Communication tower construction · North Carolina

Sink Tower Erection Co., Inc.

Lexington, NC · ~28 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.4
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sink Tower Erection Co., Inc. runs at 156% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Communication tower construction workplace, earning a grade D.

Sink Tower Erection Co., Inc.: 4.4 TCR = 156% of Communication tower construction BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sink Tower Erection Co., Inc. safety composite

Sink Tower Erection Co., Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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).

F

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Sink Tower Erection Co., Inc.: 3.8 → 4.9 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 4.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.13× in 2022

Sink Tower Erection Co., Inc.'s TCR rose 1.2 from 3.8 in 2021 to 4.9 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 1.13× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237130 · Lexington, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 156% of ind

  • DART 4.9 DART
  • RANK #66/79
  • PHOTO VC070 - VCI - Sun Va…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: VC070 - VCI - Sun Valley (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sink Tower Erection Co., Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sink Tower Erection Co., Inc. averages 4.4 TCR (156% of the Communication tower construction BLS benchmark).

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

Sink Tower Erection Co., Inc. TCR series: 2021=3.8 · 2022=4.9 · BLS 2.8

Where Sink Tower Erection Co., Inc. falls in its industry

1,605 Communication tower constructi establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #66 safest of 79 Communication tower constructi employers in North Carolina.

Sink Tower Erection Co., Inc. (28 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Sink Tower Erection Co., Inc.
Sink Tower Erection Co., Inc. (28 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Sink Tower Erection Co., Inc. has fewer employees than the Communication tower construction 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
2022 4.9 4.9 1 0 0
2021 3.8 3.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237130 · NC · Lexington

1,605 Communication tower construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 120 employers in Lexington, NC · 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 VC070 - VCI - Sun Valley 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tilson Technology Management, Inc., Clay, NY 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR NA-US-MD-White Plains-Hart Place 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR JDR Technologies, LLC 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE H & D Farms, Inc. 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE SMITH FARMS 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Michael Morris Farms 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Elkin Hatchery 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR Davidson County Schools 3,351 FTE
CITY-NEAR Davidson County Government 1,237 FTE
CITY-NEAR Atrium Windows & Door 910 FTE
CITY-NEAR ASCO Power Technologies 639 FTE
NAT-TCR US - Distribution Center Network : 0004 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 4598-Rtc Colorado Springs 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Shelby Gardens Place 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Vbs - Flx 4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Arcadia Place 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Northampton - 518 Pleasant Street 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE River Bend 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Orscheln Farm and Home LLC 178 28 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: 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.