FIRE SPRINKLER PROTECTION SYSTEM SUBCONTRACTOR · North Carolina

Century Fire Protection Hickory

Name: Century Fire Protection Hickory Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Hickory, NC · ~39 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · September 26, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.3
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Century Fire Protection Hickory runs at 46% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical FIRE SPRINKLER PROTECTION SYSTEM SUBCONTRACTOR workplace, earning a grade A.

Century Fire Protection Hickory: 1.3 TCR = 46% of FIRE SPRINKLER PROTECTION SYSTEM SUBCONTRACTOR BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Century Fire Protection Hickory safety composite

Century Fire Protection Hickory scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% 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).

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

Century Fire Protection Hickory: 0.0 → 2.6 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 2.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2020

Century Fire Protection Hickory's TCR rose 2.6 from 0.0 in 2019 to 2.6 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Hickory, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 46% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #46/212
PHOTO eagle air
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~39 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: eagle air (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.3
eagle air

1.3
Aireforce Heat

1.3
Cobb Mechanica

1.3
Horwitz, Inc

1.3

What this shows Century Fire Protection Hickory averages 1.3 TCR (46% of the FIRE SPRINKLER PROTECTION SYSTEM SUBCONTRACTOR BLS benchmark).

Century Fire Protection Hickory TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=2.6 · BLS 2.8

Where Century Fire Protection Hickory falls in its industry

5,793 FIRE SPRINKLER PROTECTION SYST establishments

Safer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #46 safest of 212 FIRE SPRINKLER PROTECTION SYST employers in North Carolina.

Century Fire Protection Hickory (39 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Century Fire Protection Hickory has fewer employees than the FIRE SPRINKLER PROTECTION SYSTEM SUBCONT median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2020	2.6	0.0	1	0	0
2019	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · NC · Hickory

5,793 FIRE SPRINKLER PROTECTION SYSTEM SUBCONTRACTOR 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	eagle air	ESCONDIDO, CA	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Aireforce Heating & Air, Inc.	SANTEE, CA	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Cobb Mechanical Contractors Inc - Colorado Springs, CO	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Horwitz, Inc	NEW HOPE, MN	1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Delaware River Stevedores - MOTSU	SOUTHPORT	39 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Store 1157	RALEIGH	39 FTE
STATE-SIZE	General Services Department	ASHEVILLE	39 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Falls River Village	RALEIGH	39 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Catawba Valley Medical Center	Hickory	2,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Merchants Distributors LLC	Hickory	1,480 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Frye Regional Medical Center	Hickory	1,363 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hickory Manufacturing & Technology Center	Hickory	1,006 FTE
NAT-TCR	WESCO Seattle WA 6101	Renton, WA	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Schiess Distributors, Inc	Canton, MA	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ross store 608	Pico Rivera, CA	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Aflac Inc - Omaha	Omaha, NE	1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Valmet Inc	Clarks Summit, PA	39 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Interr-Opi-Terre Haute	Terre Haute, IN	39 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Floran-Opi-Orange Park	Orange Park, FL	39 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Salt Lake City, UT HVAC	West Valley City, UT	39 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: 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.