Addition, alteration and renovation general contractors, commercial and institutional building · North Carolina

Matthews Construction Co., Inc.

Conover, NC · ~49 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
2.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Matthews Construction Co., Inc. runs at 56% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Addition, alteration and renovation general contractors, commercial and institutional building workplace, earning a grade B.

Matthews Construction Co., Inc.: 1.6 TCR = 56% of Addition, alteration and renovation general contractors, commercial and institutional building BLS 2.9 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Matthews Construction Co., Inc. safety composite

Matthews Construction Co., Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 63% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 24%), 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).

D

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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

Matthews Construction Co., Inc.: 1.4 → 2.4 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 4.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.48× in 2024

Matthews Construction Co., Inc.'s TCR rose 1.0 from 1.4 in 2016 to 2.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 236220 · Conover, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.6 · 56% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #52/93
  • PHOTO Environamics-Raleigh
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~49 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Environamics-Raleigh (0.0 TCR gap)

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Matthews Construction Co., Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Matthews Construction Co., Inc. averages 1.6 TCR (56% of the Addition, alteration and renovation general contractors, commercial and institutional building BLS benchmark).

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

Matthews Construction Co., Inc. TCR series: 2016=1.4 · 2017=4.9 · 2018=1.7 · 2019=1.7 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=0 · 2024=2.4 · BLS 2.9

Where Matthews Construction Co., Inc. falls in its industry

4,692 Addition, alteration and renov establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #52 safest of 93 Addition, alteration and renov employers in North Carolina.

Matthews Construction Co., Inc. (49 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 0100200300400500 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Matthews Construction Co., Inc.
Matthews Construction Co., Inc. (49 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Matthews Construction Co., Inc. has fewer employees than the Addition, alteration and renovation gene median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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 2.4 2.4 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 2.6 2.6 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 1.7 1.7 1 0 0
2018 1.7 0.0 1 0 0
2017 4.9 4.9 3 0 0
2016 1.4 1.4 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

236220 · NC · Conover

4,692 Addition, alteration and renovation general contractors, commercial and institutional building employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 95 employers in Conover, 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 Environamics-Raleigh 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Clark/Sullivan Construction - California 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR NGI National Constructors, LLC 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR AC Schommer & Sons, Inc. 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Zackly Rite Farms 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Taylor's Nursery-Raleigh 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Butterball Hatchery # 3 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Matthews Operations Center 49 FTE
CITY-NEAR Zenith - Conover 409 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 4224 369 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4224 327 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2510 Conover Folding 309 FTE
NAT-TCR Mutual Graphics 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Super Transport International, Ltd 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Amherst 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR RCL 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Modern Builders Supply Toledo 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sunshine Ace Hardware-Golden Gate 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Greenville SC Millwork 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rockport TX Retail 49 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.