Communication tower construction · Washington

KMM Kent, WA

Kent, WA · ~35 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.6
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

KMM Kent, WA runs at 450% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Communication tower construction workplace, earning a grade F.

KMM Kent, WA: 12.6 TCR = 450% of Communication tower construction BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KMM Kent, WA safety composite

KMM Kent, WA scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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).

F

14/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 15.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

KMM Kent, WA: 10.1 → 15.1 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 15.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.2× in 2019

KMM Kent, WA's TCR rose 5.0 from 10.1 in 2018 to 15.1 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237130 · Kent, WA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.6 · 450% of ind

  • DART 15.1 DART
  • RANK #49/49
  • PHOTO B Robinson Leander
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: B Robinson Leander (0.1 TCR gap)

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KMM Kent, WA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows KMM Kent, WA averages 12.6 TCR (450% of the Communication tower construction BLS benchmark).

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

KMM Kent, WA TCR series: 2018=10.1 · 2019=15.1 · BLS 2.8

Where KMM Kent, WA falls in its industry

1,605 Communication tower constructi establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #49 safest of 49 Communication tower constructi employers in Washington.

KMM Kent, WA (35 employees, TCR 12.6) 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate KMM Kent, WA
KMM Kent, WA (35 employees, TCR 12.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0

KMM Kent, WA has fewer employees than the Communication tower construction median and a higher 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 15.1 15.1 3 0 0
2018 10.1 6.7 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237130 · WA · Kent

1,605 Communication tower construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 367 employers in Kent, WA · 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 B Robinson Leander 12.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Somerset REC 12.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR NA-US-CA-Livermore-Stealth Street 12.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR North Central Service, Inc 12.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Farm Shop 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE BNW Quincy 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pacific Aquaculture Inc. 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE F/V Arica 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Blue Origin 3,939 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : BFI4 2,994 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - BFI4 2,961 FTE
CITY-NEAR WA006 2,529 FTE
NAT-TCR Non-ferrous Cast Alloys 12.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Valley View Nursing Home 12.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Dwt 08 12.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 4400 Wayne Ave 12.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Norpol USA 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0000000035 Quick Chek Food Stores 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Global Flight Operations 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Moser's Foods #4 35 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. 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.