Grocery Stores · North Carolina

00563 - Store # 563 Hickory

Name: 00563 - Store # 563 Hickory Workplace Safety Data
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Hickory, NC · ~80 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · September 26, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.2
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

00563 - Store # 563 Hickory runs at 122% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Grocery Stores workplace, earning a grade D.

00563 - Store # 563 Hickory: 4.2 TCR = 122% of Grocery Stores BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

00563 - Store # 563 Hickory safety composite

00563 - Store # 563 Hickory scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 4.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers
DART rate: C 2.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% 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

−4.0

2022→2023

00563 - Store # 563 Hickory injury rate improved

00563 - Store # 563 Hickory's TCR fell 4.0 from 6.2 in 2022 to 2.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.52× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=6.2 · 2023=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Hickory, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 122% of ind

DART 2.1 DART
RANK #1181/1627
PHOTO 6400-SWY-0017-0017-0…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~80 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 6400-SWY-0017-0017-00245 (0.0 TCR gap)

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4.2
6400-SWY-0017-

4.2
4054-ABS 0016

4.2
10633 Santa Cl

4.2
SWY-0029-0029-

4.2

What this shows 00563 - Store # 563 Hickory averages 4.2 TCR (122% of the Grocery Stores BLS benchmark).

00563 - Store # 563 Hickory TCR series: 2022=6.2 · 2023=2.1 · BLS 3.4

Where 00563 - Store # 563 Hickory falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery Stores establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1181 safest of 1627 Grocery Stores employers in North Carolina.

00563 - Store # 563 Hickory (80 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

00563 - Store # 563 Hickory has fewer employees than the Grocery Stores median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2023	2.1	2.1	1	0	0
2022	6.2	2.0	3	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · NC · Hickory

30,654 Grocery Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 240 employers in Hickory, NC · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	6400-SWY-0017-0017-00245	PRESCOTT, AZ	4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	4054-ABS 0016 0025	PHOENIX, AZ	4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	10633 Santa Clara	SANTA CLARA, CA	4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SWY-0029-0029-02041 FAC-02041-GARDEN GROVE-CA	GARDEN GROVE, CA	4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Gold Star Logistics LLC	HIGH POINT	80 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Kannopi Logistics DSP at delivery station DRT7	GARNER	80 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Peak Resources-Gastonia	GASTONIA	80 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Fast And Forward LLC	GREENSBORO	80 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Catawba Valley Medical Center	Hickory	2,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Merchants Distributors LLC	Hickory	1,480 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Frye Regional Medical Center	Hickory	1,363 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hickory Manufacturing & Technology Center	Hickory	1,006 FTE
NAT-TCR	Performance Construction Company	Pottsville, PA	4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Stop & Shop 100709	Warwick, RI	4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Derby Fabricating Solutions - Louisville	Louisville, KY	4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Minneapolis SE Storage-TJ	Minneapolis, MN	4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Dalton Paper- Tubes & Cores - C430	Dalton, GA	80 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Stop & Shop 100616	Greenwich, CT	80 FTE
NAT-SIZE	A/C Supply, Inc	Harahan, LA	80 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hammond, Indiana	Hammond, IN	80 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.