Retail/Home Furnishings · North Carolina

4535-1128

Hickory, NC · ~20 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
15.1
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

4535-1128 runs at 443% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Retail/Home Furnishings workplace, earning a grade F.

4535-1128: 15.1 TCR = 443% of Retail/Home Furnishings BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

4535-1128 safety composite

4535-1128 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 15.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% 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

−29.1

2016→2019

4535-1128 injury rate improved

4535-1128's TCR fell 29.1 from 29.1 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 29.1 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=29.1 · 2017=16.1 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 442110 · Hickory, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 15.1 · 443% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #55/61
  • PHOTO 4535-0694
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 4535-0694 (0.0 TCR gap)

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4535-1128 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 4535-1128 averages 15.1 TCR (443% of the Retail/Home Furnishings BLS benchmark).

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

4535-1128 TCR series: 2016=29.1 · 2017=16.1 · 2019=0 · BLS 3.4

Where 4535-1128 falls in its industry

2,215 Retail/Home Furnishings establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #55 safest of 61 Retail/Home Furnishings employers in North Carolina.

4535-1128 (20 employees, TCR 15.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 5.0 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate 4535-1128
4535-1128 (20 employees, TCR 15.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 5.0

4535-1128 has fewer employees than the Retail/Home Furnishings median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.0. 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
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 16.1 16.1 1 0 0
2016 29.1 29.1 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

442110 · NC · Hickory

2,215 Retail/Home Furnishings 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 4535-0694 15.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Havertys - Savannah 15.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR C0297 Tallahassee 15.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4535-1586 15.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Steve Thomas Farms 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kent Smith Farms 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ron Richmond 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Thomas Family Farms, Inc. 20 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 4769-558-Williams Sonoma 15.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Fire Department 15.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Fontana Wood Products of Oregon 15.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Edgewood Manor 15.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE AH4R - Columbus 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Roberts Hawaii Hotels 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Slakey Brothers Inc (13) 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kaman's Art Shoppes, Inc. CZ 74 20 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, 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.