Couriers and Express Delivery Services · North Carolina
Nchik - Hickory Center
Hickory, NC · ~156 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 5.7
- Avg TCR
- 6.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Nchik - Hickory Center runs at 87% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Couriers and Express Delivery Services workplace, earning a grade C.
Nchik - Hickory Center: 5.7 TCR = 87% of Couriers and Express Delivery Services BLS 6.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Nchik - Hickory Center safety composite
Nchik - Hickory Center scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 95% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).
74/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 5.67 per 100 workers
Safer than 71% of industry peers
- DART rate
- A 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 95% 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%).
TCR Δ
−9.7
2019→2024
Nchik - Hickory Center injury rate improved
Nchik - Hickory Center's TCR fell 9.7 from 10.6 in 2019 to 0.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 10.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2019=10.6 · 2020=6.9 · 2021=7.7 · 2022=3.4 · 2023=4.4 · 2024=0.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 492110 · Hickory, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 5.7 · 87% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #82/214
- PHOTO Amazon.com Services …
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 37 inj
- SIZE ~156 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Amazon.com Services LLC - DPX4 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Nchik - Hickory Center in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Nchik - Hickory Center
5.7 TCR
- Amazon.com Ser
Amazon.com Services LLC - DPX4
5.7 TCR
- KSLEN - LENEXA
KSLEN - LENEXA
5.7 TCR
- NCDUR - DURHAM
NCDUR - DURHAM CENTER
5.7 TCR
- Amazon.com Ser
Amazon.com Services LLC - DNJ4
5.7 TCR
What this shows Nchik - Hickory Center averages 5.7 TCR (87% of the Couriers and Express Delivery Services BLS benchmark).
Nchik - Hickory Center TCR series: 2019=10.6 · 2020=6.9 · 2021=7.7 · 2022=3.4 · 2023=4.4 · 2024=0.9 · BLS 6.5
Where Nchik - Hickory Center falls in its industry
6,679 Couriers and Express Delivery establishmentsSafer than 71% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 8.0.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #82 safest of 214 Couriers and Express Delivery employers in North Carolina.
Nchik - Hickory Center has more employees than the Couriers and Express Delivery Services median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 8.0. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7.7 | 4.3 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.9 | 4.3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 10.6 | 8.7 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
492110 · NC · Hickory
6,679 Couriers and Express Delivery Services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 240 employers in Hickory, 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 | Amazon.com Services LLC - DPX4 | 5.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | KSLEN - LENEXA | 5.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | NCDUR - DURHAM CENTER | 5.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Amazon.com Services LLC - DNJ4 | 5.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | North Carolina Electric Cooperatives | 156 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | R.W. S. Construction, Inc. | 156 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | I40/440 - Project | 156 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Schindler Clinton Escalator Plant | 156 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Catawba Valley Medical Center | 2,012 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Merchants Distributors LLC | 1,480 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Frye Regional Medical Center | 1,363 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hickory Manufacturing & Technology Center | 1,006 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Kslen - Lenexa | 5.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Frenchy's Sausage Co, Inc. | 5.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Arrowhead Industries | 5.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Masconomet Healthcare Center | 5.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Plant 1 | 156 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Warwick Forest | 156 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Scanfil | 156 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cub Foods Quarry - 5502 | 156 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.