Cable laying (e.g., cable television, electricity, marine, telephone), including underground · Iowa
Swick Cable Contractor's Inc.
Ely, IA · ~31 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 9.7
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Swick Cable Contractor's Inc. runs at 348% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cable laying (e.g., cable television, electricity, marine, telephone), including underground workplace, earning a grade F.
Swick Cable Contractor's Inc.: 9.7 TCR = 348% of Cable laying (e.g., cable television, electricity, marine, telephone), including underground BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Swick Cable Contractor's Inc. safety composite
Swick Cable Contractor's Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 2%), 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).
16/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 9.73 per 100 workers
Safer than 5% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 13.29 per 100 workers
Safer than 2% 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
Swick Cable Contractor's Inc.: 3.2 → 16.6 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 16.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.37× in 2023
Swick Cable Contractor's Inc.'s TCR rose 13.4 from 3.2 in 2017 to 16.6 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 16.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.37× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237130 · Ely, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 9.7 · 348% of ind
- DART 13.3 DART
- RANK #18/19
- PHOTO Prosafe Utility Cont…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 20 inj
- SIZE ~31 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Prosafe Utility Contractors LLC. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Swick Cable Contractor's Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Prosafe Utilit
Prosafe Utility Contractors LLC.
9.8 TCR
- NA-US-CA-Glend
NA-US-CA-Glendale-Atwater Village
9.8 TCR
- This site
Swick Cable Contractor's Inc.
9.7 TCR
- NA-US-FL-Orlan
NA-US-FL-Orlando-Parkline Blvd
9.7 TCR
- KMM Upstate NY
KMM Upstate NY
9.7 TCR
What this shows Swick Cable Contractor's Inc. averages 9.7 TCR (348% of the Cable laying (e.g., cable television, electricity, marine, telephone), including underground BLS benchmark).
Swick Cable Contractor's Inc. TCR series: 2017=3.2 · 2018=3.6 · 2019=5.7 · 2020=9.3 · 2021=16.8 · 2022=12.9 · 2023=16.6 · BLS 2.8
Where Swick Cable Contractor's Inc. falls in its industry
1,605 Cable laying (e.g., cable tele establishmentsSafer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 19 Cable laying (e.g., cable tele employers in Iowa.
Swick Cable Contractor's Inc. has fewer employees than the Cable laying (e.g., cable television, el 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 16.6 | 13.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 16.8 | 8.4 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 9.3 | 6.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.7 | 2.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237130 · IA · Ely
1,605 Cable laying (e.g., cable television, electricity, marine, telephone), including underground employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 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 | Prosafe Utility Contractors LLC. | 9.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | NA-US-FL-Orlando-Parkline Blvd | 9.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | NA-US-CA-Glendale-Atwater Village | 9.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | KMM Upstate NY | 9.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Dupont - Pioneer Johnston Parent | 31 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | MBS Genetics, LLC | 31 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | MiEnergy Cooperative - Iowa | 31 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Oelwein | 31 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | T & K Roofing & Sheet Metal Company Inc. | 71 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Liberty Health Care Center | 9.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Policia Municipal | 9.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 6 - Brainerd | 9.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | LSI - Delano | 9.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Corry | 31 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | P&K Sand and Gravel, Inc. | 31 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Augusta Endoscopy Center | 31 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Overhead Door Co. of Omaha | 31 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.