Fiber optic cable transmission line construction · Minnesota

North Central Service, Inc

Bemidji, MN · ~136 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

North Central Service, Inc runs at 459% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fiber optic cable transmission line construction workplace, earning a grade F.

North Central Service, Inc: 12.9 TCR = 459% of Fiber optic cable transmission line construction BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

North Central Service, Inc safety composite

North Central Service, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 18% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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

8/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 3% 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

−7.5

2016→2024

North Central Service, Inc injury rate improved

North Central Service, Inc's TCR fell 7.5 from 18.5 in 2016 to 11.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 18.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=18.5 · 2020=13.6 · 2021=11.5 · 2022=14.0 · 2023=8.5 · 2024=11.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237130 · Bemidji, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 12.9 · 459% of ind

  • DART 3.7 DART
  • RANK #32/38
  • PHOTO NA-US-TX-Austin-Scar…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 92 inj
  • SIZE ~136 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: NA-US-TX-Austin-Scarbrough (0.1 TCR gap)

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North Central Service, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows North Central Service, Inc averages 12.9 TCR (459% of the Fiber optic cable transmission line construction BLS benchmark).

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

North Central Service, Inc TCR series: 2016=18.5 · 2020=13.6 · 2021=11.5 · 2022=14 · 2023=8.5 · 2024=11 · BLS 2.8

Where North Central Service, Inc falls in its industry

1,605 Fiber optic cable transmission establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #32 safest of 38 Fiber optic cable transmission employers in Minnesota.

North Central Service, Inc (136 employees, TCR 12.9) 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 North Central Service, Inc
North Central Service, Inc (136 employees, TCR 12.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0

North Central Service, Inc 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 11.0 3.7 18 0 0
2023 8.5 2.6 10 3 0
2022 14.0 11.1 17 2 0
2021 11.5 5.8 10 4 1
2020 13.6 5.6 15 2 0
2016 18.5 3.2 22 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237130 · MN · Bemidji

1,605 Fiber optic cable transmission line construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 109 employers in Bemidji, MN · 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-TX-Austin-Scarbrough 12.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tilson Technology Management, Inc., Jerome, ID 12.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Somerset REC 12.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR NA-US-MD-Beltsville-Virginia Manor Road 13.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE CenterPoint Energy - Golden Valley Bldg C and A 136 FTE
STATE-SIZE AHO Operations 136 FTE
STATE-SIZE McDowall Company 136 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kraft Mechanical, LLC 136 FTE
CITY-NEAR MN,BEMIDJI - Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 1,008 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bemidji State University 514 FTE
CITY-NEAR MN,BEMIDJI - Medical Center Campus - Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) 500 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 3233 393 FTE
NAT-TCR RP New York 12.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Hillsboro Dirt Cheap 12.9 TCR
NAT-TCR North Platte Terminal 12.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Yoderbilt, LLC 12.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Spoetzl Brewery Inc. 136 FTE
NAT-SIZE ThermaClime Technologies, Inc. 136 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dedicated LLC 136 FTE
NAT-SIZE South Beach 136 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.