Communication tower construction · Oregon

KMM Salem, OR

Salem, OR · ~21 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.4
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

KMM Salem, OR runs at 301% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Communication tower construction workplace, earning a grade F.

KMM Salem, OR: 8.4 TCR = 301% of Communication tower construction BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KMM Salem, OR safety composite

KMM Salem, OR scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.7

2018→2019

KMM Salem, OR injury rate improved

KMM Salem, OR's TCR fell 0.7 from 8.8 in 2018 to 8.1 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.8 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=8.8 · 2019=8.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237130 · Salem, OR ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.4 · 301% of ind

  • DART 4.0 DART
  • RANK #26/28
  • PHOTO NA-US-CA-Bakersfield…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: NA-US-CA-Bakersfield-5206 Young St (0.0 TCR gap)

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KMM Salem, OR in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows KMM Salem, OR averages 8.4 TCR (301% 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 Salem, OR TCR series: 2018=8.8 · 2019=8.1 · BLS 2.8

Where KMM Salem, OR falls in its industry

1,605 Communication tower constructi establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Oregon alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #26 safest of 28 Communication tower constructi employers in Oregon.

KMM Salem, OR (21 employees, TCR 8.4) 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 Salem, OR
KMM Salem, OR (21 employees, TCR 8.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0

KMM Salem, OR 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 8.1 4.0 1 1 0
2018 8.8 4.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237130 · OR · Salem

1,605 Communication tower construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 8,031 rated employers in Oregon with headcount on file · 471 employers in Salem, OR · 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 NA-US-CA-Bakersfield-5206 Young St 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Power Contracting Oklahoma Statewide Operations 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Creek Hiawatha 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Terra Contracting 8.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Giant Step Orchard 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lowell 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Capitol Farms, Inc. 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Scharf Farms Inc 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR Oregon State Hospital-Salem Campus 2,036 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : PDX7 1,559 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chemeketa Community College 1,551 FTE
CITY-NEAR Human Service Building ODHS 1,402 FTE
NAT-TCR #524 North Brunswick Shoprite 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Hilton St. Louis Airport 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Mayo Clinic Health System-Waseca 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR AL 3248 Springhill Ave 8.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Advanced Disposal - Cumberland County Landfill 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE NIFCO 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Complete Floor Care Solutions Inc 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tymetal Corp. NY Plant 21 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.