Fiber optic cable made from purchased fiber optic strand · New York

The Light Connection, Inc.

Oriskany, NY · ~78 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Light Connection, Inc. runs at 105% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Fiber optic cable made from purchased fiber optic strand workplace, earning a grade C.

The Light Connection, Inc.: 3.5 TCR = 105% of Fiber optic cable made from purchased fiber optic strand BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Light Connection, Inc. safety composite

The Light Connection, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% 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

−4.6

2016→2024

The Light Connection, Inc. injury rate improved

The Light Connection, Inc.'s TCR fell 4.6 from 10.0 in 2016 to 5.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 10.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.17× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.0 · 2017=2.6 · 2018=2.8 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=2.6 · 2021=1.3 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=2.5 · 2024=5.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 335921 · Oriskany, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.5 · 105% of ind

  • DART 4.0 DART
  • RANK P14
  • PHOTO Volpi
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 23 inj
  • SIZE ~78 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Volpi (0.1 TCR gap)

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The Light Connection, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Light Connection, Inc. averages 3.5 TCR (105% of the Fiber optic cable made from purchased fiber optic strand BLS benchmark).

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

The Light Connection, Inc. TCR series: 2016=10 · 2017=2.6 · 2018=2.8 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=2.6 · 2021=1.3 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=2.5 · 2024=5.4 · BLS 3.3

Where The Light Connection, Inc. falls in its industry

49 Fiber optic cable made from pu establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
The Light Connection, Inc. (78 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 111 employees and a TCR of 1.5 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 0200400600800 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate The Light Connection, Inc.
The Light Connection, Inc. (78 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 111 employees and a TCR of 1.5

The Light Connection, Inc. has fewer employees than the Fiber optic cable made from purchased fi median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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
2024 5.4 4.0 4 0 0
2023 2.5 2.5 2 0 0
2022 2.6 1.3 2 0 0
2021 1.3 1.3 1 0 0
2020 2.6 2.6 2 0 0
2019 1.4 0.0 1 0 0
2018 2.8 2.8 2 0 0
2017 2.6 2.6 2 0 0
2016 10.0 10.0 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

335921 · NY · Oriskany

49 Fiber optic cable made from purchased fiber optic strand employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 15 employers in Oriskany, NY · 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 Volpi 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gulf Fiberoptics Inc. 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR SubCom Cable Systems, LLC 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR ARIA Technologies INC 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Key Capture Energy, LLC 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE Branch Restoration 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE Skanska USA Commercial Development 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE D&H Excavating Inc 78 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bonide products llc 232 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fiber Instrument Sales, Inc. 230 FTE
CITY-NEAR Trustees of the Eastern Star Hall and Home of the State of New York 138 FTE
CITY-NEAR CCE Oneida County 65 FTE
NAT-TCR Mercy Perrysburg Hospital 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Regent West Corporation 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Blossoms at Midtown Health and Rehab 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Duro Bag-Brownsville 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Stevens Creek Chrysler Jeep Dodge 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE McLain Farms, Inc. 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE Casa Grande AZ Truss 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE Superior Plastics Inc 78 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.