Hospices, inpatient care · North Carolina
Hospice of Gaston County, Inc.
Gastonia, NC · ~90 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 5.2
- Avg TCR
- 6.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Hospice of Gaston County, Inc. runs at 80% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Hospices, inpatient care workplace, earning a grade B.
Hospice of Gaston County, Inc.: 5.2 TCR = 80% of Hospices, inpatient care BLS 6.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Hospice of Gaston County, Inc. safety composite
Hospice of Gaston County, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 63% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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).
48/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 5.19 per 100 workers
Safer than 63% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.3 per 100 workers
Safer than 28% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Hospice of Gaston County, Inc.: 5.5 → 8.4 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 8.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.21× in 2024
Hospice of Gaston County, Inc.'s TCR rose 2.9 from 5.5 in 2019 to 8.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 623110 · Gastonia, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 5.2 · 80% of ind
- DART 6.3 DART
- RANK #210/510
- PHOTO Sarah Ann Hester Mem…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 18 inj
- SIZE ~90 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Sarah Ann Hester Memorial Home (0.0 TCR gap)
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Hospice of Gaston County, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Hospice of Gaston County, Inc.
5.2 TCR
- Sarah Ann Hest
Sarah Ann Hester Memorial Home
5.2 TCR
- Eureka Nursing
Eureka Nursing
5.2 TCR
- Sagepoint Seni
Sagepoint Senior Services
5.2 TCR
- Waters of Midd
Waters of Middletown
5.2 TCR
What this shows Hospice of Gaston County, Inc. averages 5.2 TCR (80% of the Hospices, inpatient care BLS benchmark).
Hospice of Gaston County, Inc. TCR series: 2019=5.5 · 2020=6.1 · 2021=5 · 2022=3.1 · 2023=3 · 2024=8.4 · BLS 6.5
Where Hospice of Gaston County, Inc. falls in its industry
15,252 Hospices, inpatient care establishmentsSafer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.6.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #210 safest of 510 Hospices, inpatient care employers in North Carolina.
Hospice of Gaston County, Inc. has fewer employees than the Hospices, inpatient care median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.6. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.4 | 6.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.0 | 3.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
623110 · NC · Gastonia
15,252 Hospices, inpatient care employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 182 employers in Gastonia, 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 | Sarah Ann Hester Memorial Home | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Eureka Nursing | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sagepoint Senior Services | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Waters of Middletown | 5.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Allen Steam Station | 90 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Fayetteville Resource Center - PNG | 90 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | D.R. Horton, Inc. - Raleigh | 90 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | NJR Group Inc. | 90 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Gaston Memorial Hospital, Incorporated d/b/a CaroMont Regional Medical Center | 3,156 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Gaston County Government | 1,711 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Wix Allen Plant | 931 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Gastonia Components and Logistics - Tulip | 912 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Washington State Dept of Natural Resources - Equipment Services/Compound | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mira Loma Shop CA FXFE-MRLS | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 007k - Denver Co Rntl | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Tetra Pak Materials LLC | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0361 Meridian | 90 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Carfair Composites USA | 90 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Dairyland Seed | 90 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest - EVS | 90 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.