Telecommunications · Kentucky

TDNIC - Nicholasville

Nicholasville, KY · ~24 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.5
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

TDNIC - Nicholasville runs at 196% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Telecommunications workplace, earning a grade D.

TDNIC - Nicholasville: 5.5 TCR = 196% of Telecommunications BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

TDNIC - Nicholasville safety composite

TDNIC - Nicholasville scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.5

2016→2018

TDNIC - Nicholasville injury rate improved

TDNIC - Nicholasville's TCR fell 0.5 from 4.1 in 2016 to 3.7 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.6 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.1 · 2017=8.6 · 2018=3.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237130 · Nicholasville, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.5 · 196% of ind

  • DART 3.7 DART
  • RANK #15/20
  • PHOTO G.R. Osterland Co.
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: G.R. Osterland Co. (0.0 TCR gap)

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TDNIC - Nicholasville in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows TDNIC - Nicholasville averages 5.5 TCR (196% of the Telecommunications BLS benchmark).

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

TDNIC - Nicholasville TCR series: 2016=4.1 · 2017=8.6 · 2018=3.7 · BLS 2.8

Where TDNIC - Nicholasville falls in its industry

1,605 Telecommunications establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 20 Telecommunications employers in Kentucky.

TDNIC - Nicholasville (24 employees, TCR 5.5) 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 TDNIC - Nicholasville
TDNIC - Nicholasville (24 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0

TDNIC - Nicholasville has fewer employees than the Telecommunications 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
2018 3.7 3.7 1 0 0
2017 8.6 8.6 2 0 0
2016 4.1 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237130 · KY · Nicholasville

1,605 Telecommunications employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 87 employers in Nicholasville, KY · 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 G.R. Osterland Co. 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR ANWIL - Wilmington- NC 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR CHARITON VALLEY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR LCS:LC039 - LC039-Plant City, FL 5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ammon Nursery 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE john wayne 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Elizabethtown Storeroom & Service Center 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lexington Meter Department 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR YMCA of Central KY - Jessamine County 3,846 FTE
CITY-NEAR CUMBERLAND 551 FTE
CITY-NEAR R. J. Corman Switching Company, LLC 465 FTE
CITY-NEAR McKehnie Vehicle Components 427 FTE
NAT-TCR ANWIL - Wilmington- NC 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Chattanooga (Tncha) 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Bristol (Tnbsl) 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 0663 - Surprise, Az 5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE PA031 - Pauley Construction Longmont 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Legends - KC Starlight Theatre 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE FT010 - Fiber Tech - Richmond 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE BX352 - Cincinnati OH 24 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.