Veterinary clinics · North Carolina

Dickson Animal Clinic

Gastonia, NC · ~28 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.1
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dickson Animal Clinic runs at 2026% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Veterinary clinics workplace, earning a grade F.

Dickson Animal Clinic: 10.1 TCR = 2026% of Veterinary clinics BLS 0.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dickson Animal Clinic safety composite

Dickson Animal Clinic scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 10.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−11.4

2017→2024

Dickson Animal Clinic injury rate improved

Dickson Animal Clinic's TCR fell 11.4 from 18.5 in 2017 to 7.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 18.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=18.5 · 2018=5.4 · 2019=5.9 · 2020=10.8 · 2021=13.8 · 2022=4.0 · 2023=15.7 · 2024=7.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541940 · Gastonia, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.1 · 2026% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/9
  • PHOTO Lakefield Veterinary…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lakefield Veterinary Group - 129 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dickson Animal Clinic in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dickson Animal Clinic averages 10.1 TCR (2026% of the Veterinary clinics BLS benchmark).

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

Dickson Animal Clinic TCR series: 2017=18.5 · 2018=5.4 · 2019=5.9 · 2020=10.8 · 2021=13.8 · 2022=4 · 2023=15.7 · 2024=7.1 · BLS 0.5

Where Dickson Animal Clinic falls in its industry

261 Veterinary clinics establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 12.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 9 Veterinary clinics employers in North Carolina.

Dickson Animal Clinic (28 employees, TCR 10.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 42 employees and a TCR of 12.0 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 0100200300400 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate Dickson Animal Clinic
Dickson Animal Clinic (28 employees, TCR 10.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 42 employees and a TCR of 12.0

Dickson Animal Clinic has fewer employees than the Veterinary clinics median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 12.0. 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
2024 7.1 0.0 2 0 0
2023 15.7 15.7 4 0 0
2022 4.0 4.0 1 0 0
2021 13.8 0.0 4 0 0
2020 10.8 7.2 3 0 0
2019 5.9 5.9 1 0 0
2018 5.4 5.4 1 0 0
2017 18.5 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541940 · NC · Gastonia

261 Veterinary clinics employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 182 employers in Gastonia, 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 Lakefield Veterinary Group - 129 10.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lakefield Veterinary Group - 172 10.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Holly Springs 10.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Western Hills Animal Medical & Surgical Clinic 10.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE H & D Farms, Inc. 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE SMITH FARMS 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Michael Morris Farms 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Elkin Hatchery 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gaston Memorial Hospital, Incorporated d/b/a CaroMont Regional Medical Center 3,156 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gaston County Government 1,711 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wix Allen Plant 931 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gastonia Components and Logistics - Tulip 912 FTE
NAT-TCR Danville IL 10.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Magpro LLC 10.1 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Bayport 10.1 TCR
NAT-TCR JR Doran Inc. dba Ceramic Tile Plus 10.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Astor Services for Children & Families- ECP- Mt. Alvernia 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lake Road Generating Company LLC 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Doyle & Roth Mfg. Co., Inc. 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lincoln Park Boring Co. 28 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, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.