Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation · Ohio

Norstan Communications Inc - OH, Westlake

Name: Norstan Communications Inc - OH, Westlake Workplace Safety Data
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Westlake, OH · ~55 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.6
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Norstan Communications Inc - OH, Westlake runs at 20% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation workplace, earning a grade A.

Norstan Communications Inc - OH, Westlake: 0.6 TCR = 20% of Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Norstan Communications Inc - OH, Westlake safety composite

Norstan Communications Inc - OH, Westlake scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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).

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 0.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 51% 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

Norstan Communications Inc - OH, Westlake: 0.0 → 1.7 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 1.7 TCR · DART/TCR 2.98× in 2021

Norstan Communications Inc - OH, Westlake's TCR rose 1.7 from 0.0 in 2019 to 1.7 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 2.98× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238210 · Westlake, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 20% of ind

DART 1.7 DART
RANK #18/218
PHOTO Bear Electrical Solu…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bear Electrical Solutions, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Norstan Communications Inc - OH, Westlake averages 0.6 TCR (20% of the Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation BLS benchmark).

Norstan Communications Inc - OH, Westlake TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=1.7 · BLS 2.8

Where Norstan Communications Inc - OH, Westlake falls in its industry

4,550 Electrical Contractors and Oth establishments

Safer than 92% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 218 Electrical Contractors and Oth employers in Ohio.

Norstan Communications Inc - OH, Westlake (55 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Norstan Communications Inc - OH, Westlake has fewer employees than the Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2021	1.7	1.7	1
2020	0.0	0.0	0
2019	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238210 · OH · Westlake

4,550 Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 95 employers in Westlake, OH · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Bear Electrical Solutions, LLC	ALVISO, CA	0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hatzel & Buehler, Inc.	WILMINGTON, DE	0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	D.P. Electric Inc.	TEMPE, AZ	0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	RK Electrical, LLC	DENVER, CO	0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	IGS Solar 6100	DUBLIN	55 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Dolan Lab	GROVEPORT	55 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Backbone Power Systems LLC	CLEVES	55 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Columbus NE Service Center	COLUMBUS	55 FTE
CITY-NEAR	St. John Medical Center	Westlake	1,158 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lake Erie Electric, Inc.	Westlake	374 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Equity Administrative Services, Inc. - Westlake Office	Westlake	333 FTE
CITY-NEAR	TruWest Company	Westlake	307 FTE
NAT-TCR	Intel Ocotillo	Chandler, AZ	0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	CAN001-PHFE-CAN001	Richmond, CA	0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Shell Deer Park Refining Company	Deer Park, TX	0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Scheck Mechanical Corporation	Westmont, IL	0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Entergy Pine Bluff	Pine Bluff, AR	55 FTE
NAT-SIZE	US7122: Tampa	Tampa, FL	55 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Nations Roof Southern Florida	Coral Springs, FL	55 FTE
NAT-SIZE	AZ - Freezer Operations	Tolleson, AZ	55 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: 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.