Cable laying (e.g., cable television, electricity, marine, telephone), including underground · Virginia
N&S Construction Buchanan
Buchanan, VA · ~33 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 1.7
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
N&S Construction Buchanan runs at 60% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Cable laying (e.g., cable television, electricity, marine, telephone), including underground workplace, earning a grade B.
N&S Construction Buchanan: 1.7 TCR = 60% of Cable laying (e.g., cable television, electricity, marine, telephone), including underground BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
N&S Construction Buchanan safety composite
N&S Construction Buchanan scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).
63/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 1.68 per 100 workers
Safer than 56% 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%).
TCR Δ
−1.1
2019→2024
N&S Construction Buchanan injury rate improved
N&S Construction Buchanan's TCR fell 1.1 from 4.3 in 2019 to 3.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2019=4.3 · 2020=2.6 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=3.2
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237130 · Buchanan, VA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 60% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #24/45
- PHOTO Hurley Electrical Co…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 4 inj
- SIZE ~33 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Hurley Electrical Contracting LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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N&S Construction Buchanan in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
N&S Construction Buchanan
1.7 TCR
- Hurley Electri
Hurley Electrical Contracting LLC
1.7 TCR
- Thayer Power a
Thayer Power and Communication Line Construction Co., LLC
1.7 TCR
- Division #7
Division #7
1.7 TCR
- Charter Oak
Charter Oak
1.7 TCR
What this shows N&S Construction Buchanan averages 1.7 TCR (60% of the Cable laying (e.g., cable television, electricity, marine, telephone), including underground BLS benchmark).
N&S Construction Buchanan TCR series: 2019=4.3 · 2020=2.6 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.2 · BLS 2.8
Where N&S Construction Buchanan falls in its industry
1,605 Cable laying (e.g., cable tele establishmentsSafer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.
Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 45 Cable laying (e.g., cable tele employers in Virginia.
N&S Construction Buchanan has fewer employees than the Cable laying (e.g., cable television, el median and a lower 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 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237130 · VA · Buchanan
1,605 Cable laying (e.g., cable television, electricity, marine, telephone), including underground employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 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 | Hurley Electrical Contracting LLC | 1.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Thayer Power and Communication Line Construction Co., LLC | 1.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Division #7 | 1.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Charter Oak | 1.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Commonwealth Gin | 33 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | ALTAVISTA POWER STATION | 33 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | NAES : Mecklenburg | 33 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Orsted - Charlottesville | 33 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sandra's Marking Company, Inc. | 33 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Triangle Engineering Corporation | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | SPT Waukegan | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Industrial Steel & Wire | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Todd Wenzel Buick GMC of Davison | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Creative Foam - E&D | 33 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Morgan County Dispatch (911) EMA | 33 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | San Joaquin Wine Company, Inc | 33 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Johnson Electric Company, Inc. | 33 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.