Employer · North Carolina
470 Hickory
Hickory, NC · ~88 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 3.5
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
470 Hickory runs at 159% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade D.
470 Hickory: 3.5 TCR = 159% of industry BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
470 Hickory safety composite
470 Hickory scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).
63/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 3.5 per 100 workers
Safer than 79% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 4.21 per 100 workers
Safer than 53% 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
470 Hickory: 2.8 → 4.2 TCR
Peak year 2017 @ 4.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.2× in 2017
470 Hickory's TCR rose 1.4 from 2.8 in 2016 to 4.2 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 1.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424490 · Hickory, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 3.5 · 159% of ind
- DART 4.2 DART
- RANK #18/46
- PHOTO General Pet - Dayton
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 5 inj
- SIZE ~88 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: General Pet - Dayton (0.0 TCR gap)
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470 Hickory in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
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470 Hickory
3.5 TCR
- General Pet -
General Pet - Dayton
3.5 TCR
- NAB
NAB
3.5 TCR
- Northlake IL
Northlake IL
3.5 TCR
- Pepsi Cola Bot
Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Topeka
3.5 TCR
What this shows 470 Hickory averages 3.5 TCR (159% of the industry BLS benchmark).
470 Hickory TCR series: 2016=2.8 · 2017=4.2 · BLS 2.2
Where 470 Hickory falls in its industry
1,278 industry establishmentsSafer than 79% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.0.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 46 industry employers in North Carolina.
470 Hickory has more employees than the industry median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.0. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424490 · NC · Hickory
1,278 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 | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | General Pet - Dayton | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | NAB | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Northlake IL | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Topeka | 3.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Public Utilities | 88 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Bayliss Boatworks Inc. | 88 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | BU 3434 - I-40_I-77 Statesville, NC | 88 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Young and McQueen Grading Company Inc | 88 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 | LiDestri Lee Rd. South | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Senior Health-First Coast, LLC | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Penske : 4729-00 Cardinal/Houston, TX | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Circle Transportation Inc. | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Northwest | 88 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | N and R of Kimberling City LLC | 88 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | N and R of Joplin LLC | 88 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pine Grove Health Center | 88 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.