Beer brewing · North Carolina

Appalachian Mountain Brewery

Boone, NC · ~22 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Appalachian Mountain Brewery runs at 63% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Beer brewing workplace, earning a grade B.

Appalachian Mountain Brewery: 2.1 TCR = 63% of Beer brewing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Appalachian Mountain Brewery safety composite

Appalachian Mountain Brewery scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% 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).

C

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

−4.8

2018→2023

Appalachian Mountain Brewery injury rate improved

Appalachian Mountain Brewery's TCR fell 4.8 from 4.8 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 7.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=4.8 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=7.6 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 312120 · Boone, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 63% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/12
  • PHOTO Creature Comforts Br…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Creature Comforts Brewing Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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Appalachian Mountain Brewery in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Appalachian Mountain Brewery averages 2.1 TCR (63% of the Beer brewing BLS benchmark).

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

Appalachian Mountain Brewery TCR series: 2018=4.8 · 2019=0 · 2020=7.6 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Appalachian Mountain Brewery falls in its industry

313 Beer brewing establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 12 Beer brewing employers in North Carolina.

Appalachian Mountain Brewery (22 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Appalachian Mountain Brewery
Appalachian Mountain Brewery (22 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Appalachian Mountain Brewery has fewer employees than the Beer brewing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 7.6 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 4.8 4.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

312120 · NC · Boone

313 Beer brewing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 38 employers in Boone, 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 Creature Comforts Brewing Company 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cervesia Gratis Inc. Breweries 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aeronaut Brewing Company - Somerville 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mark Anthony Brewing Company Glendale 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE A Plus Farms, Inc. 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rock Ridge Farms Partnership 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Vanguard Farms, Inc. 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE LNM - 105 -EST 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Watauga Medical Center, Inc. 1,077 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2496 307 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2496 302 FTE
CITY-NEAR NC BOONE ADM 246 FTE
NAT-TCR Terryville IRA- Port Jefferson 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Market Basket #62 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR KB Home Las Vegas 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Saratoga Springs Branch 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE BSI, LLC Fireplace 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Franklin Building Supply - Burley 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gulf Mist, Inc. 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Escofab, Inc. 22 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.