Cable television distribution services · Virginia

Rustburg Cable Operations

Name: Rustburg Cable Operations Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Rustburg, VA · ~77 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 1.3
Avg TCR: 0.7
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Rustburg Cable Operations runs at 186% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cable television distribution services workplace, earning a grade D.

Rustburg Cable Operations: 1.3 TCR = 186% of Cable television distribution services BLS 0.7 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Rustburg Cable Operations safety composite

Rustburg Cable Operations scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 32%), 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).

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 1.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers
DART rate: F 1.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Rustburg Cable Operations: 1.3 → 2.6 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 2.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.98× in 2021

Rustburg Cable Operations's TCR rose 1.2 from 1.3 in 2018 to 2.6 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0.98× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 517110 · Rustburg, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 1.3 · 186% of ind

DART 1.3 DART
RANK #12/16
PHOTO Shentel
BOOK 4y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~77 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Shentel (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.3
Shentel

1.3
RTC - Reserve

1.3
Brandenburg Lo

1.3
SUNRFLJI

1.3

What this shows Rustburg Cable Operations averages 1.3 TCR (186% of the Cable television distribution services BLS benchmark).

Rustburg Cable Operations TCR series: 2018=1.3 · 2019=0 · 2020=1.3 · 2021=2.6 · BLS 0.7

Where Rustburg Cable Operations falls in its industry

537 Cable television distribution establishments

Safer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.3.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 16 Cable television distribution employers in Virginia.

Rustburg Cable Operations (77 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 276 employees and a TCR of 1.3

Rustburg Cable Operations has fewer employees than the Cable television distribution services median and a lower 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
2021	2.6	1.3	2
2020	1.3	1.3	1
2019	0.0	0.0	0
2018	1.3	0.0	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

517110 · VA · Rustburg

537 Cable television distribution services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 12 employers in Rustburg, VA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Shentel	EDINBURG, VA	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	RTC - Reserve Main Office	RESERVE, LA	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Brandenburg Location	BRANDENBURG, KY	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SUNRFLJI	SUNRISE, FL	1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Plant	CHESAPEAKE	77 FTE
STATE-SIZE	AECOM: CS Federal	ARLINGTON	77 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Piedmont Concrete Contractors	CHARLOTTESVILLE	77 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Lynchburg Mill	LYNCHBURG	77 FTE
CITY-NEAR	01548 - STORE # 1548 RUSTBURG	Rustburg	72 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Main Office	Rustburg	68 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1548	Rustburg	66 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Rustburg	Rustburg	52 FTE
NAT-TCR	Winter Haven Campus	Winter Haven, FL	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Brighton Office	Brighton, CO	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Midland Yard	Midland, TX	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Distribution Center	Fairhaven, MA	1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Visalia Citrus Packing Group Inc Orange Cove	Orange Cove, CA	77 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Production Center	Wichita, KS	77 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Jireh Metal - Grandville	Grandville, MI	77 FTE
NAT-SIZE	EMPSD, Inc. dba EmpireWorks	Santee, CA	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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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