Telecommunications carriers, wired · Massachusetts

RCN Telecom Services, LLC Arlington

Arlington, MA · ~77 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
0.7
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

RCN Telecom Services, LLC Arlington runs at 221% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Telecommunications carriers, wired workplace, earning a grade F.

RCN Telecom Services, LLC Arlington: 1.6 TCR = 221% of Telecommunications carriers, wired BLS 0.7 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

RCN Telecom Services, LLC Arlington safety composite

RCN Telecom Services, LLC Arlington scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 46%), 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−3.3

2021→2024

RCN Telecom Services, LLC Arlington injury rate improved

RCN Telecom Services, LLC Arlington's TCR fell 3.3 from 3.3 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 3.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=3.3 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 517110 · Arlington, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 1.6 · 221% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/7
  • PHOTO Wave Division Holdin…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~77 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wave Division Holdings, LLC-SoDo (0.0 TCR gap)

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RCN Telecom Services, LLC Arlington in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows RCN Telecom Services, LLC Arlington averages 1.6 TCR (221% of the Telecommunications carriers, wired BLS benchmark).

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

RCN Telecom Services, LLC Arlington TCR series: 2021=3.3 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=0 · BLS 0.7

Where RCN Telecom Services, LLC Arlington falls in its industry

537 Telecommunications carriers, w establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 7 Telecommunications carriers, w employers in Massachusetts.

RCN Telecom Services, LLC Arlington (77 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 276 employees and a TCR of 1.3 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 01,0002,0003,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate RCN Telecom Services, LLC Arlington
RCN Telecom Services, LLC Arlington (77 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 276 employees and a TCR of 1.3

RCN Telecom Services, LLC Arlington has fewer employees than the Telecommunications carriers, wired median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.3. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 1.4 0.0 1 0 0
2022 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2021 3.3 3.3 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

517110 · MA · Arlington

537 Telecommunications carriers, wired employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 21 employers in Arlington, MA · 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 Wave Division Holdings, LLC-SoDo 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR RCN Telecom Services, LLC - Arlington, MA 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR SYRCNYAN 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cox Communications - NV Las Vegas Main Off Vegas Dr 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE The Richmond Group Main Office 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chapman Construction/Design 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE G.V.W., Inc. 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE 5001 - Avon, MA 77 FTE
CITY-NEAR Armstrong Ambulance Service 294 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jimmy's Steer House - Arlington 128 FTE
CITY-NEAR 10507 Arlington Center 127 FTE
CITY-NEAR MA1528-BVSL-BV ARLINGTON 127 FTE
NAT-TCR Safer Holding Corp 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Sanofi 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Paducah Office 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Midland Paper - Plainfield, IN 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE 104796 - P1-105 Headworks Rehab & Expansion 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Grande Communications Networks, LLC-Austin 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE SmallHD LLC 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pacific Electrical Contractors 77 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.