Distribution of natural gas · North Carolina
Gastonia Operations Center
Gastonia, NC · ~83 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.6
- Avg TCR
- 1.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
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.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.6
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 1.2
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 1
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Gastonia Operations Center's OSHA Total Case Rate to the BLS industry benchmark across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). This reflects reported recordable injuries, not an independent safety inspection -- underreporting is a known limitation of employer self-recordkeeping.
Injury rate over time
Gastonia Operations Center's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 1.2 industry benchmark.
Where Gastonia Operations Center falls in its industry
1,372 Distribution of natural gas establishmentsSafer than 77% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.1.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 58 Distribution of natural gas employers in North Carolina.
Gastonia Operations Center has an average TCR of 0.6, which is 49% of the industry average (1.2) for Distribution of natural gas. This is significantly better than average.
The letter grade is a transparent derived index PlainSafetyScore computes from public OSHA ITA and BLS benchmark data, not an official OSHA rating or safety certification. Full formula and thresholds: Methodology.
Trend analysis for Gastonia Operations Center
Between 2016 and 2017, Gastonia Operations Center's Total Case Rate improved from 1.2 to 0.0 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 100% decrease across 1 year of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2017, at a TCR of 0.0, while 2016 saw the highest rate, at 1.2, a spread of 1.2 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, Gastonia Operations Center recorded 1 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Gastonia Operations Center's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 221210 - Distribution of natural gas.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2017)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
0 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 171,157 hours worked = 0.00 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Gastonia Operations Center (this establishment) | 0.59 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Natural Gas Distribution industry avg | 1.20 | BLS IIF, NAICS 221210 |
| North Carolina state avg (all industries) | 3.89 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Gastonia Operations Center to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2017: 0 reportable incidents · 0 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
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 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Gastonia Operations Center's reported OSHA injury record, strong versus its Distribution of natural gas peers, but not a guarantee about any single site today.
- At 49% of the Distribution of natural gas benchmark, Gastonia Operations Center reports fewer injuries than typical peers, still worth asking how safety is managed day to day. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Distribution of natural gas sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.