Cable laying (e.g., cable television, electricity, marine, telephone), including underground · California
Optimum, Inc.
Bloomington, CA · ~125 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 10.9
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
Optimum, Inc. runs at 391% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cable laying (e.g., cable television, electricity, marine, telephone), including underground workplace, earning a grade F.
Optimum, Inc.: 10.9 TCR = 391% of Cable laying (e.g., cable television, electricity, marine, telephone), including underground BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Optimum, Inc. safety composite
Optimum, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 3%), 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).
3/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 10.95 per 100 workers
Safer than 4% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 10.16 per 100 workers
Safer than 3% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Optimum, Inc.: 11.4 → 15.2 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 19.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.93× in 2024
Optimum, Inc.'s TCR rose 3.8 from 11.4 in 2018 to 15.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 19.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.93× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237130 · Bloomington, CA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 10.9 · 391% of ind
- DART 10.2 DART
- RANK #136/147
- PHOTO Energy Concepts
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 84 inj
- SIZE ~125 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Energy Concepts (0.0 TCR gap)
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Optimum, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- NA-US-NY-Colon
NA-US-NY-Colonie-Post Road
11.1 TCR
- This site
Optimum, Inc.
10.9 TCR
- Energy Concept
Energy Concepts
10.9 TCR
- GS400 - GSU -
GS400 - GSU - Fremont
10.9 TCR
- Cooperative De
Cooperative Development, LLC
10.8 TCR
What this shows Optimum, Inc. averages 10.9 TCR (391% of the Cable laying (e.g., cable television, electricity, marine, telephone), including underground BLS benchmark).
Optimum, Inc. TCR series: 2018=11.4 · 2019=19.3 · 2020=7.6 · 2021=7.3 · 2022=5 · 2023=10.8 · 2024=15.2 · BLS 2.8
Where Optimum, Inc. falls in its industry
1,605 Cable laying (e.g., cable tele establishmentsSafer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #136 safest of 147 Cable laying (e.g., cable tele employers in California.
Optimum, Inc. has more employees than the Cable laying (e.g., cable television, el 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 | 15.2 | 10.2 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 10.8 | 5.4 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 19.3 | 13.8 | 21 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 11.4 | 9.4 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237130 · CA · Bloomington
1,605 Cable laying (e.g., cable television, electricity, marine, telephone), including underground employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 71 employers in Bloomington, CA · 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 | Energy Concepts | 10.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | GS400 - GSU - Fremont | 10.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | NA-US-NY-Colonie-Post Road | 11.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Cooperative Development, LLC | 10.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Maywood Farms | 125 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Bowland Vineyard Management, Inc. | 125 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Ventura Pacific | 125 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Heritage Farms LLC | 125 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6458-RLTO | 2,831 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amazon.com Services LLC - SBD1 | 2,657 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | California Department of Transportation Facility 551 | 1,679 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 923 | 1,150 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | SCC001 | 10.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Monroe-Gregg School District | 10.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Wilson Lumber Company, Inc. Westmoreland Truss | 10.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ocala FL FXFE-OCF | 10.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | DADCO, Inc. | 125 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Raycon Construction LLC | 125 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Autumn Care | 125 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Greene Street Vocational Rehabilitation Services | 125 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.