Distribution of natural gas · North Carolina

Gastonia Operations Center

Name: Gastonia Operations Center Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Gastonia, NC · ~83 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.6
Avg TCR: 1.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Gastonia Operations Center runs at 49% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Distribution of natural gas workplace, earning a grade A.

Gastonia Operations Center: 0.6 TCR = 49% of Distribution of natural gas BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gastonia Operations Center safety composite

Gastonia Operations Center scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% 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).

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 0.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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

−1.2

2016→2017

Gastonia Operations Center injury rate improved

Gastonia Operations Center's TCR fell 1.2 from 1.2 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 1.2 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.2 · 2017=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · Gastonia, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 49% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #5/46
PHOTO Hays Corporate Office
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~83 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hays Corporate Office (0.0 TCR gap)

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0.6
Hays Corporate

0.6
106-NiSource-C

0.6
National Fuel

0.6
Boise Corporat

0.6

What this shows Gastonia Operations Center averages 0.6 TCR (49% of the Distribution of natural gas BLS benchmark).

Gastonia Operations Center TCR series: 2016=1.2 · 2017=0 · BLS 1.2

Where Gastonia Operations Center falls in its industry

1,153 Distribution of natural gas establishments

Safer than 92% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

Grade A

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 46 Distribution of natural gas employers in North Carolina.

Gastonia Operations Center (83 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Gastonia Operations Center has more employees than the Distribution of natural gas median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2017	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2016	1.2	1.2	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · NC · Gastonia

1,153 Distribution of natural gas 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Hays Corporate Office	HAYS, KS	0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	106-NiSource-Columbus OH-Manor Park	COLUMBUS, OH	0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	National Fuel Gas Company	WILLIAMSVILLE, NY	0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Boise Corporate	BOISE, ID	0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	ROCKWELL FARMS INC	ROCKWELL	83 FTE
STATE-SIZE	D.R. Horton, Inc. - Greensboro	HIGH POINT	83 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Raleigh-Durham Call Center	RALEIGH	83 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Cardinal Civil Contracting Charlotte, LLC.	DENVER	83 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Gaston Memorial Hospital, Incorporated d/b/a CaroMont Regional Medical Center	Gastonia	3,156 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Gaston County Government	Gastonia	1,711 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Wix Allen Plant	Gastonia	931 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Gastonia Components and Logistics - Tulip	Gastonia	912 FTE
NAT-TCR	Nelson Electric Company	Cedar Rapids, IA	0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	HUNTSVILLE_AL	Huntsville, AL	0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Signode Industrial Products LLC	Glenview, IL	0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	2073-ASA-20730100-FO	Atlanta, GA	0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Coast to Coast Logistics LLC	Flint, MI	83 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hc42-442-Westchester Care Center	Tempe, AZ	83 FTE
NAT-SIZE	NAPP Timber & Lumber	Riceboro, GA	83 FTE
NAT-SIZE	NSK11 - North Sky - Sherwood	Sherwood, OR	83 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: 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.