Extracts, essences and preparations, tea, manufacturing · North Carolina

Counter Culture Coffee, Inc.

Durham, NC · ~115 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.6
Avg TCR
4.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Counter Culture Coffee, Inc. runs at 161% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Extracts, essences and preparations, tea, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Counter Culture Coffee, Inc.: 6.6 TCR = 161% of Extracts, essences and preparations, tea, manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Counter Culture Coffee, Inc. safety composite

Counter Culture Coffee, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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).

F

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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

Counter Culture Coffee, Inc.: 1.6 → 12.6 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 12.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.02× in 2024

Counter Culture Coffee, Inc.'s TCR rose 11.0 from 1.6 in 2017 to 12.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.02× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311920 · Durham, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.6 · 161% of ind

  • DART 6.8 DART
  • RANK #8/8
  • PHOTO Bewleys North America
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 30 inj
  • SIZE ~115 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bewleys North America (0.1 TCR gap)

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Counter Culture Coffee, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Counter Culture Coffee, Inc. averages 6.6 TCR (161% of the Extracts, essences and preparations, tea, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Counter Culture Coffee, Inc. TCR series: 2017=1.6 · 2018=7 · 2019=5.3 · 2024=12.6 · BLS 4.1

Where Counter Culture Coffee, Inc. falls in its industry

169 Extracts, essences and prepara establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 8 Extracts, essences and prepara employers in North Carolina.

Counter Culture Coffee, Inc. (115 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 02004006008001,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Counter Culture Coffee, Inc.
Counter Culture Coffee, Inc. (115 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Counter Culture Coffee, Inc. has more employees than the Extracts, essences and preparations, tea median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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 12.6 6.8 13 0 0
2019 5.3 0.0 7 0 0
2018 7.0 0.0 8 0 0
2017 1.6 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311920 · NC · Durham

169 Extracts, essences and preparations, tea, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 530 employers in Durham, 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 Bewleys North America 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR DipStop, Inc. 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR WB Law & Son Inc 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Starbucks Carson Valley Roasting Plant and Distribution Center 6.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Brunswick Electric Membership Corp. Supply District 115 FTE
STATE-SIZE County of Harnett-Harnett Regional Water 115 FTE
STATE-SIZE Heavy Highway 115 FTE
STATE-SIZE Comfort Mechanical Contractors, Inc. 115 FTE
CITY-NEAR Duke University 23,871 FTE
CITY-NEAR Duke University Hospital 11,048 FTE
CITY-NEAR BCBSNC Telecommuters 3,033 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wolfspeed - Durham, NC 3,013 FTE
NAT-TCR Red Monkey Foods, Inc. 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Rex-Hide Industries, Inc. 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Victory Brewing Company Downingtown Brewery 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Commonwealth Corral Richmond, LLC 6.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Prairie Manor Nursing Home 115 FTE
NAT-SIZE Intalco Aluminum LLC 115 FTE
NAT-SIZE Komline-Sanderson 115 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lakewood Senior Living,Drums ,LLC d/b/a/ Fritzingertown Senior Living Commuity 115 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, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.