Hardware Merchant Wholesalers · North Carolina
Apex Tool Group - Apex Operations
Apex, NC · ~445 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.8
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Apex Tool Group - Apex Operations runs at 36% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Hardware Merchant Wholesalers workplace, earning a grade A.
Apex Tool Group - Apex Operations: 0.8 TCR = 36% of Hardware Merchant Wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Apex Tool Group - Apex Operations safety composite
Apex Tool Group - Apex Operations scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).
69/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 0.8 per 100 workers
Safer than 88% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.47 per 100 workers
Safer than 61% 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
−1.0
2016→2024
Apex Tool Group - Apex Operations injury rate improved
Apex Tool Group - Apex Operations's TCR fell 1.0 from 1.7 in 2016 to 0.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 1.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.59× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=1.7 · 2018=0.2 · 2019=0.6 · 2020=0.8 · 2021=0.9 · 2023=0.7 · 2024=0.7
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423710 · Apex, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 36% of ind
- DART 0.5 DART
- RANK #3/16
- PHOTO BAY FASTENING SYSTEMS
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 23 inj
- SIZE ~445 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: BAY FASTENING SYSTEMS (0.0 TCR gap)
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Apex Tool Group - Apex Operations in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Apex Tool Group - Apex Operations
0.8 TCR
- BAY FASTENING
BAY FASTENING SYSTEMS
0.8 TCR
- Allegion Olath
Allegion Olathe
0.8 TCR
- Wurth Adams De
Wurth Adams Des Moines
0.8 TCR
- Germantown-Air
Germantown-Airgas Safety
0.8 TCR
What this shows Apex Tool Group - Apex Operations averages 0.8 TCR (36% of the Hardware Merchant Wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Apex Tool Group - Apex Operations TCR series: 2016=1.7 · 2018=0.2 · 2019=0.6 · 2020=0.8 · 2021=0.9 · 2023=0.7 · 2024=0.7 · BLS 2.2
Where Apex Tool Group - Apex Operations falls in its industry
449 Hardware Merchant Wholesalers establishmentsSafer than 88% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 16 Hardware Merchant Wholesalers employers in North Carolina.
Apex Tool Group - Apex Operations has more employees than the Hardware Merchant Wholesalers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423710 · NC · Apex
449 Hardware Merchant Wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 92 employers in Apex, 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 | BAY FASTENING SYSTEMS | 0.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Allegion Olathe | 0.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Wurth Adams Des Moines | 0.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Germantown-Airgas Safety | 0.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | BE Aerospace - WS Fairchild | 445 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Optimist Hall | 445 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sandhills Community College | 445 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SODEXO AT CSS CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER | 445 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Apex Tool Group - Apex Operation | 457 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Crowder Construction Company - Civil & Environmental Division | 361 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Donley's Concrete Group LLC | 321 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | KRAFT FAMILY YMCA - YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE | 313 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Salute Mission Critical, LLC | 0.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Stoneledge Furniture LLC- West Covina | 0.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | KBI Biopharma - Louisville | 0.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bel Air | 0.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Educational Service Center | 445 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Daddy Ray's | 445 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Vaspn - Newington | 445 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Chugach Electric | 445 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.