Water · North Carolina

Elkin

Elkin, NC · ~143 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Elkin runs at 163% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Water workplace, earning a grade D.

Elkin: 2.0 TCR = 163% of Water BLS 1.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Elkin safety composite

Elkin scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 43%), 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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%).

Elkin held a steady TCR band

Elkin's TCR held near 0.0 from 2.8 in 2016 to 2.8 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 1.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.8 · 2017=1.4 · 2018=0.7 · 2019=2.8 · 2020=1.4 · 2021=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Elkin, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 2.0 · 163% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #5/33
  • PHOTO Kentucky American Wa…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~143 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kentucky American Water (0.0 TCR gap)

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Elkin in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Elkin averages 2.0 TCR (163% of the Water BLS benchmark).

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

Elkin TCR series: 2016=2.8 · 2017=1.4 · 2018=0.7 · 2019=2.8 · 2020=1.4 · 2021=2.8 · BLS 1.2

Where Elkin falls in its industry

727 Water establishments

Safer than 77% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

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 33 Water employers in North Carolina.

Elkin (143 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Elkin
Elkin (143 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Elkin has more employees than the Water median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2021 2.8 2.8 4 0 0
2020 1.4 1.4 2 0 0
2019 2.8 2.1 4 0 0
2018 0.7 0.0 1 0 0
2017 1.4 0.7 2 0 0
2016 2.8 2.1 3 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · NC · Elkin

727 Water 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 Kentucky American Water 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR St. Charles 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Johns Creek - OMI 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tampa Bay Water 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pike Kentucky Statewide Operations 143 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bernhard MCC L.L.C. CNC 143 FTE
STATE-SIZE prestige farms 143 FTE
STATE-SIZE Artisanal Brewing Ventures - Brewery 143 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 TAMKO - Phillipsburg 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 401 Collins 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Store #003 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Silver Legacy Resort Casino 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE 6939 Mdv Oklahoma City (Ok) 143 FTE
NAT-SIZE Roth'S - West Salem 143 FTE
NAT-SIZE Agriculture, Wghts & Meas. 143 FTE
NAT-SIZE Niles Industrial Coatings LLC 143 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.