Water treatment and distribution · North Carolina

Aqua North Carolina

Cary, NC · ~180 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Aqua North Carolina runs at 240% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water treatment and distribution workplace, earning a grade F.

Aqua North Carolina: 2.9 TCR = 240% of Water treatment and distribution BLS 1.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Aqua North Carolina safety composite

Aqua North Carolina scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 65% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.3

2022→2024

Aqua North Carolina injury rate improved

Aqua North Carolina's TCR fell 2.3 from 4.7 in 2022 to 2.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=4.7 · 2023=1.5 · 2024=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Cary, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 2.9 · 240% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #10/33
  • PHOTO Aqua New Jersey, Inc…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~180 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Aqua New Jersey, Inc. - Hamilton (0.0 TCR gap)

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Aqua North Carolina in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Aqua North Carolina averages 2.9 TCR (240% of the Water treatment and distribution BLS benchmark).

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

Aqua North Carolina TCR series: 2022=4.7 · 2023=1.5 · 2024=2.4 · BLS 1.2

Where Aqua North Carolina falls in its industry

727 Water treatment and distributi establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

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 Water treatment and distributi employers in North Carolina.

Aqua North Carolina (180 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Aqua North Carolina
Aqua North Carolina (180 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Aqua North Carolina has more employees than the Water treatment and distribution median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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 2.4 1.5 5 0 0
2023 1.5 1.5 3 0 0
2022 4.7 3.5 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · NC · Cary

727 Water treatment and distribution employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 187 employers in Cary, 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 Aqua New Jersey, Inc. - Hamilton 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Water Pollution Control Plant 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cleveland Utilities - Water/Wastewater Division 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Department of Public Utilities - Water 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hickory Spring Plant 180 FTE
STATE-SIZE Textron Specialized Vehicles - Charlotte 180 FTE
STATE-SIZE Statesville Mold Plant 180 FTE
STATE-SIZE Plant 6 180 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cary 3,136 FTE
CITY-NEAR WakeMed Cary Hospital 1,750 FTE
CITY-NEAR SERO-SOUTHEAST RESERVATIONS OFFICE 1,324 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cary - 305 Gregson Drive 883 FTE
NAT-TCR Talquin Electric Cooperative Inc. 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Willow Ridge Lodge 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR SSA Terminals, LLC A90-94 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR SA Recycling, Nashville Linder 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Jackson County Hospital District 180 FTE
NAT-SIZE Triangle Package Machinery Company 180 FTE
NAT-SIZE Yorktown Rehab and Nursing Center 180 FTE
NAT-SIZE Filtration Group LLC 180 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, 2023, 2022. 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.