wired telecommunication carriers · Texas

TX_Austin_810 Howard Lane_AUSHWD88

Austin, TX · ~289 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.3
Avg TCR
0.7
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

TX_Austin_810 Howard Lane_AUSHWD88 runs at 759% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical wired telecommunication carriers workplace, earning a grade F.

TX_Austin_810 Howard Lane_AUSHWD88: 5.3 TCR = 759% of wired telecommunication carriers BLS 0.7 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

TX_Austin_810 Howard Lane_AUSHWD88 safety composite

TX_Austin_810 Howard Lane_AUSHWD88 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 40%), 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).

D

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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%).

Rising injury rate

TX_Austin_810 Howard Lane_AUSHWD88: 4.9 → 5.3 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 5.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.73× in 2024

TX_Austin_810 Howard Lane_AUSHWD88's TCR rose 0.4 from 4.9 in 2022 to 5.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.73× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 517111 · Austin, TX ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 5.3 · 759% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK #22/27
  • PHOTO PA - Aston, 110 Spri…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 46 inj
  • SIZE ~289 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PA - Aston, 110 Springbrooke Blvd (0.0 TCR gap)

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TX_Austin_810 Howard Lane_AUSHWD88 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows TX_Austin_810 Howard Lane_AUSHWD88 averages 5.3 TCR (759% of the wired telecommunication carriers BLS benchmark).

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

TX_Austin_810 Howard Lane_AUSHWD88 TCR series: 2022=4.9 · 2023=5.7 · 2024=5.3 · BLS 0.7

Where TX_Austin_810 Howard Lane_AUSHWD88 falls in its industry

455 wired telecommunication carrie establishments

Safer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 27 wired telecommunication carrie employers in Texas.

TX_Austin_810 Howard Lane_AUSHWD88 (289 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 515 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate TX_Austin_810 Howard Lane_AUSHWD88
TX_Austin_810 Howard Lane_AUSHWD88 (289 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 515 employees and a TCR of 4.0

TX_Austin_810 Howard Lane_AUSHWD88 has fewer employees than the wired telecommunication carriers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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
2024 5.3 3.9 15 0 0
2023 5.7 3.7 17 0 0
2022 4.9 3.2 14 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

517111 · TX · Austin

455 wired telecommunication carriers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 1,645 employers in Austin, TX · 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 PA - Aston, 110 Springbrooke Blvd 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR CT - Groton, 401 Goldstar Hwy 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR NJ - Eatontown, 403 South St 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Breezeline - Grasonville 5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE C1554 - Enterprise - Frac IX 289 FTE
STATE-SIZE Reece Albert 289 FTE
STATE-SIZE Turner at CTCI McDermott Integrated Gregory TX 289 FTE
STATE-SIZE Buffalo Gap Instrumentation 289 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ensign Services 11,325 FTE
CITY-NEAR NA-US-TX-Austin-Giga Texas 8,621 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6017-Loc: CORP LOC - US Austin 6,911 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6017-CORP LOC - USA UNITED STATES - AST 5,272 FTE
NAT-TCR Climate Pros Brooklyn Park 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Downtown Container Park 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Panzitta Enterprises, Inc. 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR TMX2058 5.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hotel Californian 289 FTE
NAT-SIZE Upper Iowa Beef LLC 289 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cardinal Health Boston DC 289 FTE
NAT-SIZE American Red Cross - 3470 E Universal Way 289 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.