Automotive Parts · North Carolina

Advance Auto Parts DC 25

Name: Advance Auto Parts DC 25 Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Gastonia, NC · ~465 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 3.8
Avg TCR: 5.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Advance Auto Parts DC 25 runs at 65% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Automotive Parts workplace, earning a grade B.

Advance Auto Parts DC 25: 3.8 TCR = 65% of Automotive Parts BLS 5.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Advance Auto Parts DC 25 safety composite

Advance Auto Parts DC 25 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 66% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 46%), 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).

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 3.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% 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

−5.4

2020→2024

Advance Auto Parts DC 25 injury rate improved

Advance Auto Parts DC 25's TCR fell 5.4 from 7.2 in 2020 to 1.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 7.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.22× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=7.2 · 2021=2.3 · 2024=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 493110 · Gastonia, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 3.8 · 65% of ind

DART 0.8 DART
RANK #195/330
PHOTO Watts New Hampshire …
BOOK 3y book
INJ 52 inj
SIZE ~465 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Watts New Hampshire RDC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Goodwill Gandy

3.8

What this shows Advance Auto Parts DC 25 averages 3.8 TCR (65% of the Automotive Parts BLS benchmark).

Advance Auto Parts DC 25 TCR series: 2020=7.2 · 2021=2.3 · 2024=1.8 · BLS 5.8

Where Advance Auto Parts DC 25 falls in its industry

9,477 Automotive Parts establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

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 #195 safest of 330 Automotive Parts employers in North Carolina.

Advance Auto Parts DC 25 (465 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Advance Auto Parts DC 25 has more employees than the Automotive Parts median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2024	1.8	0.8	9	0
2021	2.3	2.0	10	0
2020	7.2	5.3	33	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

493110 · NC · Gastonia

9,477 Automotive Parts employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 182 employers in Gastonia, 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	Watts New Hampshire RDC	FRANKLIN, NH	3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Delavan	DELAVAN, IL	3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	62060 CAPSTONE - USF ZEBULON NC	ZEBULON, NC	3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Goodwill Gandy Center	SAINT PETERSBURG, FL	3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	CSP - Salisbury	SALISBURY	465 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Michelin Aircraft Tire Co	NORWOOD	465 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Technimark LLC - Plant 5	ASHEBORO	466 FTE
STATE-SIZE	American Emergency Vehicles	JEFFERSON	466 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Gaston Memorial Hospital, Incorporated d/b/a CaroMont Regional Medical Center	Gastonia	3,156 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Gaston County Government	Gastonia	1,711 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Wix Allen Plant	Gastonia	931 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Gastonia Components and Logistics - Tulip	Gastonia	912 FTE
NAT-TCR	Fareway Stores, Inc. 061 Ankeny	Ankeny, IA	3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Saint Meinrad Archabbey	St. Meinrad, IN	3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Martin Brothers Construction	Sacramento, CA	3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	2079 - Chicago Peterson Ave	Chicago, IL	3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Sonoran Cr Med Ctr Campus	Phoenix, AZ	465 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Riddell - North Ridgeville	North Ridgeville, OH	465 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Waverly Plant	Waverly, NE	465 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Monticello Middle School	Monticello, MN	465 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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