Museums · North Carolina

North Carolina Museum of Life and Science

Durham, NC · ~163 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

North Carolina Museum of Life and Science runs at 88% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Museums workplace, earning a grade C.

North Carolina Museum of Life and Science: 2.7 TCR = 88% of Museums BLS 3.1 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

North Carolina Museum of Life and Science safety composite

North Carolina Museum of Life and Science scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−4.7

2016→2023

North Carolina Museum of Life and Science injury rate improved

North Carolina Museum of Life and Science's TCR fell 4.7 from 5.5 in 2016 to 0.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.5 · 2017=4.2 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=2.8 · 2020=1.1 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 712110 · Durham, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 88% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/4
  • PHOTO Science History Inst…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 23 inj
  • SIZE ~163 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Science History Institute (0.0 TCR gap)

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North Carolina Museum of Life and Science in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows North Carolina Museum of Life and Science averages 2.7 TCR (88% of the Museums BLS benchmark).

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

North Carolina Museum of Life and Science TCR series: 2016=5.5 · 2017=4.2 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=2.8 · 2020=1.1 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=0.8 · BLS 3.1

Where North Carolina Museum of Life and Science falls in its industry

246 Museums establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 4 Museums employers in North Carolina.

North Carolina Museum of Life and Science (163 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate North Carolina Museum of Life and Science
North Carolina Museum of Life and Science (163 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 3.3

North Carolina Museum of Life and Science has more employees than the Museums median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 0.8 0.0 1 0 0
2022 2.5 0.8 3 0 0
2021 2.5 2.5 2 1 0
2020 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2019 2.8 1.8 3 0 0
2018 2.5 0.8 3 0 0
2017 4.2 0.8 5 0 0
2016 5.5 2.8 5 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

712110 · NC · Durham

246 Museums employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 530 employers in Durham, 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 Science History Institute 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR National Museum of Mathematics 11 E 26th Street New York, NY 10010 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Minnesota Historical Society 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Discovery World, LTD. 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Milliken & Company Two Rivers Plant 163 FTE
STATE-SIZE Blue Dot Readi Mix LLC 163 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6017-CORP LOC - USA UNITED STATES - MAIDEN 163 FTE
STATE-SIZE 0583 MANHEIM NORTH CAROLINA 318 BAGLEY RD 163 FTE
CITY-NEAR Duke University 23,871 FTE
CITY-NEAR Duke University Hospital 11,048 FTE
CITY-NEAR BCBSNC Telecommuters 3,033 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wolfspeed - Durham, NC 3,013 FTE
NAT-TCR N C Stauffer and Sons Inc. 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Agnor-Hurt Elementary School 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Unit #2939 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Unit #1972 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Oneta Company 163 FTE
NAT-SIZE Netscout Arbor 163 FTE
NAT-SIZE Absolute Service Industries, llc 163 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hillsboro Outlet 163 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, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.