Trucking, specialized freight (except used goods), long-distance · North Carolina

Hilco Transport Kannapolis

Kannapolis, NC · ~76 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Hilco Transport Kannapolis runs at 101% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Trucking, specialized freight (except used goods), long-distance workplace, earning a grade C.

Hilco Transport Kannapolis: 4.5 TCR = 101% of Trucking, specialized freight (except used goods), long-distance BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hilco Transport Kannapolis safety composite

Hilco Transport Kannapolis scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 3%), 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).

F

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 3% 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

−3.3

2016→2024

Hilco Transport Kannapolis injury rate improved

Hilco Transport Kannapolis's TCR fell 3.3 from 6.8 in 2016 to 3.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 9.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.76× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.8 · 2017=9.2 · 2018=6.1 · 2019=6.2 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=1.1 · 2022=2.9 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=3.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484230 · Kannapolis, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.5 · 101% of ind

  • DART 3.5 DART
  • RANK #19/33
  • PHOTO Western Dairy Transp…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 37 inj
  • SIZE ~76 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Western Dairy Transport-Portales (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hilco Transport Kannapolis in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hilco Transport Kannapolis averages 4.5 TCR (101% of the Trucking, specialized freight (except used goods), long-distance BLS benchmark).

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

Hilco Transport Kannapolis TCR series: 2016=6.8 · 2017=9.2 · 2018=6.1 · 2019=6.2 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=1.1 · 2022=2.9 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=3.5 · BLS 4.5

Where Hilco Transport Kannapolis falls in its industry

1,026 Trucking, specialized freight establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 33 Trucking, specialized freight employers in North Carolina.

Hilco Transport Kannapolis (76 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Hilco Transport Kannapolis
Hilco Transport Kannapolis (76 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Hilco Transport Kannapolis has more employees than the Trucking, specialized freight (except us median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2024 3.5 3.5 4 0 0
2023 2.9 2.9 4 0 0
2022 2.9 2.2 4 0 1
2021 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2020 2.4 1.2 2 0 0
2019 6.2 3.1 6 0 0
2018 6.1 6.1 6 0 0
2017 9.2 9.2 6 0 0
2016 6.8 0.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484230 · NC · Kannapolis

1,026 Trucking, specialized freight (except used goods), long-distance employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 57 employers in Kannapolis, 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 Western Dairy Transport-Portales 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Westen Dairy Transport-Vinton 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 9613-1301 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR KME 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE CTC - CTN 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pro-Tops Inc 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Messer Construction Co. - Charlotte Region 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sammax Contracting, LLC 76 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kannapolis City Schools 850 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Kannapolis 532 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2005 427 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2005 404 FTE
NAT-TCR USA TX Houston Commercial 704377 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Western Dairy Transport-Portales 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Airline Drive Store 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Opportunity Center Administration 4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE F & S Building Innovations, Inc. 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Automatic Feed Co. 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hebron 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE GEI 76 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.