Colleges, universities, and professional schools · North Carolina
Cape Fear Community College
Wilmington, NC · ~1,210 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 0.9
- Avg TCR
- 1.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Cape Fear Community College runs at 63% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Colleges, universities, and professional schools workplace, earning a grade B.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 0.9
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 1.4
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 14
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Cape Fear Community College's OSHA Total Case Rate of 0.9 to the Colleges, universities, and professional schools BLS benchmark of 1.4 (63% of benchmark) across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Cape Fear Community College's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 1.4 industry benchmark.
Where Cape Fear Community College falls in its industry
409 Colleges, universities, and pr establishmentsSafer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.3.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 13 Colleges, universities, and pr employers in North Carolina.
Trend analysis for Cape Fear Community College
Between 2016 and 2017, Cape Fear Community College's Total Case Rate held roughly steady from 0.9 to 0.9 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 1% decrease across 1 year of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2017, at a TCR of 0.9, while 2016 saw the highest rate, at 0.9, a spread of 0.0 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 2 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, Cape Fear Community College recorded 14 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 14 injuries shown on this page for Cape Fear Community College are sourced from its own 2 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 611310 - Colleges, universities, and professional schools.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2017)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
2 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 1,613,825 hours worked = 0.25 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Cape Fear Community College (this establishment) | 0.88 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Universities industry avg | 1.40 | BLS IIF, NAICS 611310 |
| North Carolina state avg (all industries) | 3.89 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Cape Fear Community College to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2017: 7 reportable incidents · 7 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 7 reportable incidents · 7 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Cape Fear Community College's reported OSHA injury record, strong versus its Colleges, universities, and professional schools peers, but not a guarantee about any single site today.
- At 63% of the Colleges, universities, and professional schools benchmark, Cape Fear Community College reports fewer injuries than typical peers, still worth asking how safety is managed day to day. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Colleges, universities, and professional schools sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.