Telecommunications carriers, wired · North Dakota

West River Telecommunications Cooperative

Hazen, ND · ~76 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.1
Avg TCR
0.7
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

West River Telecommunications Cooperative runs at 581% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Telecommunications carriers, wired workplace, earning a grade F.

West River Telecommunications Cooperative: 4.1 TCR = 581% of Telecommunications carriers, wired BLS 0.7 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

West River Telecommunications Cooperative safety composite

West River Telecommunications Cooperative scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 23%), 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

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−8.1

2016→2017

West River Telecommunications Cooperative injury rate improved

West River Telecommunications Cooperative's TCR fell 8.1 from 8.1 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.1 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.1 · 2017=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 517110 · Hazen, ND ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 4.1 · 581% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P23
  • PHOTO Wave Division Holdin…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~76 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wave Division Holdings, LLC-Concord (0.0 TCR gap)

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West River Telecommunications Cooperative in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows West River Telecommunications Cooperative averages 4.1 TCR (581% of the Telecommunications carriers, wired BLS benchmark).

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

West River Telecommunications Cooperative TCR series: 2016=8.1 · 2017=0 · BLS 0.7

Where West River Telecommunications Cooperative falls in its industry

537 Telecommunications carriers, w establishments

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
West River Telecommunications Cooperative (76 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 276 employees and a TCR of 1.3 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 01,0002,0003,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate West River Telecommunications Cooperative
West River Telecommunications Cooperative (76 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 276 employees and a TCR of 1.3

West River Telecommunications Cooperative has fewer employees than the Telecommunications carriers, wired median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.3. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 8.1 1.4 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

517110 · ND · Hazen

537 Telecommunications carriers, wired employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,696 rated employers in North Dakota 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 Wave Division Holdings, LLC-Concord 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Seattle Distribution Center 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR HSTXTXMK 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Contoocook 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Midwest Ironworks LLC 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Velva Oilseeds 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fargo Container 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE RNDC Fargo 76 FTE
NAT-TCR Ryerson- Plymouth 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 21st Century Concrete Construction 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR NA-US-MA-Fall River-Commerce Drive 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Redi-Mix, LLC Frisco 4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc. TAFA Division 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Mexico LLC 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Brookhaven LLC 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE PolyOne Corporation Kennesaw 76 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.