Grading construction sites · North Carolina

Cherokee Enterprises, Inc.

Cherokee, NC · ~27 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cherokee Enterprises, Inc. runs at 141% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Grading construction sites workplace, earning a grade D.

Cherokee Enterprises, Inc.: 4.0 TCR = 141% of Grading construction sites BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cherokee Enterprises, Inc. safety composite

Cherokee Enterprises, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 30%), 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

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.0

2019→2024

Cherokee Enterprises, Inc. injury rate improved

Cherokee Enterprises, Inc.'s TCR fell 3.0 from 3.0 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 8.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=3.0 · 2020=3.6 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=8.6 · 2023=8.6 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Cherokee, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 141% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #61/76
  • PHOTO JP Excavating
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: JP Excavating (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cherokee Enterprises, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cherokee Enterprises, Inc. averages 4.0 TCR (141% of the Grading construction sites BLS benchmark).

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

Cherokee Enterprises, Inc. TCR series: 2019=3 · 2020=3.6 · 2021=0 · 2022=8.6 · 2023=8.6 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Cherokee Enterprises, Inc. falls in its industry

1,750 Grading construction sites establishments

Safer than 30% 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 #61 safest of 76 Grading construction sites employers in North Carolina.

Cherokee Enterprises, Inc. (27 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 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 050100150200250 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Cherokee Enterprises, Inc.
Cherokee Enterprises, Inc. (27 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Cherokee Enterprises, Inc. has fewer employees than the Grading construction sites median and a higher 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 8.6 4.3 2 0 0
2022 8.6 0.0 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 3.6 3.6 1 0 0
2019 3.0 3.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · NC · Cherokee

1,750 Grading construction sites employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 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 JP Excavating 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Con-struct 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gerke Excavating 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Morrison Engineers Home Office 3.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bissette Farms, Inc 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hyde County Pullet Farm 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hyde County Pullet 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Price Logging Inc 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR HARRAH'S CHEROKEE CASINO RESORT 2,845 FTE
NAT-TCR Joel Olson Trucking, Inc. 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Sammamish Plateau Water & Sewer District 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Marietta Drapery & Window Coverings Co., Inc. 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR TXH092 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pat Scott Masonry 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mechanical Service Co. Inc. 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE North Central Mechanical, Inc. 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Grand Valley Gardens 27 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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