Fuel Dealer · North Carolina

Heritage Propane - Charlotte, NC

Charlotte, NC · ~28 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.0
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Heritage Propane - Charlotte, NC runs at 264% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fuel Dealer workplace, earning a grade F.

Heritage Propane - Charlotte, NC: 9.0 TCR = 264% of Fuel Dealer BLS 3.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Heritage Propane - Charlotte, NC safety composite

Heritage Propane - Charlotte, NC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 11%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% 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

−2.5

2016→2021

Heritage Propane - Charlotte, NC injury rate improved

Heritage Propane - Charlotte, NC's TCR fell 2.5 from 12.0 in 2016 to 9.5 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 12.0 TCR. In 2021, DART was 1.06× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=12.0 · 2017=10.3 · 2018=6.4 · 2019=11.2 · 2020=4.5 · 2021=9.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 9.0 · 264% of ind

  • DART 9.5 DART
  • RANK #10/11
  • PHOTO Monte Vista Cooperat…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Monte Vista Cooperative Main (0.0 TCR gap)

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Heritage Propane - Charlotte, NC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Heritage Propane - Charlotte, NC averages 9.0 TCR (264% of the Fuel Dealer BLS benchmark).

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

Heritage Propane - Charlotte, NC TCR series: 2016=12 · 2017=10.3 · 2018=6.4 · 2019=11.2 · 2020=4.5 · 2021=9.5 · BLS 3.4

Where Heritage Propane - Charlotte, NC falls in its industry

366 Fuel Dealer establishments

Safer than 25% 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 #10 safest of 11 Fuel Dealer employers in North Carolina.

Heritage Propane - Charlotte, NC (28 employees, TCR 9.0) 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 Heritage Propane - Charlotte, NC
Heritage Propane - Charlotte, NC (28 employees, TCR 9.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 33 employees and a TCR of 6.1

Heritage Propane - Charlotte, NC has fewer employees than the Fuel Dealer median and a higher 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
2021 9.5 9.5 2 0 0
2020 4.5 4.5 1 0 0
2019 11.2 11.2 3 0 0
2018 6.4 6.4 2 0 0
2017 10.3 10.3 3 0 0
2016 12.0 9.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

454310 · NC · Charlotte

366 Fuel Dealer employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 2,058 employers in Charlotte, 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 Monte Vista Cooperative Main 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Retail East - Palmer 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Loudon, NH 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR AmeriGas Propane - Phoenix, AZ 9.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE H & D Farms, Inc. 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE SMITH FARMS 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Michael Morris Farms 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Elkin Hatchery 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1101-Carolinas Medical Center (1101) 8,444 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0001-Carolinas Medical Center 8,032 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4795-AA-CLT-CHARLOTTE-CLT-TRML 7,295 FTE
CITY-NEAR Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center 4,973 FTE
NAT-TCR NAPA Stevens Point Distribution Center 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Pcx - Ct 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Pepsi of Salina 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Region 1 - Lawnfield 9.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Drury Inn - Paducah 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Avera Medical Group Windom 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Marlo Plastics Products Inc. 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2066 Advertising Image Center (Cincy, Oh) 28 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.