Cellular phone tower construction · Illinois

Tower Communications Expert, LLC

Name: Tower Communications Expert, LLC Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Burr Ridge, IL · ~47 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.8
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Tower Communications Expert, LLC runs at 27% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Cellular phone tower construction workplace, earning a grade A.

Tower Communications Expert, LLC: 0.8 TCR = 27% of Cellular phone tower construction BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tower Communications Expert, LLC safety composite

Tower Communications Expert, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 32%), 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).

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 0.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers
DART rate: F 1.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% 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

Tower Communications Expert, LLC: 0.0 → 3.5 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.5 TCR · DART/TCR 2.28× in 2024

Tower Communications Expert, LLC's TCR rose 3.5 from 0.0 in 2018 to 3.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237130 · Burr Ridge, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 27% of ind

DART 1.7 DART
RANK #10/50
PHOTO Directional Services…
BOOK 7y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~47 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Directional Services, Inc. dba Cinterra (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Tower Communications Expert, LLC averages 0.8 TCR (27% of the Cellular phone tower construction BLS benchmark).

Tower Communications Expert, LLC TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.5 · BLS 2.8

Where Tower Communications Expert, LLC falls in its industry

1,605 Cellular phone tower construct establishments

Safer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 50 Cellular phone tower construct employers in Illinois.

Tower Communications Expert, LLC (47 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Tower Communications Expert, LLC has fewer employees than the Cellular phone tower construction median and a lower 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
2024	3.5	1.7	1	1
2023	0.0	0.0	0	0
2022	0.0	0.0	0	0
2021	1.9	0.0	0	1
2020	0.0	0.0	0	0
2019	0.0	0.0	0	0
2018	0.0	0.0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237130 · IL · Burr Ridge

1,605 Cellular phone tower construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 48 employers in Burr Ridge, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Directional Services, Inc. dba Cinterra	HOPE MILLS, NC	0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	TTR Substations, INC.	FRESNO, CA	0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Linetec Services, LLC	ALEXANDRIA, LA	0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Phoenix Communications	SHREWSBURY, MA	0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	1987-Jerseyville, IL (Monsanto Co.)	JERSEYVILLE	47 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Stonington, IL-Mfg	STONINGTON	47 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Prairie Power, Inc.	SPRINGFIELD	47 FTE
STATE-SIZE	AMEREN ILLINOIS - Distribution Operating - Decatur	DECATUR	47 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CNH America	Burr Ridge	788 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CNH Industrial - Burr Ridge	Burr Ridge	737 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Dillon Logistics, Inc.	Burr Ridge	641 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Factor Burr Ridge	Burr Ridge	609 FTE
NAT-TCR	001 Memphis TN Barnhart Crane and Rigging LLC	Memphis, TN	0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	BrandSafway LLC - HF Sinclair El Dorado	El Dorado, KS	0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Florence Transmission Headquarters	Florence, SC	0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Summit Machine	Ontario, CA	0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Monterey Fuel Company, LLC	Monterey, CA	47 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Whitco Roofing Inc	Atlanta, GA	47 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Man-Inc-Mansfield Juvenile Treat	Mansfield, AR	47 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Rivers Metal Products, Inc	Lincoln, NE	47 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.