phoenix 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE Immedia LLC 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE 300-Phoenix 88 FTE
CITY-NEAR AZ001 4,193 FTE
CITY-NEAR AZAPW9668 AZA - RAMP PAX 3,181 FTE
CITY-NEAR 04-290370278-2 1,964 FTE
CITY-NEAR Police Department H210 1,651 FTE
NAT-TCR Lumbermen's 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR SPS Corporation 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Fairchild Brothers, Inc. 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Sierra Integrated Services Inc. 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Clendenin Lumber Company 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE Safeway Fresh Foods, LLC 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE Navasota Nursing and Rehab 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE S03159 - WM of NJ, Inc /Trenton Hauling 88 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. 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.