Boards of supervisors, county and local · North Carolina

New Hanover County Government

Wilmington, NC · ~1,974 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.5
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
2
Fatalities
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The verdict

New Hanover County Government runs at 139% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Boards of supervisors, county and local workplace, earning a grade D.

New Hanover County Government: 4.5 TCR = 139% of Boards of supervisors, county and local BLS 3.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

New Hanover County Government safety composite

New Hanover County Government scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 59% 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).

D

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 2

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

−2.0

2018→2024

New Hanover County Government injury rate improved

New Hanover County Government's TCR fell 2.0 from 5.3 in 2018 to 3.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 7.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=5.3 · 2019=7.2 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=5.4 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=3.8 · 2024=3.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 921120 · Wilmington, NC ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade D · TCR 4.5 · 139% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #9/12
  • PHOTO County of Tehama
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 500 inj
  • SIZE ~1,974 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: County of Tehama (0.0 TCR gap)

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New Hanover County Government in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows New Hanover County Government averages 4.5 TCR (139% of the Boards of supervisors, county and local BLS benchmark).

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

New Hanover County Government TCR series: 2018=5.3 · 2019=7.2 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=5.4 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=3.8 · 2024=3.3 · BLS 3.2

Where New Hanover County Government falls in its industry

158 Boards of supervisors, county establishments

Safer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 12 Boards of supervisors, county employers in North Carolina.

New Hanover County Government (1,974 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 123 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate New Hanover County Government
New Hanover County Government (1,974 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 123 employees and a TCR of 5.6

New Hanover County Government has more employees than the Boards of supervisors, county and local median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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 3.3 2.1 61 6 0
2023 3.8 1.9 70 7 0
2022 3.3 2.3 57 8 1
2021 5.4 4.6 82 8 1
2020 2.8 2.6 53 1 0
2019 7.2 5.4 83 3 0
2018 5.3 3.4 94 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921120 · NC · Wilmington

158 Boards of supervisors, county and local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 360 employers in Wilmington, 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 County of Tehama 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Franklin County, WA 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Colusa 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Berwyn 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE CORP-System Wide 1,974 FTE
STATE-SIZE GE Hitachi Nuclear Americas 1,975 FTE
STATE-SIZE Duke Raleigh Hospital 1,984 FTE
STATE-SIZE North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : CLT2 2,000 FTE
CITY-NEAR Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center 6,890 FTE
CITY-NEAR New Hanover Regional Medical Center 4,768 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cape Fear Community College 1,210 FTE
CITY-NEAR Global Nuclear Fuels, Wilmington, NC 630 FTE
NAT-TCR Duke Manufacturing Company - Sedalia 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Cresline Northwest, LLC 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Hilton Garden Inn Phoenix Airpor 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 1262 PYP Wilmington 4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Selfhelp Community Services Inc. 1,975 FTE
NAT-SIZE Xavier University 1,975 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lauberge Casino Resort 1,973 FTE
NAT-SIZE St. Bernards Hospital 1,975 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.