Utility trailer merchant wholesalers · North Carolina

ADESA Charlotte

Name: ADESA Charlotte Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Charlotte, NC · ~119 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 2.7
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

ADESA Charlotte runs at 124% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Utility trailer merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

ADESA Charlotte: 2.7 TCR = 124% of Utility trailer merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ADESA Charlotte safety composite

ADESA Charlotte scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 31%), 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).

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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

ADESA Charlotte: 1.5 → 3.9 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 4.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.41× in 2024

ADESA Charlotte's TCR rose 2.4 from 1.5 in 2019 to 3.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 4.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423110 · Charlotte, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 2.7 · 124% of ind

DART 3.9 DART
RANK #10/33
PHOTO Waters International…
BOOK 4y book
INJ 9 inj
SIZE ~119 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Waters International Trucks Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows ADESA Charlotte averages 2.7 TCR (124% of the Utility trailer merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

ADESA Charlotte TCR series: 2019=1.5 · 2020=1.3 · 2021=4.3 · 2024=3.9 · BLS 2.2

Where ADESA Charlotte falls in its industry

1,333 Utility trailer merchant whole establishments

Safer than 71% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 33 Utility trailer merchant whole employers in North Carolina.

ADESA Charlotte (119 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.3

ADESA Charlotte has more employees than the Utility trailer merchant wholesalers median and a lower 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
2024	3.9	3.9	3
2021	4.3	2.8	3
2020	1.3	0.0	1
2019	1.5	0.8	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423110 · NC · Charlotte

1,333 Utility trailer merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 2,058 employers in Charlotte, 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	Waters International Trucks Inc.	MERIDIAN, MS	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	11	HOUSTON, TX	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Freightliner of Delmarva	DELMAR, MD	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	75th Ave	PHOENIX, AZ	2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Union Power Cooperative - Monroe	MONROE	119 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Mayodan	MAYODAN	119 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Raleigh/Durham	RALEIGH	119 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Weaver Cooke Construction	WEAVER COOKE CONSTRUCTION 8401 KEY BLVD GREENSBORO, NC	119 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1101-Carolinas Medical Center (1101)	Charlotte	8,444 FTE
CITY-NEAR	0001-Carolinas Medical Center	Charlotte	8,032 FTE
CITY-NEAR	4795-AA-CLT-CHARLOTTE-CLT-TRML	Charlotte	7,295 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center	Charlotte	4,973 FTE
NAT-TCR	Textron Aviation - Independence	Independence, KS	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Subzero Engineering	Salt Lake City, UT	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Exotech, Inc.	Pompano Beach, FL	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital	Lake Charles, LA	2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	BrandSafway Services LLC - BP Cherry Pt. Refinery	Blaine, WA	119 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Chestnut Ridge Foam, Inc.	Latrobe, PA	119 FTE
NAT-SIZE	4155 Industrial Dr Jackson Ms	Jackson, MS	119 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Diebold Nixdorf Pleasanton CA	Pleasanton, CA	119 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: 2024, 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.