Homefurnishings stores · North Carolina

HG1049

Hickory, NC · ~40 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

HG1049 runs at 99% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Homefurnishings stores workplace, earning a grade C.

HG1049: 3.4 TCR = 99% of Homefurnishings stores BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

HG1049 safety composite

HG1049 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% 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).

C

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 3.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% 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%).

Rising injury rate

HG1049: 0.0 → 5.6 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 7.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2022

HG1049's TCR rose 5.6 from 0.0 in 2019 to 5.6 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 7.8 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 442299 · Hickory, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.4 · 99% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #18/65
  • PHOTO Bed Bath and Beyond …
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bed Bath and Beyond Rockford (0.0 TCR gap)

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HG1049 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows HG1049 averages 3.4 TCR (99% of the Homefurnishings stores BLS benchmark).

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

HG1049 TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=7.8 · 2022=5.6 · BLS 3.4

Where HG1049 falls in its industry

2,162 Homefurnishings stores establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 65 Homefurnishings stores employers in North Carolina.

HG1049 (40 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 40 employees and a TCR of 6.2 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate HG1049
HG1049 (40 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 40 employees and a TCR of 6.2

HG1049 has more employees than the Homefurnishings stores median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.2. 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
2022 5.6 0.0 1 0 0
2021 7.8 0.0 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

442299 · NC · Hickory

2,162 Homefurnishings stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 240 employers in Hickory, 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 Bed Bath and Beyond Rockford 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bed Bath and Beyond Canton GA 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR HG1016 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cost Plus World Market CHARLESTON 6216 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Gary Thomas Farms 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tri-State Turf of NC 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fords Produce Company Inc 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pender Nursery Inc. 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR Catawba Valley Medical Center 2,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR Merchants Distributors LLC 1,480 FTE
CITY-NEAR Frye Regional Medical Center 1,363 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hickory Manufacturing & Technology Center 1,006 FTE
NAT-TCR Chester's Kitchen & Bar 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 845 Commons Residence Program 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 359620-Nyc-Prince Sta 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 518475-Spr-West Springfield Br 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE DI Supply 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Puckett Machinery Company - Gulfport 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stackhouse Brothers 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE HG1021 40 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.