Structural Pest Control · North Carolina

2288-0472

Hickory, NC · ~27 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.6
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

2288-0472 runs at 146% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Structural Pest Control workplace, earning a grade D.

2288-0472: 6.6 TCR = 146% of Structural Pest Control BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

2288-0472 safety composite

2288-0472 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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

2288-0472: 3.1 → 8.3 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 12.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.27× in 2021

2288-0472's TCR rose 5.2 from 3.1 in 2016 to 8.3 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 12.5 TCR. In 2021, DART was 1.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561710 · Hickory, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.6 · 146% of ind

  • DART 8.3 DART
  • RANK #56/85
  • PHOTO ARROW EXTERMINATORS …
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ARROW EXTERMINATORS 2022 (0.0 TCR gap)

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2288-0472 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 2288-0472 averages 6.6 TCR (146% of the Structural Pest Control BLS benchmark).

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

2288-0472 TCR series: 2016=3.1 · 2017=5.8 · 2018=5.8 · 2019=12.5 · 2020=4 · 2021=8.3 · BLS 4.5

Where 2288-0472 falls in its industry

1,655 Structural Pest Control establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #56 safest of 85 Structural Pest Control employers in North Carolina.

2288-0472 (27 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 020406080100120 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate 2288-0472
2288-0472 (27 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 4.7

2288-0472 has fewer employees than the Structural Pest Control median and a higher 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
2021 8.3 8.3 2 0 0
2020 4.0 4.0 1 0 0
2019 12.5 8.3 3 0 0
2018 5.8 5.8 2 0 0
2017 5.8 2.9 2 0 0
2016 3.1 3.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561710 · NC · Hickory

1,655 Structural Pest Control 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR ARROW EXTERMINATORS 2022 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Massey Services #88 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pestban, Inc Woodstock 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR TMX2185 - PALM SPRINGS 6.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bissette Farms, Inc 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hyde County Pullet Farm 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hyde County Pullet 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Price Logging Inc 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR Catawba Valley Medical Center 2,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR Merchants Distributors LLC 1,480 FTE
CITY-NEAR Frye Regional Medical Center 1,363 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hickory Manufacturing & Technology Center 1,006 FTE
NAT-TCR Anderson Companies, LLC 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Aarrowcast, Inc. 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Printegra Fairport 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Cboc Ne 410 6.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Trinity Christian College 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Residence Inn 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE T. E. S. Filer City Station 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE South Central Power Co. Circleville 27 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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