Fuel oil (i.e., heating) dealers, direct selling · North Carolina

Elkin Establishment

Elkin, NC · ~44 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Elkin Establishment runs at 124% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fuel oil (i.e., heating) dealers, direct selling workplace, earning a grade D.

Elkin Establishment: 4.2 TCR = 124% of Fuel oil (i.e., heating) dealers, direct selling BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Elkin Establishment safety composite

Elkin Establishment scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% 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

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

Elkin Establishment: 2.4 → 4.7 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 11.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Elkin Establishment's TCR rose 2.3 from 2.4 in 2016 to 4.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 11.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 454310 · Elkin, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 124% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/11
  • PHOTO All Island Fuel of M…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: All Island Fuel of MAstic (0.0 TCR gap)

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Elkin Establishment in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Elkin Establishment averages 4.2 TCR (124% of the Fuel oil (i.e., heating) dealers, direct selling BLS benchmark).

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

Elkin Establishment TCR series: 2016=2.4 · 2018=2.8 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=11.6 · 2022=4.8 · 2023=7.3 · 2024=4.7 · BLS 3.4

Where Elkin Establishment falls in its industry

366 Fuel oil (i.e., heating) deale establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 11 Fuel oil (i.e., heating) deale employers in North Carolina.

Elkin Establishment (44 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 33 employees and a TCR of 6.1 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 020406080100 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Elkin Establishment
Elkin Establishment (44 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 33 employees and a TCR of 6.1

Elkin Establishment has more employees than the Fuel oil (i.e., heating) dealers, direct median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.1. 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 4.7 0.0 2 0 0
2023 7.3 7.3 3 0 0
2022 4.8 4.8 2 0 0
2021 11.6 6.9 5 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2016 2.4 2.4 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

454310 · NC · Elkin

366 Fuel oil (i.e., heating) dealers, direct selling employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 40 employers in Elkin, 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 All Island Fuel of MAstic 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Valley City Main Station 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR R. F. White Co. Inc DBA WP Tank Lines 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 5300-DRC-PRESQUE ISLE 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sleepy Creek Farms 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE ALBEMARLE WMSTN 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Morganton 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Aqua Services, Inc. - Cary 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pittsburgh Glass Works, LLC - Elkin 380 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1337 351 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pittsburgh Glass Works, LLC 343 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1337 330 FTE
NAT-TCR OFS Plant #11 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Quickdraft, Inc. 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Murray Electric System 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Especially Kidz Health & Rehab 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Gentle Shepherd Hospice, Inc. 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Annapolis #616 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corporate Office 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Arizona QCC 44 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, 2016. 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.