Fiber optic cable transmission line construction · Colorado
Lightworks Fiber & Consulting, LLC
Hotchkiss, CO · ~105 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.4
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Lightworks Fiber & Consulting, LLC runs at 191% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fiber optic cable transmission line construction workplace, earning a grade D.
Lightworks Fiber & Consulting, LLC: 5.4 TCR = 191% of Fiber optic cable transmission line construction BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Lightworks Fiber & Consulting, LLC safety composite
Lightworks Fiber & Consulting, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 15%), 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).
25/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.36 per 100 workers
Safer than 18% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.06 per 100 workers
Safer than 15% 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
Lightworks Fiber & Consulting, LLC: 2.4 → 10.8 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 10.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.76× in 2024
Lightworks Fiber & Consulting, LLC's TCR rose 8.4 from 2.4 in 2017 to 10.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.76× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237130 · Hotchkiss, CO ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 5.4 · 191% of ind
- DART 4.1 DART
- RANK #47/65
- PHOTO Custom Crews Inc.
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 20 inj
- SIZE ~105 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Custom Crews Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Lightworks Fiber & Consulting, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Lightworks Fiber & Consulting, LLC
5.4 TCR
- Custom Crews I
Custom Crews Inc.
5.4 TCR
- Organizaiton
Organizaiton
5.4 TCR
- AES Huntington
AES Huntington Beach
5.4 TCR
- North Pacific
North Pacific Telecom, LLC
5.3 TCR
What this shows Lightworks Fiber & Consulting, LLC averages 5.4 TCR (191% of the Fiber optic cable transmission line construction BLS benchmark).
Lightworks Fiber & Consulting, LLC TCR series: 2017=2.4 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=5.5 · 2024=10.8 · BLS 2.8
Where Lightworks Fiber & Consulting, LLC falls in its industry
1,605 Fiber optic cable transmission establishmentsSafer than 18% 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 #47 safest of 65 Fiber optic cable transmission employers in Colorado.
Lightworks Fiber & Consulting, LLC has more employees than the Fiber optic cable transmission line cons 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 | 10.8 | 4.1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.5 | 3.1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237130 · CO · Hotchkiss
1,605 Fiber optic cable transmission line construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 4 employers in Hotchkiss, CO · 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 | Custom Crews Inc. | 5.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | North Pacific Telecom, LLC | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Organizaiton | 5.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | AES Huntington Beach | 5.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Claystone Construction Inc | 105 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Troy Forming Concrete Inc. | 105 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Photon Brothers Inc | 105 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Springfield, MA/Hartford/New Haven, CT HVAC | 105 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 620-00429 | 72 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | VM West, LP | 65 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Vegetation Management West, LP | 33 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | The Waters of Smyrna, LLC | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Park Village Assisted Living | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cascade Plating & Machine, LLC | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | City of Greensboro-Department of Transportation (GDOT) | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Magnetech Industrial Services, Inc. | 105 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 04 - Orrville | 105 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Swarovski Optik North America | 105 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Master Craft Carpet Service | 105 FTE |
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.