Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors · Texas

Norstan Communications Inc - TX, Austin & (BOA)*

Austin, TX · ~606 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Norstan Communications Inc - TX, Austin & (BOA)* runs at 36% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors workplace, earning a grade A.

Norstan Communications Inc - TX, Austin & (BOA)*: 1.0 TCR = 36% of Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Norstan Communications Inc - TX, Austin & (BOA)* safety composite

Norstan Communications Inc - TX, Austin & (BOA)* scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.3

2018→2023

Norstan Communications Inc - TX, Austin & (BOA)* injury rate improved

Norstan Communications Inc - TX, Austin & (BOA)*'s TCR fell 1.3 from 1.7 in 2018 to 0.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 1.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=1.7 · 2019=1.0 · 2020=1.1 · 2022=0.8 · 2023=0.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238210 · Austin, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 36% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #123/424
  • PHOTO CUPERTINO ELECTRIC, …
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~606 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CUPERTINO ELECTRIC, INC. - IOWA OPERATIONS (0.0 TCR gap)

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Norstan Communications Inc - TX, Austin & (BOA)* in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Norstan Communications Inc - TX, Austin & (BOA)* averages 1.0 TCR (36% of the Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Norstan Communications Inc - TX, Austin & (BOA)* TCR series: 2018=1.7 · 2019=1 · 2020=1.1 · 2022=0.8 · 2023=0.4 · BLS 2.8

Where Norstan Communications Inc - TX, Austin & (BOA)* falls in its industry

4,550 Electrical Contractors and Oth establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #123 safest of 424 Electrical Contractors and Oth employers in Texas.

Norstan Communications Inc - TX, Austin & (BOA)* (606 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Norstan Communications Inc - TX, Austin & (BOA)*
Norstan Communications Inc - TX, Austin & (BOA)* (606 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Norstan Communications Inc - TX, Austin & (BOA)* has more 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2023 0.4 0.0 2 0 0
2022 0.8 0.5 3 0 0
2020 1.1 1.1 4 0 0
2019 1.0 0.3 4 0 0
2018 1.7 1.4 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238210 · TX · Austin

4,550 Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 1,645 employers in Austin, TX · 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 CUPERTINO ELECTRIC, INC. - IOWA OPERATIONS 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hickey Electric Inc. 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Midwestern Electric LLC 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fleming Electric Inc. 1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ashley Furniture Industries - Mesquite 606 FTE
STATE-SIZE MONTEREY MUSHROOMS INC 607 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sunnova Energy Corporation 605 FTE
STATE-SIZE Airborn, Inc. (Georgetown) 607 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ensign Services 11,325 FTE
CITY-NEAR NA-US-TX-Austin-Giga Texas 8,621 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6017-Loc: CORP LOC - US Austin 6,911 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6017-CORP LOC - USA UNITED STATES - AST 5,272 FTE
NAT-TCR Sigma Thermal, Inc. 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Icon Structures Inc. 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Blackhawk Tower Communications 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR AllCare Management Services 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE 0083-HES Bossier City LA Industrial 606 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mayo Clinic Health System-Red Wing 606 FTE
NAT-SIZE McNeil Health Care, LLC 606 FTE
NAT-SIZE P.M.G. Publishing LLC 606 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: 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.