Telecommunications · Minnesota

TMEL2 - Elko, MN

Elko, MN · ~31 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
16.2
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

TMEL2 - Elko, MN runs at 580% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Telecommunications workplace, earning a grade F.

TMEL2 - Elko, MN: 16.2 TCR = 580% of Telecommunications BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

TMEL2 - Elko, MN safety composite

TMEL2 - Elko, MN scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 16.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% 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

−9.4

2016→2017

TMEL2 - Elko, MN injury rate improved

TMEL2 - Elko, MN's TCR fell 9.4 from 20.9 in 2016 to 11.5 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 20.9 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=20.9 · 2017=11.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237130 · Elko, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 16.2 · 580% of ind

  • DART 5.8 DART
  • RANK #35/38
  • PHOTO 462
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 462 (0.1 TCR gap)

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TMEL2 - Elko, MN in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows TMEL2 - Elko, MN averages 16.2 TCR (580% of the Telecommunications BLS benchmark).

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

TMEL2 - Elko, MN TCR series: 2016=20.9 · 2017=11.5 · BLS 2.8

Where TMEL2 - Elko, MN falls in its industry

1,605 Telecommunications establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #35 safest of 38 Telecommunications employers in Minnesota.

TMEL2 - Elko, MN (31 employees, TCR 16.2) 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 TMEL2 - Elko, MN
TMEL2 - Elko, MN (31 employees, TCR 16.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0

TMEL2 - Elko, MN 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
2017 11.5 5.8 4 0 0
2016 20.9 15.7 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237130 · MN · Elko

1,605 Telecommunications employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota 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 462 16.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northwest Cable Construction, Inc. 16.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR SC300 - Birmingham 16.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Campus Communications Group 16.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE High Island Dairy 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Protein Sources, LLP 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Black Dog Gen Plant-UC 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Power Plant 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR Beard 19 FTE
NAT-TCR AAH Avera St. Luke's Home Care 16.2 TCR
NAT-TCR HG302 16.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Valentine Roofing, LLC 16.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Iron Fleet DSP LLC 16.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Martin Overhead Garage Door Service Inc. 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Superior Lawns Inc.-Plainfield Branch 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bieker Electric, Inc. 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0175 - Laurel, Md 31 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: 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.