Academies, college or university · North Carolina

NC State University

Name: NC State University Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Raleigh, NC · ~11,491 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 2.2
Avg TCR: 1.4
Industry avg: 1
Fatality

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The verdict

NC State University runs at 160% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Academies, college or university workplace, earning a grade D.

NC State University: 2.2 TCR = 160% of Academies, college or university BLS 1.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

NC State University safety composite

NC State University scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 28% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 2%), 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).

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 2.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers
DART rate: F 1.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers
Fatalities: F 1

Safer than 2% 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

−0.4

2016→2018

NC State University injury rate improved

NC State University's TCR fell 0.4 from 2.5 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.5 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.5 · 2017=2.1 · 2018=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611310 · Raleigh, NC ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade D · TCR 2.2 · 160% of ind

DART 1.1 DART
RANK #7/12
PHOTO Maryville College
BOOK 3y book
INJ 593 inj
SIZE ~11,491 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Maryville College (0.0 TCR gap)

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St. Catherine

2.3
This site

2.2
Maryville Coll

2.2
Western Nevada

2.2
Division 10 Un

2.2

What this shows NC State University averages 2.2 TCR (160% of the Academies, college or university BLS benchmark).

NC State University TCR series: 2016=2.5 · 2017=2.1 · 2018=2.1 · BLS 1.4

Where NC State University falls in its industry

347 Academies, college or universi establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

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 #7 safest of 12 Academies, college or universi employers in North Carolina.

NC State University (11,491 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 617 employees and a TCR of 1.5

NC State University has more employees than the Academies, college or university median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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
2018	2.1	1.1	194	8	1
2017	2.1	1.2	175	17	0
2016	2.5	1.3	224	6	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611310 · NC · Raleigh

347 Academies, college or university 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Maryville College	MARYVILLE, TN	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	St. Catherine University	ST. PAUL, MN	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Western Nevada College	CARSON CITY, NV	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Division 10 University of Rochester	ROCHESTER, NY	2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	UNC Health Care	CHAPEL HILL	11,237 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Duke University Hospital	DURHAM	11,048 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WFBMC - Winston Campus	WINSTON SALEM	13,298 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Headway Workforce Solutions	RALEIGH	13,936 FTE
CITY-NEAR	UNC Rex Healthcare	Raleigh	7,282 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SECU	Raleigh	6,283 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WakeMed Raleigh Campus	Raleigh	5,730 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Raleigh Managed Services	Raleigh	5,342 FTE
NAT-TCR	Nancy N and JC Lewis Cancer Pavilion	Savannah, GA	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bemis Healthcare Packaging - New London	New London, WI	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ventura Foods, SALEM	Salem, OR	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	SBA Communications Corporation	Boca Raton, FL	2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	50 Christiana	Newark, DE	11,420 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Adventhealth Orlando	Orlando, FL	11,412 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hallmark Cards Mass Channel	Kansas City, MO	11,578 FTE
NAT-SIZE	SFO - Airport United Airlines Offices	San Francisco, CA	11,622 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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