Special Die and Tool, Die Set, Jig, and Fixture Manufacturing · North Carolina

Hickory

Hickory, NC · ~91 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hickory runs at 82% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Special Die and Tool, Die Set, Jig, and Fixture Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Hickory: 2.7 TCR = 82% of Special Die and Tool, Die Set, Jig, and Fixture Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hickory safety composite

Hickory scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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

−0.6

2016→2024

Hickory injury rate improved

Hickory's TCR fell 0.6 from 0.6 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 17.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.6 · 2017=17.4 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=4.5 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333514 · Hickory, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 82% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #7/14
  • PHOTO Toolcraft Machining
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~91 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Toolcraft Machining (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hickory in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hickory averages 2.7 TCR (82% of the Special Die and Tool, Die Set, Jig, and Fixture Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Hickory TCR series: 2016=0.6 · 2017=17.4 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=4.5 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Hickory falls in its industry

387 Special Die and Tool, Die Set, establishments

Safer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 14 Special Die and Tool, Die Set, employers in North Carolina.

Hickory (91 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Hickory
Hickory (91 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Hickory has more employees than the Special Die and Tool, Die Set, Jig, and median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 1.8 1.8 1 0 0
2022 4.5 2.2 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 17.4 17.4 1 0 0
2016 0.6 0.2 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333514 · NC · Hickory

387 Special Die and Tool, Die Set, Jig, and Fixture Manufacturing 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 Toolcraft Machining 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dynacast - Germantown 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR MP Components Inc. 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fort Wayne Wire Die, Inc. 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tri-hishtil, Llc 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brother Construction LLC 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Triple-R Electric, Inc. 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE TRS Sesco 91 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 Dudeck Roofing & Sheet Metal, Inc. 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Christman Mid-Atlantic Constructors, Inc. - Virginia 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Waldrop's Lawn Care, Inc 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Charleston, Wv Branch 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE T & M Asphalt Paving, Inc. 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ktc - Ndc 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ann Arbor Service Center 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trader Joe's 0624 Pittsburgh 91 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.