All Other Motor Vehicle Dealers · North Carolina

4598-Rtc Hickory

Hickory, NC · ~28 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.1
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

4598-Rtc Hickory runs at 278% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical All Other Motor Vehicle Dealers workplace, earning a grade F.

4598-Rtc Hickory: 6.1 TCR = 278% of All Other Motor Vehicle Dealers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

4598-Rtc Hickory safety composite

4598-Rtc Hickory scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 27%), 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

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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%).

TCR Δ

−8.9

2016→2022

4598-Rtc Hickory injury rate improved

4598-Rtc Hickory's TCR fell 8.9 from 8.9 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 12.8 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.9 · 2017=4.6 · 2018=8.1 · 2019=12.8 · 2020=4.5 · 2021=3.9 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423110 · Hickory, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.1 · 278% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #25/33
  • PHOTO 4598-RTC COLUMBUS - …
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 4598-RTC COLUMBUS - WEST (0.0 TCR gap)

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4598-Rtc Hickory in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 4598-Rtc Hickory averages 6.1 TCR (278% of the All Other Motor Vehicle Dealers BLS benchmark).

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

4598-Rtc Hickory TCR series: 2016=8.9 · 2017=4.6 · 2018=8.1 · 2019=12.8 · 2020=4.5 · 2021=3.9 · 2022=0 · BLS 2.2

Where 4598-Rtc Hickory falls in its industry

1,333 All Other Motor Vehicle Dealer establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 33 All Other Motor Vehicle Dealer employers in North Carolina.

4598-Rtc Hickory (28 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.3 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 4598-Rtc Hickory
4598-Rtc Hickory (28 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.3

4598-Rtc Hickory has fewer employees than the All Other Motor Vehicle Dealers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 3.9 3.9 1 0 0
2020 4.5 4.5 1 0 0
2019 12.8 12.8 3 0 0
2018 8.1 4.0 2 0 0
2017 4.6 0.0 1 0 0
2016 8.9 4.5 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423110 · NC · Hickory

1,333 All Other Motor Vehicle Dealers 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 4598-RTC COLUMBUS - WEST 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 64 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1019 RTC DALLAS MED DUTY FORD 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR SEMO Automotive Warehouse 6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE H & D Farms, Inc. 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE SMITH FARMS 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Michael Morris Farms 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Elkin Hatchery 28 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 HDP Enterprises, Inc. 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 306653-Oma-Northwest Br 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Ohio Northern Univ-Mcintosh 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 489820-Winnsboro Po 6.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE 4598-Rtc Augusta 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trail Creek Place M C 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Emporia Place 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Westwood Place 28 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.