Retail Hardware Stores · North Carolina

Lincolnton, Nc #03232

Name: Lincolnton, Nc #03232 Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Lincolnton, NC · ~19 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.6
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Lincolnton, Nc #03232 runs at 194% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Retail Hardware Stores workplace, earning a grade D.

Lincolnton, Nc #03232: 6.6 TCR = 194% of Retail Hardware Stores BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lincolnton, Nc #03232 safety composite

Lincolnton, Nc #03232 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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).

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 6.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers
DART rate: F 10.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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

Lincolnton, Nc #03232: 0.0 → 10.0 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 10.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.52× in 2023

Lincolnton, Nc #03232's TCR rose 10.0 from 0.0 in 2021 to 10.0 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.52× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444130 · Lincolnton, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.6 · 194% of ind

DART 10.0 DART
RANK #15/40
PHOTO EVANSVILLE, IN #00089
BOOK 3y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~19 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: EVANSVILLE, IN #00089 (0.0 TCR gap)

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6.6
EVANSVILLE, IN

6.6
0295 - LOMBARD

6.6
Atwoods 30

6.6
Ace Hardware W

6.6

What this shows Lincolnton, Nc #03232 averages 6.6 TCR (194% of the Retail Hardware Stores BLS benchmark).

Lincolnton, Nc #03232 TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=9.8 · 2023=10 · BLS 3.4

Where Lincolnton, Nc #03232 falls in its industry

1,493 Retail Hardware Stores establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 40 Retail Hardware Stores employers in North Carolina.

Lincolnton, Nc #03232 (19 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Lincolnton, Nc #03232 has fewer employees than the Retail Hardware Stores median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.2. 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
2023	10.0	10.0	1
2022	9.8	9.8	1
2021	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444130 · NC · Lincolnton

1,493 Retail Hardware Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 71 employers in Lincolnton, NC · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	EVANSVILLE, IN #00089	EVANSVILLE, IN	6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	0295 - LOMBARD, IL	LOMBARD, IL	6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Atwoods 30	TYLER, TX	6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ace Hardware Waukegan North	WAUKEGAN NORTH, IL	6.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Turf Today Inc.	LEXINGTON	19 FTE
STATE-SIZE	A And A Farms, Inc.	BUNNLEVEL	19 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Buy Sod USA - Leggett Sod Farm	TARBORO	19 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Southern Custom Shutters, INC	HIGH POINT	19 FTE
CITY-NEAR	RSI Home Products	Lincolnton	769 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1109-Atrium Health Lincoln (1109)	Lincolnton	672 FTE
CITY-NEAR	American Woodmark Corporation	Lincolnton	671 FTE
CITY-NEAR	0050-Atrium Health Lincoln	Lincolnton	653 FTE
NAT-TCR	1970-03154B	Coon Rapids, MN	6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Moline School District	Moline, IL	6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	AdventHealth Care Center Waterman	Tavares, FL	6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Food 4 Less - Hammer Lane	Stockton, CA	6.6 TCR

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: 2023, 2022, 2021. 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.