Electric power transmission line and tower construction · Colorado

Ward Electric Company, Inc.

Longmont, CO · ~309 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Ward Electric Company, Inc. runs at 68% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Electric power transmission line and tower construction workplace, earning a grade B.

Ward Electric Company, Inc.: 1.9 TCR = 68% of Electric power transmission line and tower construction BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ward Electric Company, Inc. safety composite

Ward Electric Company, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 3%), 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

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 3% 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%).

Ward Electric Company, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Ward Electric Company, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.2 from 1.6 in 2016 to 1.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.6 · 2017=3.9 · 2018=1.5 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=2.0 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=1.1 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237130 · Longmont, CO AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 68% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #28/65
  • PHOTO RACO, Inc.
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 50 inj
  • SIZE ~309 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: RACO, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ward Electric Company, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ward Electric Company, Inc. averages 1.9 TCR (68% of the Electric power transmission line and tower construction BLS benchmark).

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

Ward Electric Company, Inc. TCR series: 2016=1.6 · 2017=3.9 · 2018=1.5 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=2 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=1.1 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=1.4 · BLS 2.8

Where Ward Electric Company, Inc. falls in its industry

1,605 Electric power transmission li establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #28 safest of 65 Electric power transmission li employers in Colorado.

Ward Electric Company, Inc. (309 employees, TCR 1.9) 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 Ward Electric Company, Inc.
Ward Electric Company, Inc. (309 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Ward Electric Company, Inc. has more employees than the Electric power transmission line and tow 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 Fatalities
2024 1.4 0.8 7 0 0
2023 1.4 0.8 5 0 0
2022 1.1 0.9 5 0 0
2021 2.5 1.9 8 1 1
2020 2.0 0.9 7 0 0
2019 1.8 0.6 6 0 0
2018 1.5 1.0 3 0 0
2017 3.9 1.9 6 0 0
2016 1.6 1.1 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237130 · CO · Longmont

1,605 Electric power transmission line and tower construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 182 employers in Longmont, CO · 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 RACO, Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR ANS:ANPIN - ANPIN-Pine St-Greensboro, NC 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR ANMOB - Mobility Division 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Precision Foundations, Inc. 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Stolle Machinery - Centennial 309 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1019 309 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 3313 309 FTE
STATE-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - JHW1 309 FTE
CITY-NEAR Longmont, CO 1,167 FTE
CITY-NEAR Longmont United Hospital 638 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2643-05500001-055001 562 FTE
CITY-NEAR Longs Peak Hospital 537 FTE
NAT-TCR Sisters of Charity, Entire Campus 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Northfield South Distribution Center 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR WCAT Enid 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Ferry Electric Company 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE ALLIANCE 309 FTE
NAT-SIZE Teknor Apex Company - South Carolina 309 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corporate Office 309 FTE
NAT-SIZE Field Sales North East 309 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.