White water rafting, recreational · North Carolina

Nantahala Outdoor Center - Nantahala Outpost

Bryson City, NC · ~105 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Nantahala Outdoor Center - Nantahala Outpost runs at 104% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical White water rafting, recreational workplace, earning a grade C.

Nantahala Outdoor Center - Nantahala Outpost: 3.2 TCR = 104% of White water rafting, recreational BLS 3.1 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nantahala Outdoor Center - Nantahala Outpost safety composite

Nantahala Outdoor Center - Nantahala Outpost scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 69% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 40%), 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

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.6

2020→2023

Nantahala Outdoor Center - Nantahala Outpost injury rate improved

Nantahala Outdoor Center - Nantahala Outpost's TCR fell 0.6 from 4.3 in 2020 to 3.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=4.3 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=4.9 · 2023=3.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 713990 · Bryson City, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.2 · 104% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #6/9
  • PHOTO The Escape Game Opry…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~105 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Escape Game Opry LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Nantahala Outdoor Center - Nantahala Outpost in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Nantahala Outdoor Center - Nantahala Outpost averages 3.2 TCR (104% of the White water rafting, recreational BLS benchmark).

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

Nantahala Outdoor Center - Nantahala Outpost TCR series: 2020=4.3 · 2021=0 · 2022=4.9 · 2023=3.7 · BLS 3.1

Where Nantahala Outdoor Center - Nantahala Outpost falls in its industry

289 White water rafting, recreatio establishments

Safer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 9 White water rafting, recreatio employers in North Carolina.

Nantahala Outdoor Center - Nantahala Outpost (105 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 42 employees and a TCR of 5.0 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Nantahala Outdoor Center - Nantahala Outpost
Nantahala Outdoor Center - Nantahala Outpost (105 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 42 employees and a TCR of 5.0

Nantahala Outdoor Center - Nantahala Outpost has more employees than the White water rafting, recreational median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.0. 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
2023 3.7 1.5 5 0 0
2022 4.9 2.1 7 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 4.3 1.7 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

713990 · NC · Bryson City

289 White water rafting, recreational employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 16 employers in Bryson City, 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 The Escape Game Opry LLC 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Topgolf Naperville 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Encino & Balboa Golf (Sepulveda) 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Escape Game Las Vegas, LLC 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE UFO-Utilities 105 FTE
STATE-SIZE Omega Construction, Inc. 105 FTE
STATE-SIZE Curtin Trucking and Drainage Inc. 105 FTE
STATE-SIZE Advance Concrete 105 FTE
CITY-NEAR ConMet Bryson City 139 FTE
CITY-NEAR Store 035 129 FTE
CITY-NEAR DLP Swain County Hospital LLC 118 FTE
CITY-NEAR Swain Community Hospital 102 FTE
NAT-TCR Odyssey House Inc 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Concord Coach Lines, Inc - Corporate Office 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Philips NAM Linwood 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR ATOZ Tech, LLC - Selma 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Louisville KY (1) 105 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mittera - Rock Communications Plant 1 105 FTE
NAT-SIZE Unlimited Opportunities Inc 105 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fiesta # 23 105 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.