Economic development agencies, government · North Carolina

HQ Commerce

Raleigh, NC · ~129 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.5
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

HQ Commerce runs at 15% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Economic development agencies, government workplace, earning a grade A.

HQ Commerce: 0.5 TCR = 15% of Economic development agencies, government BLS 3.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

HQ Commerce safety composite

HQ Commerce scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 91% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 25%), 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

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 91% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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%).

Rising injury rate

HQ Commerce: 0.0 → 1.4 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 1.4 TCR · DART/TCR 3× in 2020

HQ Commerce's TCR rose 1.4 from 0.0 in 2018 to 1.4 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 926110 · Raleigh, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 15% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK P91
  • PHOTO DEED-Central Office
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~129 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: DEED-Central Office (0.0 TCR gap)

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HQ Commerce in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows HQ Commerce averages 0.5 TCR (15% of the Economic development agencies, government BLS benchmark).

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

HQ Commerce TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=1.4 · BLS 3.2

Where HQ Commerce falls in its industry

34 Economic development agencies, establishments

Safer than 91% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
HQ Commerce (129 employees, TCR 0.5) among 19 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 110 employees and a TCR of 1.7 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 20 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 012345 Average employees Total Case Rate HQ Commerce
HQ Commerce (129 employees, TCR 0.5) among 19 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 110 employees and a TCR of 1.7

HQ Commerce has more employees than the Economic development agencies, governmen median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.7. 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
2020 1.4 1.4 2 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

926110 · NC · Raleigh

34 Economic development agencies, government employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 973 employers in Raleigh, 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 DEED-Central Office 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR CADILLAC PLACE - LEO 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dept. of Commerce, Community & Economic Development (9) 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dept. of Commerce, Community & Econmic Development (2) 0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Smithfarms 129 FTE
STATE-SIZE Everest Textile USA LLC 129 FTE
STATE-SIZE Amcor Rigid Plastics 129 FTE
STATE-SIZE 511 Leland 129 FTE
CITY-NEAR Headway Workforce Solutions 13,936 FTE
CITY-NEAR NC State University 11,491 FTE
CITY-NEAR UNC Rex Healthcare 7,282 FTE
CITY-NEAR SECU 6,283 FTE
NAT-TCR Indian Point Entergy Nuclear Operations Inc 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Cabot Corporation Canal Plant 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR IEF- Westborough 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Chelsea Ma 0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Grand View Care Center, Inc. 129 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dillman Equipment 129 FTE
NAT-SIZE Manufacturing Plant 129 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trib Total Media - Greensburg 129 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: 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.