Underground cable (e.g., cable television, electricity, telephone) laying · Colorado
L & M Underground, Inc.
Littleton, CO · ~17 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.0
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
L & M Underground, Inc. runs at 248% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Underground cable (e.g., cable television, electricity, telephone) laying workplace, earning a grade F.
L & M Underground, Inc.: 7.0 TCR = 248% of Underground cable (e.g., cable television, electricity, telephone) laying BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
L & M Underground, Inc. safety composite
L & M Underground, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 12%), 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).
45/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.95 per 100 workers
Safer than 12% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 78% 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
L & M Underground, Inc.: 5.5 → 6.0 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 24.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024
L & M Underground, Inc.'s TCR rose 0.5 from 5.5 in 2016 to 6.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 24.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237130 · Littleton, CO ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 7.0 · 248% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #56/65
- PHOTO AM Communications WV
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 11 inj
- SIZE ~17 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: AM Communications WV (0.0 TCR gap)
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L & M Underground, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
L & M Underground, Inc.
7 TCR
- AM Communicati
AM Communications WV
7 TCR
- SPA:SP001 - SP
SPA:SP001 - SP001-Tjader-New Richmond, WI
7 TCR
- Rylie Equipmen
Rylie Equipment & Contracting
6.9 TCR
- Ground Support
Ground Support Group
6.9 TCR
What this shows L & M Underground, Inc. averages 7.0 TCR (248% of the Underground cable (e.g., cable television, electricity, telephone) laying BLS benchmark).
L & M Underground, Inc. TCR series: 2016=5.5 · 2017=0 · 2018=5.3 · 2019=6.1 · 2020=5.5 · 2021=10 · 2022=0 · 2023=24.1 · 2024=6 · BLS 2.8
Where L & M Underground, Inc. falls in its industry
1,605 Underground cable (e.g., cable establishmentsSafer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.
Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #56 safest of 65 Underground cable (e.g., cable employers in Colorado.
L & M Underground, Inc. has fewer employees than the Underground cable (e.g., cable televisio 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 24.1 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 10.0 | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237130 · CO · Littleton
1,605 Underground cable (e.g., cable television, electricity, telephone) laying employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 238 employers in Littleton, CO · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.
| Rel | Establishment | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | AM Communications WV | 7.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SPA:SP001 - SP001-Tjader-New Richmond, WI | 7.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Rylie Equipment & Contracting | 6.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ground Support Group | 6.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Platteville Dairy | 17 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Intermountain Rural Electric Association-Woodland Park | 17 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | San Isabel Electric Association- Bear Creek | 17 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | DSP Builders, Inc. | 17 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lockheed Martin Corporation Waterton Campus (1004) | 5,542 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Littleton Adventist Hospital | 1,563 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lockheed Martin Corporation US CO Littleton Deer Crk Cnyn (1003) | 1,335 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | AdventHealth Littleton | 1,174 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Agriland NURSERY, INC | 7.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | MKR Fabrication LLC | 7.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Parksite 108 | 7.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Horizon - Raleigh | 7.0 TCR |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.