Telecommunications carriers, wired · Maryland

Starpower Communications dba RCN

Lanham, MD · ~101 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
0.7
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Starpower Communications dba RCN runs at 374% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Telecommunications carriers, wired workplace, earning a grade F.

Starpower Communications dba RCN: 2.6 TCR = 374% of Telecommunications carriers, wired BLS 0.7 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Starpower Communications dba RCN safety composite

Starpower Communications dba RCN scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 2.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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

−2.9

2021→2024

Starpower Communications dba RCN injury rate improved

Starpower Communications dba RCN's TCR fell 2.9 from 5.3 in 2021 to 2.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 5.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.89× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=5.3 · 2022=1.8 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 517110 · Lanham, MD ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 2.6 · 374% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #7/8
  • PHOTO Ft Dodge IA Site
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~101 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ft Dodge IA Site (0.0 TCR gap)

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Starpower Communications dba RCN in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Starpower Communications dba RCN averages 2.6 TCR (374% of the Telecommunications carriers, wired BLS benchmark).

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

Starpower Communications dba RCN TCR series: 2021=5.3 · 2022=1.8 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=2.3 · BLS 0.7

Where Starpower Communications dba RCN falls in its industry

537 Telecommunications carriers, w establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 8 Telecommunications carriers, w employers in Maryland.

Starpower Communications dba RCN (101 employees, TCR 2.6) 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 Starpower Communications dba RCN
Starpower Communications dba RCN (101 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 276 employees and a TCR of 1.3

Starpower Communications dba RCN 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 2.3 2.3 2 0 0
2023 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2022 1.8 1.8 2 0 0
2021 5.3 5.3 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

517110 · MD · Lanham

537 Telecommunications carriers, wired employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 63 employers in Lanham, MD · 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 Ft Dodge IA Site 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR SNRMCA69 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR CLARO / PRT - CAC Plaza Carolina 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dell Rapids 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE George Moehrle Masonry, Inc 101 FTE
STATE-SIZE Double Envelope of Maryland 101 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gaithersburg Catalent 101 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2563 WALDORF 101 FTE
CITY-NEAR JE Richards, Inc. 1,316 FTE
CITY-NEAR Woodmore 420 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wegmans Woodmore 040 406 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4813-48130009-FREEMAN EXPO LANHAM 299 FTE
NAT-TCR Pacific Manufacturing Management 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Seametrics 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR La Sara Svc Center 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Aviator Paving Company, LLC 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE City of Taylorville 101 FTE
NAT-SIZE IG Design Group Americas, Inc. - Byhalia, MS 101 FTE
NAT-SIZE Christus St. Frances Cabrini Hospital - EVS 101 FTE
NAT-SIZE UFPI 380 Woodburn, OR 101 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.