Fiber optic cable made from purchased fiber optic strand · North Carolina
Hickory Manufacturing & Technology Center
Hickory, NC · ~1,006 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Hickory Manufacturing & Technology Center runs at 29% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Fiber optic cable made from purchased fiber optic strand workplace, earning a grade A.
Hickory Manufacturing & Technology Center: 1.0 TCR = 29% of Fiber optic cable made from purchased fiber optic strand BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Hickory Manufacturing & Technology Center safety composite
Hickory Manufacturing & Technology Center scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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).
55/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 0.96 per 100 workers
Safer than 76% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.15 per 100 workers
Safer than 35% 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
Hickory Manufacturing & Technology Center: 0.4 → 1.5 TCR
Peak year 2017 @ 1.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.2× in 2017
Hickory Manufacturing & Technology Center's TCR rose 1.1 from 0.4 in 2016 to 1.5 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 1.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 335921 · Hickory, NC AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE
Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 29% of ind
- DART 1.1 DART
- RANK #7/15
- PHOTO Corning Optical Comm…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 20 inj
- SIZE ~1,006 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Corning Optical Communications (COC) : Newton, NC (0.1 TCR gap)
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Hickory Manufacturing & Technology Center in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- CompuLink-USA
CompuLink-USA
1.1 TCR
- This site
Hickory Manufacturing & Technology Center
1 TCR
- Corning Optica
Corning Optical Communications (COC) : Newton, NC
1 TCR
- Howell Road
Howell Road
1 TCR
- Y73 NWK - NEWI
Y73 NWK - NEWINGTON
0.9 TCR
What this shows Hickory Manufacturing & Technology Center averages 1.0 TCR (29% of the Fiber optic cable made from purchased fiber optic strand BLS benchmark).
Hickory Manufacturing & Technology Center TCR series: 2016=0.4 · 2017=1.5 · BLS 3.3
Where Hickory Manufacturing & Technology Center falls in its industry
49 Fiber optic cable made from pu establishmentsSafer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 15 Fiber optic cable made from pu employers in North Carolina.
Hickory Manufacturing & Technology Center has more employees than the Fiber optic cable made from purchased fi median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
335921 · NC · Hickory
49 Fiber optic cable made from purchased fiber optic strand 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 | Corning Optical Communications (COC) : Newton, NC | 1.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Howell Road | 1.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CompuLink-USA | 1.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Y73 NWK - NEWINGTON | 0.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | RTP | 1,003 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Jernigan Oil and Propane - Ahoskie | 1,003 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 1103-Atrium Health University City (1103) | 1,003 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center | 1,002 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 Cable Plant | 958 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Siemens Energy Inc. - Mount Vernon | 1.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 48- Ladd (Cattani) | 1.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Beaumont District Office EN4T | 1.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Glasgow | 1.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | MFG-Augusta, GA-USA | 1,006 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Wolf Appliance | 1,006 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Breakthru Beverage Illinois, LLC. | 1,006 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Corporate 090 | 1,006 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.