Local bus services (except mixed mode) · North Carolina

AppalCART

Name: AppalCART Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Boone, NC · ~80 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 4.8
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

AppalCART runs at 108% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Local bus services (except mixed mode) workplace, earning a grade C.

AppalCART: 4.8 TCR = 108% of Local bus services (except mixed mode) BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

AppalCART safety composite

AppalCART scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% 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).

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 4.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers
DART rate: B 1.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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

−1.3

2019→2023

AppalCART injury rate improved

AppalCART's TCR fell 1.3 from 4.5 in 2019 to 3.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=4.5 · 2021=6.7 · 2022=5.0 · 2023=3.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485113 · Boone, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.8 · 108% of ind

DART 1.6 DART
RANK #6/16
PHOTO 52660 Springfield
BOOK 4y book
INJ 10 inj
SIZE ~80 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 52660 Springfield (0.0 TCR gap)

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52660 Springfi

4.9
This site

4.8
480 JEFFERSON

4.8
TMR Toms

4.8
Watertown Bus

4.8

What this shows AppalCART averages 4.8 TCR (108% of the Local bus services (except mixed mode) BLS benchmark).

AppalCART TCR series: 2019=4.5 · 2021=6.7 · 2022=5 · 2023=3.2 · BLS 4.5

Where AppalCART falls in its industry

332 Local bus services (except mix establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 16 Local bus services (except mix employers in North Carolina.

AppalCART (80 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 5.3

AppalCART has fewer employees than the Local bus services (except mixed mode) median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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	Illnesses
2023	3.2	1.6	2	0
2022	5.0	0.0	3	0
2021	6.7	5.0	2	2
2019	4.5	4.5	3	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485113 · NC · Boone

332 Local bus services (except mixed mode) 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	52660 Springfield	SPRINGFIELD, OH	4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	480 JEFFERSON PARISH	GRETNA, LA	4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	TMR Toms	TOMS RIVER, NJ	4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Watertown Bus Maintenance Facility	WATERTOWN, CT	4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Tri- Hishtil 808241	MILLS RIVER	80 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Bentwood Farms Inc.	MONROE	80 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Davidson Water, Inc.	LEXINGTON	80 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Beam Construction Company, Inc.	CHERRYVILLE	80 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Watauga Medical Center, Inc.	Boone	1,077 FTE
CITY-NEAR	2496	Boone	307 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 2496	Boone	302 FTE
CITY-NEAR	NC BOONE ADM	Boone	246 FTE
NAT-TCR	Russell Mechanical, Inc.	Rancho Cordova, CA	4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Beyer Studio, Inc.	Philadelphia, PA	4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	FERNANDOS	Compton, CA	4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Fargo CE	Fargo, ND	4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Fremont Hills	Fremont, CA	80 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Franklin Plant 1	Franklin, PA	80 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Propell American LLC (Main)	Granbury, TX	80 FTE
NAT-SIZE	RK-100-Ocala ( RK-100 )	Ocala, FL	80 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, 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.