Fiber optic cable (except transmission lines) installation · Michigan

Western Tel-Com, Inc

Holland, MI · ~75 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Western Tel-Com, Inc runs at 176% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fiber optic cable (except transmission lines) installation workplace, earning a grade D.

Western Tel-Com, Inc: 4.9 TCR = 176% of Fiber optic cable (except transmission lines) installation BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Western Tel-Com, Inc safety composite

Western Tel-Com, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 18%), 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

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% 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

Western Tel-Com, Inc: 3.8 → 6.1 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 6.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.74× in 2024

Western Tel-Com, Inc's TCR rose 2.4 from 3.8 in 2023 to 6.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.74× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238210 · Holland, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 176% of ind

  • DART 3.7 DART
  • RANK #107/133
  • PHOTO Stoever-Parker Elect…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~75 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Stoever-Parker Electric, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Western Tel-Com, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Western Tel-Com, Inc averages 4.9 TCR (176% of the Fiber optic cable (except transmission lines) installation BLS benchmark).

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

Western Tel-Com, Inc TCR series: 2023=3.8 · 2024=6.1 · BLS 2.8

Where Western Tel-Com, Inc falls in its industry

4,550 Fiber optic cable (except tran establishments

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #107 safest of 133 Fiber optic cable (except tran employers in Michigan.

Western Tel-Com, Inc (75 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Western Tel-Com, Inc
Western Tel-Com, Inc (75 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Western Tel-Com, Inc has more employees than the Fiber optic cable (except transmission l median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 6.1 3.7 5 0 0
2023 3.8 1.3 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238210 · MI · Holland

4,550 Fiber optic cable (except transmission lines) installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 299 employers in Holland, MI · 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 Stoever-Parker Electric, Inc. 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Active Electric, Inc. 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR PCC Network Solutions 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Solar Connection 4.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE McCarthy & Smith Inc 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE First Companies INC 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE P.J. Steel 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE Baker Construction Company Inc 75 FTE
CITY-NEAR LG Energy Solutions - Holland 1,263 FTE
CITY-NEAR Haworth HQ 1,165 FTE
CITY-NEAR Haworth Office 1,075 FTE
CITY-NEAR PADNOS 912 FTE
NAT-TCR Aspen Corporation 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Family Tree Rehab 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR CHARLOTTE 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Nyco Products 4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Walworth County Care Center 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Heritage Convalescent Center 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gordon Logistics 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wood Hollow Cabinets Inc 75 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.