Pole line construction · Ohio

J.W. Didado Electric

Akron, OH · ~723 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
2
Fatalities
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The verdict

J.W. Didado Electric runs at 57% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Pole line construction workplace, earning a grade B.

J.W. Didado Electric: 1.6 TCR = 57% of Pole line construction BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

J.W. Didado Electric safety composite

J.W. Didado Electric scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 0%), 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

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 2

Safer than 0% 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

−0.7

2017→2019

J.W. Didado Electric injury rate improved

J.W. Didado Electric's TCR fell 0.7 from 1.8 in 2017 to 1.1 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.0 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=1.8 · 2018=2.0 · 2019=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237130 · Akron, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.6 · 57% of ind

  • DART 0.4 DART
  • RANK #19/37
  • PHOTO Penn Line Energy T &…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 37 inj
  • SIZE ~723 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Penn Line Energy T & D, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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J.W. Didado Electric in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows J.W. Didado Electric averages 1.6 TCR (57% of the Pole line construction BLS benchmark).

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

J.W. Didado Electric TCR series: 2017=1.8 · 2018=2 · 2019=1.1 · BLS 2.8

Where J.W. Didado Electric falls in its industry

1,605 Pole line construction establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 37 Pole line construction employers in Ohio.

J.W. Didado Electric (723 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate J.W. Didado Electric
J.W. Didado Electric (723 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0

J.W. Didado Electric has more employees than the Pole line construction median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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
2019 1.1 0.4 10 0 0
2018 2.0 0.9 15 2 2
2017 1.8 0.8 12 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237130 · OH · Akron

1,605 Pole line construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 512 employers in Akron, OH · 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 Penn Line Energy T & D, Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pierce_Potelco 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Harlan Electric Company 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kings Point Wind 19141024 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Swagelok Highland/Falon 723 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mercy St. Anne's Hospital 723 FTE
STATE-SIZE Philips Healthcare Cleveland 722 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greenville Technology Incorporated - Greenville 722 FTE
CITY-NEAR Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron 6,746 FTE
CITY-NEAR Akron Children's Hospital 6,060 FTE
CITY-NEAR Summa Health - Akron City 4,801 FTE
CITY-NEAR Akron General Medical Center 4,176 FTE
NAT-TCR Banner McCleery 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Atlas Carpet 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 165 Joliet, IL 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR QMed Corporation 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Farm Work 723 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amzl : Dsx1 723 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mercy Healthcare Sacramento 723 FTE
NAT-SIZE Northstar Energy Solutions, LLC 723 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.