Motor vehicle parts, used, merchant wholesalers · North Carolina

1143 LKQ East Carolina

Lagrange, NC · ~38 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.5
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

1143 LKQ East Carolina runs at 340% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Motor vehicle parts, used, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

1143 LKQ East Carolina: 7.5 TCR = 340% of Motor vehicle parts, used, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

1143 LKQ East Carolina safety composite

1143 LKQ East Carolina scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 7.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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

−6.2

2018→2024

1143 LKQ East Carolina injury rate improved

1143 LKQ East Carolina's TCR fell 6.2 from 12.2 in 2018 to 6.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 12.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.81× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=12.2 · 2019=10.0 · 2020=8.2 · 2021=2.8 · 2022=10.4 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=6.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423140 · Lagrange, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.5 · 340% of ind

  • DART 6.1 DART
  • RANK #7/10
  • PHOTO 1502 LKQ
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 1502 LKQ (0.0 TCR gap)

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1143 LKQ East Carolina in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 1143 LKQ East Carolina averages 7.5 TCR (340% of the Motor vehicle parts, used, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

1143 LKQ East Carolina TCR series: 2018=12.2 · 2019=10 · 2020=8.2 · 2021=2.8 · 2022=10.4 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=6.1 · BLS 2.2

Where 1143 LKQ East Carolina falls in its industry

235 Motor vehicle parts, used, mer establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 10 Motor vehicle parts, used, mer employers in North Carolina.

1143 LKQ East Carolina (38 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 6.9 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 050100150200 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate 1143 LKQ East Carolina
1143 LKQ East Carolina (38 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 6.9

1143 LKQ East Carolina has more employees than the Motor vehicle parts, used, merchant whol median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.9. 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 6.1 2 0 0
2023 2.6 2.6 1 0 0
2022 10.4 5.2 4 0 0
2021 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2020 8.2 5.5 3 0 0
2019 10.0 10.0 5 0 0
2018 12.2 10.2 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423140 · NC · Lagrange

235 Motor vehicle parts, used, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 10 employers in Lagrange, NC · 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 1502 LKQ 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1350,3270,8489 KAO 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1340 LKQ 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1137 LKQ North Florida 7.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Morganton Hatchery 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Harris Energy & Environmental Center 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Enerdyne Power Systems, Inc 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Electric Utilities (8100) 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lagrange Bear Creek ICF 280 FTE
CITY-NEAR LA GRANGE NC 146 FTE
CITY-NEAR LKQ East Carolina 50 FTE
CITY-NEAR 364192-LA GRANGE PO 27 FTE
NAT-TCR 1502 Lkq 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Unverferth Manufacturing- Delphos Division 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Havenwood Concrete 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Gilkey Window Company Chicago 7.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Division 56 and 69-Plano 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Peachtree Construction, Ltd. 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hay Road Energy Center 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ong Wr Mustang Sc 38 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.