General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) · North Carolina
Century Services
Hickory, NC · ~32 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 3.6
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Century Services runs at 79% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade B.
Century Services: 3.6 TCR = 79% of General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Century Services safety composite
Century Services scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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).
31/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.56 per 100 workers
Safer than 41% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 10.69 per 100 workers
Safer than 5% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 53% 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 Services: 0.0 → 10.7 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 10.7 TCR · DART/TCR 3× in 2023
Century Services's TCR rose 10.7 from 0.0 in 2016 to 10.7 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 484121 · Hickory, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 3.6 · 79% of ind
- DART 10.7 DART
- RANK #70/125
- PHOTO 300000170856037 - CA…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 5 inj
- SIZE ~32 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 300000170856037 - CA-San Bernardino Intermodal (0.0 TCR gap)
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Century Services in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Century Services
3.6 TCR
- 30000017085603
300000170856037 - CA-San Bernardino Intermodal
3.6 TCR
- Cox Transporta
Cox Transportation Services LLC
3.6 TCR
- Orange
Orange
3.6 TCR
- Eden Terminal
Eden Terminal
3.6 TCR
What this shows Century Services averages 3.6 TCR (79% of the General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).
Century Services TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=3.6 · 2018=0 · 2019=3.5 · 2023=10.7 · BLS 4.5
Where Century Services falls in its industry
3,252 General freight trucking, long establishmentsSafer than 41% 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 #70 safest of 125 General freight trucking, long employers in North Carolina.
Century Services has fewer employees than the General freight trucking, long-distance, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
484121 · NC · Hickory
3,252 General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) 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 | 300000170856037 - CA-San Bernardino Intermodal | 3.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Cox Transportation Services LLC | 3.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Orange | 3.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Eden Terminal | 3.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | T.C. Smith Produce Farm | 32 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | LATHAMS NURSERY INC. - MONROE, NC | 32 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lake Wendell Farming Co. LLC | 32 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Case Farms Goldsboro Hatchery | 32 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 | Sun Chemical Concord Plates | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Lakewood Country Club | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Stephen F Peters Inc | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Harbor Health Services, Inc. HCHC-P | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Agc Va (Loc Code: Agcva1) | 32 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | AZZ Galvanizing - Louisville | 32 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Fairview Caseyville Township Fire Protection District | 32 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Princess Paper Inc | 32 FTE |
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.