Assisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities · North Carolina
Brookdale Hickory NE
Hickory, NC · ~30 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Brookdale Hickory NE runs at 139% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Assisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities workplace, earning a grade D.
Brookdale Hickory NE: 5.3 TCR = 139% of Assisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities BLS 3.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Brookdale Hickory NE safety composite
Brookdale Hickory NE scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 66% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 47%), 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).
55/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 5.29 per 100 workers
Safer than 66% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 3.59 per 100 workers
Safer than 47% 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%).
Brookdale Hickory NE held a steady TCR band
Brookdale Hickory NE's TCR held near 0.3 from 3.9 in 2016 to 3.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 11.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=3.9 · 2017=7.6 · 2018=11.6 · 2019=3.7 · 2020=3.6 · 2021=9.0 · 2022=4.5 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=3.6
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 623312 · Hickory, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.3 · 139% of ind
- DART 3.6 DART
- RANK #152/356
- PHOTO Abe's Garden Community
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 12 inj
- SIZE ~30 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Abe's Garden Community (0.0 TCR gap)
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Brookdale Hickory NE in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Brookdale Hickory NE
5.3 TCR
- Abe's Garden C
Abe's Garden Community
5.3 TCR
- 10968
10968
5.3 TCR
- Hillhaven
Hillhaven
5.3 TCR
- Discovery Vill
Discovery Village at the Forum
5.3 TCR
What this shows Brookdale Hickory NE averages 5.3 TCR (139% of the Assisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities BLS benchmark).
Brookdale Hickory NE TCR series: 2016=3.9 · 2017=7.6 · 2018=11.6 · 2019=3.7 · 2020=3.6 · 2021=9 · 2022=4.5 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.6 · BLS 3.8
Where Brookdale Hickory NE falls in its industry
6,510 Assisted-living facilities wit establishmentsSafer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.2.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #152 safest of 356 Assisted-living facilities wit employers in North Carolina.
Brookdale Hickory NE has fewer employees than the Assisted-living facilities without on-si median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.2. 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 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 11.6 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7.6 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
623312 · NC · Hickory
6,510 Assisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 240 employers in Hickory, 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 | Abe's Garden Community | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 10968 | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hillhaven | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Discovery Village at the Forum | 5.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Shugart Farm | 30 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hays Hatchery | 30 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hight Family Farms LLC | 30 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | High Point Operations Center | 30 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Catawba Valley Medical Center | 2,012 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Merchants Distributors LLC | 1,480 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Frye Regional Medical Center | 1,363 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hickory Manufacturing & Technology Center | 1,006 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Interstate Mechanical Service, LLC | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Jbs Live Pork Sandy River Farm | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Schulte Building Systems, Inc-Hueytown | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | COL | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Reliable Automatic Sprinkler - Grand Prairie, TX | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Esmet Inc | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 206 - Dump - Richmond | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hemdale Farms Inc | 30 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
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