Guardrail construction · North Carolina

Nickelston Industries, Inc.

Lawsonville, NC · ~46 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Nickelston Industries, Inc. runs at 91% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Guardrail construction workplace, earning a grade C.

Nickelston Industries, Inc.: 2.6 TCR = 91% of Guardrail construction BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nickelston Industries, Inc. safety composite

Nickelston Industries, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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%).

Nickelston Industries, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Nickelston Industries, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.1 from 3.9 in 2019 to 3.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.74× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=3.9 · 2020=0.0 · 2024=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237310 · Lawsonville, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.6 · 91% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #57/120
  • PHOTO Musson Brothers Inc
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~46 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Musson Brothers Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Nickelston Industries, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Nickelston Industries, Inc. averages 2.6 TCR (91% of the Guardrail construction BLS benchmark).

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

Nickelston Industries, Inc. TCR series: 2019=3.9 · 2020=0 · 2024=3.8 · BLS 2.8

Where Nickelston Industries, Inc. falls in its industry

4,078 Guardrail construction establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #57 safest of 120 Guardrail construction employers in North Carolina.

Nickelston Industries, Inc. (46 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 01,0002,0003,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Nickelston Industries, Inc.
Nickelston Industries, Inc. (46 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Nickelston Industries, Inc. has fewer employees than the Guardrail construction median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 3.8 1.9 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 3.9 1.9 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237310 · NC · Lawsonville

4,078 Guardrail construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 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 Musson Brothers Inc 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR VSS International, Inc. Arizona Construction 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR J.H. Maxymillian, Inc. 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Morphey Construction 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Harrells Facility 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Buy Sod, Inc. 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Buck Steam Station 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE KITTY HAWK AREA 46 FTE
NAT-TCR Zenar Corporation 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR DFFF-Salinas 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Richard McNay, Inc. 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR La Live Club Novo 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE je sheehan contracting corp 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE River City Restoration Inc. 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Peregrine Senior Living at Orchard Park 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Bazar Group Inc. 46 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, 2020, 2019. 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.