wired telecommunication carriers · Ohio

OH_Akron_530 S. Main_41000100

Akron, OH · ~530 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
0.7
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

OH_Akron_530 S. Main_41000100 runs at 173% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical wired telecommunication carriers workplace, earning a grade D.

OH_Akron_530 S. Main_41000100: 1.2 TCR = 173% of wired telecommunication carriers BLS 0.7 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

OH_Akron_530 S. Main_41000100 safety composite

OH_Akron_530 S. Main_41000100 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 73% 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

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% 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

OH_Akron_530 S. Main_41000100: 0.6 → 2.3 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 2.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.06× in 2024

OH_Akron_530 S. Main_41000100's TCR rose 1.7 from 0.6 in 2022 to 2.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.06× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 517111 · Akron, OH ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 1.2 · 173% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #8/13
  • PHOTO MI - Grand Rapids, 5…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~530 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MI - Grand Rapids, 5300 Patterson Ave Suite 230 (0.0 TCR gap)

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OH_Akron_530 S. Main_41000100 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows OH_Akron_530 S. Main_41000100 averages 1.2 TCR (173% of the wired telecommunication carriers BLS benchmark).

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

OH_Akron_530 S. Main_41000100 TCR series: 2022=0.6 · 2023=0.7 · 2024=2.3 · BLS 0.7

Where OH_Akron_530 S. Main_41000100 falls in its industry

455 wired telecommunication carrie establishments

Safer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 13 wired telecommunication carrie employers in Ohio.

OH_Akron_530 S. Main_41000100 (530 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 515 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate OH_Akron_530 S. Main_41000100
OH_Akron_530 S. Main_41000100 (530 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 515 employees and a TCR of 4.0

OH_Akron_530 S. Main_41000100 has more employees than the wired telecommunication carriers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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 2.3 1.3 9 0 0
2023 0.7 0.3 3 1 0
2022 0.6 0.3 3 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

517111 · OH · Akron

455 wired telecommunication carriers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 512 employers in Akron, OH · 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 MI - Grand Rapids, 5300 Patterson Ave Suite 230 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR MI - Cement City, 16718 US 12 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR WI_Appleton_3520 E Destination Dr._TWCWIS34 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Skyline Telephone Membership Corporation 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE LAKEVIEW FARMS 530 FTE
STATE-SIZE Prospira America Corporation 530 FTE
STATE-SIZE Owens Corning Neark Insulation Plant 530 FTE
STATE-SIZE GROB Bluffton 530 FTE
CITY-NEAR Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron 6,746 FTE
CITY-NEAR Akron Children's Hospital 6,060 FTE
CITY-NEAR Summa Health - Akron City 4,801 FTE
CITY-NEAR Akron General Medical Center 4,176 FTE
NAT-TCR TN705 Cumberland City Gypsum 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Mallet & Co Pittsburgh 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Buncombe County-Social Services 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Fallbrook 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE St Mary's Hospital - Detroit Lakes 530 FTE
NAT-SIZE SI Building Products Americas - Buffalo Grove 530 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sweet Street Desserts Reading 530 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jessup Correctional Institution 530 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.