Low voltage electrical work · Tennessee

Tele-Optics, Inc

Kingsport, TN · ~137 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Tele-Optics, Inc runs at 48% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Low voltage electrical work workplace, earning a grade A.

Tele-Optics, Inc: 1.3 TCR = 48% of Low voltage electrical work BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tele-Optics, Inc safety composite

Tele-Optics, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.9

2017→2021

Tele-Optics, Inc injury rate improved

Tele-Optics, Inc's TCR fell 0.9 from 0.9 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 3.6 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.9 · 2018=3.6 · 2019=0.9 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238210 · Kingsport, TN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 48% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #23/95
  • PHOTO Zuni Electric, Inc.
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~137 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Zuni Electric, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Tele-Optics, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Tele-Optics, Inc averages 1.3 TCR (48% of the Low voltage electrical work BLS benchmark).

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

Tele-Optics, Inc TCR series: 2017=0.9 · 2018=3.6 · 2019=0.9 · 2021=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Tele-Optics, Inc falls in its industry

4,550 Low voltage electrical work establishments

Safer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 95 Low voltage electrical work employers in Tennessee.

Tele-Optics, Inc (137 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Tele-Optics, Inc
Tele-Optics, Inc (137 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Tele-Optics, Inc has more employees than the Low voltage electrical work median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.9 0.9 1 0 0
2018 3.6 0.9 4 0 0
2017 0.9 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238210 · TN · Kingsport

4,550 Low voltage electrical work employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 152 employers in Kingsport, TN · 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 Zuni Electric, Inc. 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pro-Lectric Industrial Contractors, Inc. 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR BComm Constructors Creedmoor 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR GRID Alternatives Bay Area/HQ 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE VALLEY PACKAGING CORP 137 FTE
STATE-SIZE Delta Foremost Chemical Corporation 137 FTE
STATE-SIZE Printing 137 FTE
STATE-SIZE TN705 Cumberland City Gypsum 137 FTE
CITY-NEAR Eastman Kingsport Site 7,258 FTE
CITY-NEAR Holston Valley Medical Center 1,733 FTE
CITY-NEAR Eastman Chemical Company Kinsport TN- BSL 1,206 FTE
CITY-NEAR BLUE RIDGE MEDICAL MANAGEMENT CORPORATION - VA 1,073 FTE
NAT-TCR Cook Compression 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR York Ready Mix- Overland 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Dot Transportation, Inc.- IN 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Solow Building Company - 265 E. 66th Street 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Workshops, Inc. 137 FTE
NAT-SIZE Major Mechanical LLC 137 FTE
NAT-SIZE Robin Industries Healthcare Division 137 FTE
NAT-SIZE Good Samaritan Society - Spokane Valley 137 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: 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.