Natural Gas Distribution · North Carolina

Hickory Resource Center PNG

Hickory, NC · ~47 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hickory Resource Center PNG runs at 93% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Natural Gas Distribution workplace, earning a grade C.

Hickory Resource Center PNG: 1.1 TCR = 93% of Natural Gas Distribution BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hickory Resource Center PNG safety composite

Hickory Resource Center PNG scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% 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

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.2

2016→2021

Hickory Resource Center PNG injury rate improved

Hickory Resource Center PNG's TCR fell 2.2 from 2.2 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.2 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.2 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · Hickory, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 1.1 · 93% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #13/46
  • PHOTO DNR OPERATIONS SLC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~47 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: DNR OPERATIONS SLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hickory Resource Center PNG in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hickory Resource Center PNG averages 1.1 TCR (93% of the Natural Gas Distribution BLS benchmark).

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

Hickory Resource Center PNG TCR series: 2016=2.2 · 2021=0 · BLS 1.2

Where Hickory Resource Center PNG falls in its industry

1,153 Natural Gas Distribution establishments

Safer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 46 Natural Gas Distribution employers in North Carolina.

Hickory Resource Center PNG (47 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Hickory Resource Center PNG
Hickory Resource Center PNG (47 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Hickory Resource Center PNG has fewer employees than the Natural Gas Distribution median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2016 2.2 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · NC · Hickory

1,153 Natural Gas Distribution 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 DNR OPERATIONS SLC 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR UGI Penn Natural Gas Empire 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR SAZ-Sierra Vista Office 0047-FAC27 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vectren Corporation - Wagner 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Monroe NC Operations 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dan River Steam Station 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Smith Douglas Charlotte 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE North State Mechanical, Inc. 47 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 Diakon - Manatawny 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR KCC Neenah 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Community Health of Central Washington 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Norstan Communications Inc - Houston* 1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Miami Valley Hospital South 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE WIL 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE BC 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Google Warehouse 47 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, 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.