Electric Power Distribution · North Carolina

Cherokee Operations Center

Whittier, NC · ~26 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cherokee Operations Center runs at 174% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Electric Power Distribution workplace, earning a grade D.

Cherokee Operations Center: 2.1 TCR = 174% of Electric Power Distribution BLS 1.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cherokee Operations Center safety composite

Cherokee Operations Center scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% 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).

C

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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%).

Cherokee Operations Center held a steady TCR band

Cherokee Operations Center's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 8.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=4.5 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=4.2 · 2022=8.1 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221122 · Whittier, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.1 · 174% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #57/107
  • PHOTO Boyne City SC
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Boyne City SC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cherokee Operations Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cherokee Operations Center averages 2.1 TCR (174% of the Electric Power Distribution BLS benchmark).

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

Cherokee Operations Center TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=4.5 · 2020=0 · 2021=4.2 · 2022=8.1 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 1.2

Where Cherokee Operations Center falls in its industry

2,958 Electric Power Distribution establishments

Safer than 58% 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 #57 safest of 107 Electric Power Distribution employers in North Carolina.

Cherokee Operations Center (26 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Cherokee Operations Center
Cherokee Operations Center (26 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Cherokee Operations Center has fewer employees than the Electric Power Distribution median and a lower 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 8.1 4.0 2 0 0
2021 4.2 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 4.5 0.0 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221122 · NC · Whittier

2,958 Electric Power Distribution employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 5 employers in Whittier, 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 Boyne City SC 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hamilton SC 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR CEMC-Headquarters 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Columbus SW Svc Ctr 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE R. A. Wood Farms, Inc. 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Yarbrough Farms LLC 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE SOUTH LNM- EST 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Case Farms Goldsboro Hatchery 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR 01587 - STORE # 1587 WHITTIER 69 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1587 62 FTE
CITY-NEAR Buchanan and Sons Inc 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR 23851 STORE 23851 23 FTE
NAT-TCR Allen Brothers 1893 LLC 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Dayton 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Textron Aviation - Pawnee 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Ecumen Home Care Lakeshore 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Danville 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Simpsonville Operations Center 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 31 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Beckley ARH Medical Mall 26 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, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.