General Freight Trucking Local · North Carolina

Gastonia (Ncgst)

Gastonia, NC · ~35 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.7
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Gastonia (Ncgst) runs at 149% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General Freight Trucking Local workplace, earning a grade D.

Gastonia (Ncgst): 6.7 TCR = 149% of General Freight Trucking Local BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gastonia (Ncgst) safety composite

Gastonia (Ncgst) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.5

2016→2018

Gastonia (Ncgst) injury rate improved

Gastonia (Ncgst)'s TCR fell 3.5 from 10.2 in 2016 to 6.6 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 10.2 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.99× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.2 · 2017=3.3 · 2018=6.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484110 · Gastonia, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.7 · 149% of ind

  • DART 6.6 DART
  • RANK #70/89
  • PHOTO Chattanooga, TN
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Chattanooga, TN (0.0 TCR gap)

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Gastonia (Ncgst) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Gastonia (Ncgst) averages 6.7 TCR (149% of the General Freight Trucking Local BLS benchmark).

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

Gastonia (Ncgst) TCR series: 2016=10.2 · 2017=3.3 · 2018=6.6 · BLS 4.5

Where Gastonia (Ncgst) falls in its industry

2,784 General Freight Trucking Local establishments

Safer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #70 safest of 89 General Freight Trucking Local employers in North Carolina.

Gastonia (Ncgst) (35 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Gastonia (Ncgst)
Gastonia (Ncgst) (35 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Gastonia (Ncgst) has fewer employees than the General Freight Trucking Local median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2018 6.6 6.6 2 0 0
2017 3.3 3.3 1 0 0
2016 10.2 10.2 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484110 · NC · Gastonia

2,784 General Freight Trucking Local 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 Chattanooga, TN 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR SIDS-Suwanee Suffolk/Sussex Del/Off 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pitt Ohio - Richmond 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR XBL INDUSTRIAL SERVICE CO LLC-WF 6.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Boykin Farms, Inc. 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE NEW COLONY SOW FARM 6276 -EST 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Goldsboro Field Services 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Butterball LLC Hatchery # 2 35 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 Versailles (Inver) 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Cocoa Center (Flcoc) 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Holland - CO 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Heritage Health - Springfield 6.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Kirksville (Mokir) 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Clovis Center (Nmclo) 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rock Island (Ilrln) 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hilo Center (Hiito) 35 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: 2018, 2017, 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.