Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · Oregon

Western Utility Telecom

Salem, OR · ~55 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Western Utility Telecom runs at 202% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Western Utility Telecom: 6.7 TCR = 202% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Western Utility Telecom safety composite

Western Utility Telecom scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 7%), 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 6.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% 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 Utility Telecom: 5.0 → 8.1 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 12.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.21× in 2024

Western Utility Telecom's TCR rose 3.1 from 5.0 in 2016 to 8.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 12.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Salem, OR ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.7 · 202% of ind

  • DART 8.1 DART
  • RANK #13/22
  • PHOTO Concrete Industries
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Concrete Industries (0.0 TCR gap)

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Western Utility Telecom in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Western Utility Telecom averages 6.7 TCR (202% of the Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Western Utility Telecom TCR series: 2016=5 · 2017=12.3 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=7.5 · 2020=3.7 · 2022=4.4 · 2023=10.2 · 2024=8.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Western Utility Telecom falls in its industry

1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Oregon alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 22 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in Oregon.

Western Utility Telecom (55 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Western Utility Telecom
Western Utility Telecom (55 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Western Utility Telecom has more employees than the Fabricated structural metal manufacturin median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 8.1 8.1 3 0 0
2023 10.2 7.3 5 2 0
2022 4.4 1.5 2 1 0
2020 3.7 3.7 2 0 0
2019 7.5 3.8 2 2 0
2018 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2017 12.3 12.3 5 0 0
2016 5.0 5.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · OR · Salem

1,491 Fabricated structural metal manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 8,031 rated employers in Oregon with headcount on file · 471 employers in Salem, OR · 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 Concrete Industries 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mid-State Metals LLC 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ametek SMP-EF 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gerdau - Sayreville CT 6.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Roseburg Resources OR 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE B&G Logging & Construction 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Babb Construction Co dba Delta Construction Co 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Siegmund Excavation & Construction / Allied Rock 55 FTE
CITY-NEAR Oregon State Hospital-Salem Campus 2,036 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : PDX7 1,559 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chemeketa Community College 1,551 FTE
CITY-NEAR Human Service Building ODHS 1,402 FTE
NAT-TCR 1791 - Urbandale 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 1469 - Monroe 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR construction 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Inca Dover 6.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Impact Fire - Austin 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE tkSCS Chattanooga Containment 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jebro Inc 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE St. Joseph 55 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, 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.