Employer · North Carolina

348 - Hickory

Name: 348 - Hickory Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Hickory, NC · ~122 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.3
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

348 - Hickory runs at 67% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade B.

348 - Hickory: 2.3 TCR = 67% of industry BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

348 - Hickory safety composite

348 - Hickory scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% 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).

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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%).

348 - Hickory held a steady TCR band

348 - Hickory's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=5.3 · 2018=3.8 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452112 · Hickory, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 67% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #31/113
PHOTO 0366 - Lexington
BOOK 4y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~122 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 0366 - Lexington (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.3
0366 - Lexingt

2.3
1092 - Beechmo

2.3
Unit #0231

2.3
Unit #1296

2.3

What this shows 348 - Hickory averages 2.3 TCR (67% of the industry BLS benchmark).

348 - Hickory TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=5.3 · 2018=3.8 · 2019=0 · BLS 3.4

Where 348 - Hickory falls in its industry

4,991 industry establishments

Safer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #31 safest of 113 industry employers in North Carolina.

348 - Hickory (122 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4

348 - Hickory has more employees than the industry median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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
2019	0.0	0.0	0
2018	3.8	3.8	2
2017	5.3	3.6	3
2016	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452112 · NC · Hickory

4,991 industry 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	0366 - Lexington	LEXINGTON, KY	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	1092 - Beechmont Area	CINCINNATI, OH	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Unit #0231	SANDY, UT	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Unit #1296	HAYS, KS	2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Operations	JACKSONVILLE	122 FTE
STATE-SIZE	City of Concord Water Services	CONCORD	122 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Utili-Serve LLC	HICKORY	122 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Granite Contracting LLC	CORNELIUS	122 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	166 - Evans	Evans, GA	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	20-TTCO-ATLANTA	Forest Park, GA	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sutter Outpatient Services, LLC (600-17)	Novato, CA	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Chicago Paxton	Chicago, IL	2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	217 - Cedar Rapids	Cedar Rapids, IA	122 FTE
NAT-SIZE	132 - Fond du Lac	Fond Du Lac, WI	122 FTE
NAT-SIZE	112 - Vernon Hills	Vernon Hills, IL	122 FTE
NAT-SIZE	VA.RICHM.4 - Ricoh Usa, Inc.	Richmond, VA	122 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.