Cable splicing, electrical or fiber optic · Maryland

Highlander Contracting Company

Sparks, MD · ~75 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Highlander Contracting Company runs at 9% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Cable splicing, electrical or fiber optic workplace, earning a grade A.

Highlander Contracting Company: 0.3 TCR = 9% of Cable splicing, electrical or fiber optic BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Highlander Contracting Company safety composite

Highlander Contracting Company scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 98% 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).

B

79/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 98% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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

−1.2

2020→2024

Highlander Contracting Company injury rate improved

Highlander Contracting Company's TCR fell 1.2 from 1.2 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 1.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=1.2 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238210 · Sparks, MD AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.3 · 9% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/77
  • PHOTO Buffalo Electric Inc
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~75 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Buffalo Electric Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Highlander Contracting Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Highlander Contracting Company averages 0.3 TCR (9% of the Cable splicing, electrical or fiber optic BLS benchmark).

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

Highlander Contracting Company TCR series: 2020=1.2 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Highlander Contracting Company falls in its industry

4,550 Cable splicing, electrical or establishments

Safer than 98% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 77 Cable splicing, electrical or employers in Maryland.

Highlander Contracting Company (75 employees, TCR 0.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Highlander Contracting Company
Highlander Contracting Company (75 employees, TCR 0.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Highlander Contracting Company has more employees than the Cable splicing, electrical or fiber opti median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 1.2 1.2 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238210 · MD · Sparks

4,550 Cable splicing, electrical or fiber optic employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 22 employers in Sparks, MD · 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 Buffalo Electric Inc 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Comstock Brothers Electric - A Division of The State Group Industrial USA Limited - Kentucky 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR E-J Electric, LLC 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Universal Electrical Service 0.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Nursery 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE DRB Group - Washington West 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE Irvine Access Floors inc. MD 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE R&R Contracting Utilities, Inc. 75 FTE
CITY-NEAR Becton Dickinson Integrated Diagnostic Solutions Baltimore 2,376 FTE
CITY-NEAR Becton Dickinson Diagnostic Systems Baltimore 2,281 FTE
CITY-NEAR HUNT VALLEY (MDHUN) 644 FTE
CITY-NEAR MDHUN - HUNT VALLEY 539 FTE
NAT-TCR Dickson Electric Department 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR LDRM Visa Support Services 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Comstock Brothers Electric - A Division of The State Group Industrial USA Limited - Kentucky 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR North Carolina Department of Information Technology 0.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Last Mile DSP, LLC 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eastern Metal Supply Charlotte 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fairweather Masonry Company, Inc. 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE EndemolShine North America 75 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, 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.