Communications wire or cable, copper, made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants · Texas
Superior Essex Communications LLC
Brownwood, TX · ~488 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Superior Essex Communications LLC runs at 156% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Communications wire or cable, copper, made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants workplace, earning a grade D.
Superior Essex Communications LLC: 5.2 TCR = 156% of Communications wire or cable, copper, made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Superior Essex Communications LLC safety composite
Superior Essex Communications LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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).
37/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.16 per 100 workers
Safer than 34% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.41 per 100 workers
Safer than 29% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 51% 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
Superior Essex Communications LLC: 5.3 → 5.8 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 6.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.66× in 2024
Superior Essex Communications LLC's TCR rose 0.5 from 5.3 in 2016 to 5.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 6.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 331420 · Brownwood, TX ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 156% of ind
- DART 3.4 DART
- RANK #16/19
- PHOTO Pelican Wire
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 199 inj
- SIZE ~488 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Pelican Wire (0.0 TCR gap)
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Superior Essex Communications LLC in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- International
International Wire - Jordan Operations
5.3 TCR
- This site
Superior Essex Communications LLC
5.2 TCR
- Pelican Wire
Pelican Wire
5.1 TCR
- Republic Wire,
Republic Wire, Inc
5.1 TCR
- International
International Wire - Bremen Indiana Operations
5.1 TCR
What this shows Superior Essex Communications LLC averages 5.2 TCR (156% of the Communications wire or cable, copper, made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants BLS benchmark).
Superior Essex Communications LLC TCR series: 2016=5.3 · 2017=3.2 · 2018=6 · 2019=5 · 2020=6.2 · 2022=4.9 · 2023=4.9 · 2024=5.8 · BLS 3.3
Where Superior Essex Communications LLC falls in its industry
198 Communications wire or cable, establishmentsSafer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 19 Communications wire or cable, employers in Texas.
Superior Essex Communications LLC has more employees than the Communications wire or cable, copper, ma median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 | 5.8 | 3.4 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.9 | 2.4 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.9 | 1.3 | 26 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.2 | 3.0 | 21 | 8 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.0 | 2.3 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6.0 | 2.1 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.3 | 1.4 | 30 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
331420 · TX · Brownwood
198 Communications wire or cable, copper, made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 59 employers in Brownwood, TX · 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 | Pelican Wire | 5.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Republic Wire, Inc | 5.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | International Wire - Bremen Indiana Operations | 5.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | International Wire - Jordan Operations | 5.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Pemex Deer Park TX | 488 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Republic National Industries of Texas, LP - Marshall Plant | 488 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | San Antonio BLDG VI | 488 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | TX071 | 488 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6394-B2300 | 2,084 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Girling Community Care - Brownwood | 1,410 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Kohler Co - Brownwood Vitreous | 650 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | BROWNWOOD | 622 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Freeborn Mower Electric Cooperative | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Interstate Mechanical Contractors, Inc. | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Acosta Tractors, Inc. | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Long Term Acute Care Hospital | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Electrical Corporation of America, Inc. | 488 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Rite Aid Distribution Center | 488 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Atlanta,GA | 488 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Grandview | 488 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.