Electric power distribution systems · North Carolina

Blue Ridge Electric Caldwell District

Lenoir, NC · ~23 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Blue Ridge Electric Caldwell District runs at 200% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Electric power distribution systems workplace, earning a grade D.

Blue Ridge Electric Caldwell District: 2.4 TCR = 200% of Electric power distribution systems BLS 1.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Blue Ridge Electric Caldwell District safety composite

Blue Ridge Electric Caldwell District scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 18%), 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).

D

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Blue Ridge Electric Caldwell District: 0.0 → 3.8 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 4.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.58× in 2023

Blue Ridge Electric Caldwell District's TCR rose 3.8 from 0.0 in 2016 to 3.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221122 · Lenoir, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.4 · 200% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #66/107
  • PHOTO Easton Utilities
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Easton Utilities (0.0 TCR gap)

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Blue Ridge Electric Caldwell District in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Blue Ridge Electric Caldwell District averages 2.4 TCR (200% of the Electric power distribution systems BLS benchmark).

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

Blue Ridge Electric Caldwell District TCR series: 2016=0 · 2018=4.5 · 2019=0 · 2022=3.7 · 2023=3.8 · BLS 1.2

Where Blue Ridge Electric Caldwell District falls in its industry

2,958 Electric power distribution sy establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #66 safest of 107 Electric power distribution sy employers in North Carolina.

Blue Ridge Electric Caldwell District (23 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Blue Ridge Electric Caldwell District
Blue Ridge Electric Caldwell District (23 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Blue Ridge Electric Caldwell District has fewer employees than the Electric power distribution systems median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 3.8 3.8 1 0 0
2022 3.7 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 4.5 4.5 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221122 · NC · Lenoir

2,958 Electric power distribution systems employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 86 employers in Lenoir, 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 Easton Utilities 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Edgecombe-Martin County Electric Membership Corp. 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Montgomery Crew Headquarters 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Farm 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE SOUTHERN PINES 1 SOW -EST 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cotton Gin 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Monroe Growout 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Caldwell Memorial Hospital 781 FTE
CITY-NEAR HHG Lenoir Upholstery Plant 500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Exela Pharma Sciences, LLC. 494 FTE
CITY-NEAR Caldwell County Government 451 FTE
NAT-TCR Legends Golf Course 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Axium New Albany Plant #1 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Hunt Ford 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR BSN Sports 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE 60541 Capstone - Sysco Medley Fl 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE 30433 - Capstone Mclane Southeast Athens Ga 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kirk Precision Machining, LLC 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Buhrt Engineering, Inc. 23 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, 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.