Plumbing and heating contractors · North Carolina

Hickory Plumbing and Heating Co., Inc.

Name: Hickory Plumbing and Heating Co., Inc. Workplace Safety Data
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Hickory, NC · ~22 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 18.9
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Hickory Plumbing and Heating Co., Inc. runs at 675% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Plumbing and heating contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Hickory Plumbing and Heating Co., Inc.: 18.9 TCR = 675% of Plumbing and heating contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hickory Plumbing and Heating Co., Inc. safety composite

Hickory Plumbing and Heating Co., Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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).

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 18.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−37.8

2020→2021

Hickory Plumbing and Heating Co., Inc. injury rate improved

Hickory Plumbing and Heating Co., Inc.'s TCR fell 37.8 from 37.8 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 37.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=37.8 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Hickory, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 18.9 · 675% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #211/212
PHOTO TMP OPCO LLC
BOOK 2y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TMP OPCO LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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18.9
TMP OPCO LLC

18.9
Hiller, LLC-AL

18.9
Sunderland Plu

18.8
Everest Mechan

18.7

What this shows Hickory Plumbing and Heating Co., Inc. averages 18.9 TCR (675% of the Plumbing and heating contractors BLS benchmark).

Hickory Plumbing and Heating Co., Inc. TCR series: 2020=37.8 · 2021=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Hickory Plumbing and Heating Co., Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Plumbing and heating contracto establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #211 safest of 212 Plumbing and heating contracto employers in North Carolina.

Hickory Plumbing and Heating Co., Inc. (22 employees, TCR 18.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Hickory Plumbing and Heating Co., Inc. has fewer employees than the Plumbing and heating contractors median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2020	37.8	32.4	4	3	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · NC · Hickory

5,793 Plumbing and heating contractors 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	TMP OPCO LLC	WESTLAND, MI	18.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hiller, LLC-AL	HUNTSVILLE, AL	18.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Sunderland Plumbing, Inc.	BLAINE, MN	18.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Everest Mechanical LLC	LONGMONT, CO	18.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	A Plus Farms, Inc.	BUNNLEVEL	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Rock Ridge Farms Partnership	WILSON	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Vanguard Farms, Inc.	GREENVILLE	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	LNM - 105 -EST	WARSAW	22 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Catawba Valley Medical Center	Hickory	2,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Merchants Distributors LLC	Hickory	1,480 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Frye Regional Medical Center	Hickory	1,363 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hickory Manufacturing & Technology Center	Hickory	1,006 FTE
NAT-TCR	Greene County Nursing Center, LLC	Greensboro, GA	18.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Liberty Frontida - Adelaide Place	Fond Du Lac, WI	18.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Loretto Home	Rutland, VT	18.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Spee Dee Delivery Service, Inc - Mason City	Mason City, IA	18.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Palm Valley Animal Society, PAWS	Edinburg, TX	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Fairfield Inn Gadsden	Gadsden, AL	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Entergy Winnsboro	Winnsboro, LA	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	River Valley Cooperative-Geneseo	Geneseo, IL	22 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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