Industrial machinery and equipment (except electrical) merchant wholesalers · North Carolina
Ditch Witch of the Carolinas
Charlotte, NC · ~41 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.2
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Ditch Witch of the Carolinas runs at 327% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Industrial machinery and equipment (except electrical) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.
Ditch Witch of the Carolinas: 7.2 TCR = 327% of Industrial machinery and equipment (except electrical) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Ditch Witch of the Carolinas safety composite
Ditch Witch of the Carolinas scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 4%), 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).
17/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.2 per 100 workers
Safer than 7% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7.53 per 100 workers
Safer than 4% 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
Ditch Witch of the Carolinas: 7.0 → 7.5 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 7.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.05× in 2020
Ditch Witch of the Carolinas's TCR rose 0.5 from 7.0 in 2016 to 7.5 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 1.05× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423830 · Charlotte, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 7.2 · 327% of ind
- DART 7.5 DART
- RANK #32/35
- PHOTO Barclay Brand Ferdon
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 9 inj
- SIZE ~41 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Barclay Brand Ferdon (0.0 TCR gap)
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Ditch Witch of the Carolinas in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Casco Equipmen
Casco Equipment Corporation
7.3 TCR
- This site
Ditch Witch of the Carolinas
7.2 TCR
- Barclay Brand
Barclay Brand Ferdon
7.2 TCR
- HUTSON INC - M
HUTSON INC - MAYFIELD
7.2 TCR
- Kansas City Pa
Kansas City Packaged Gas Store
7.1 TCR
What this shows Ditch Witch of the Carolinas averages 7.2 TCR (327% of the Industrial machinery and equipment (except electrical) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Ditch Witch of the Carolinas TCR series: 2016=7 · 2017=7.1 · 2020=7.5 · BLS 2.2
Where Ditch Witch of the Carolinas falls in its industry
911 Industrial machinery and equip establishmentsSafer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #32 safest of 35 Industrial machinery and equip employers in North Carolina.
Ditch Witch of the Carolinas has fewer employees than the Industrial machinery and equipment (exce 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 7.0 | 4.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423830 · NC · Charlotte
911 Industrial machinery and equipment (except electrical) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 2,058 employers in Charlotte, 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 | Barclay Brand Ferdon | 7.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | HUTSON INC - MAYFIELD | 7.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Casco Equipment Corporation | 7.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Kansas City Packaged Gas Store | 7.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Jeff Barnes LLC | 41 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sandhill Turf | 41 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lewiston NC Operation | 41 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hendersonville Operations Center | 41 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1101-Carolinas Medical Center (1101) | 8,444 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 0001-Carolinas Medical Center | 8,032 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 4795-AA-CLT-CHARLOTTE-CLT-TRML | 7,295 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center | 4,973 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | OneLegacy | 7.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Green Plains Cattle Company LLC - Sublette | 7.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Town & Country Supermarket #3824 | 7.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | FORJAK Industrial | 7.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Precision Brand Products, Inc. | 41 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Senior High School | 41 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | B&B Cleveland Office | 41 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Maxwell Chase Technologies, LLC | 41 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.