Construction machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers · North Carolina
Ascendum Machinery - Asheville
Mills River, NC · ~18 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 3.2
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Ascendum Machinery - Asheville runs at 144% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Construction machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.
Ascendum Machinery - Asheville: 3.2 TCR = 144% of Construction machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Ascendum Machinery - Asheville safety composite
Ascendum Machinery - Asheville scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 48%), 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).
58/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.17 per 100 workers
Safer than 48% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 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
−6.1
2018→2024
Ascendum Machinery - Asheville injury rate improved
Ascendum Machinery - Asheville's TCR fell 6.1 from 6.1 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 10.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2018=6.1 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=10.8 · 2021=5.3 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423810 · Mills River, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 3.2 · 144% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #5/8
- PHOTO Road Machinery, LLC
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 4 inj
- SIZE ~18 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Road Machinery, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Ascendum Machinery - Asheville in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Ascendum Machinery - Asheville
3.2 TCR
- Road Machinery
Road Machinery, LLC
3.2 TCR
- Postville
Postville
3.2 TCR
- McCoy Construc
McCoy Construction & Forestry - Chippewa Falls
3.2 TCR
- 05-TTCO-MONTGO
05-TTCO-MONTGOMERY
3.2 TCR
What this shows Ascendum Machinery - Asheville averages 3.2 TCR (144% of the Construction machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Ascendum Machinery - Asheville TCR series: 2018=6.1 · 2019=0 · 2020=10.8 · 2021=5.3 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2
Where Ascendum Machinery - Asheville falls in its industry
533 Construction machinery and equ establishmentsSafer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 8 Construction machinery and equ employers in North Carolina.
Ascendum Machinery - Asheville has fewer employees than the Construction machinery and equipment mer median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 10.8 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423810 · NC · Mills River
533 Construction machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 33 employers in Mills River, NC · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.
| Rel | Establishment | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | Road Machinery, LLC | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Postville | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | McCoy Construction & Forestry - Chippewa Falls | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 05-TTCO-MONTGOMERY | 3.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Pikeville | 18 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sweet Potato Packing House | 18 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Laurinburg | 18 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Buy Sod - Leggett | 18 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Linamar Light Metals-MR | 566 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mills River | 372 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UPM Raflatac Mills River | 280 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UPM Raflatac, Inc | 259 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | La Crosse | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Platte Valley Energetics | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Traditional Medicinals | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | RhinoSystems, Inc. (Headquarters) | 3.2 TCR |
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.