Orthopedic physicians' offices (e.g., centers, clinics) · North Carolina

OrthoCarolina

Charlotte, NC · ~1,693 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

OrthoCarolina runs at 54% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Orthopedic physicians' offices (e.g., centers, clinics) workplace, earning a grade B.

OrthoCarolina: 2.1 TCR = 54% of Orthopedic physicians' offices (e.g., centers, clinics) BLS 3.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

OrthoCarolina safety composite

OrthoCarolina scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 33%), 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

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

DART rate
F 0.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% 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%).

Rising injury rate

OrthoCarolina: 1.6 → 2.3 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 2.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.32× in 2024

OrthoCarolina's TCR rose 0.7 from 1.6 in 2021 to 2.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 2.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621111 · Charlotte, NC AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 54% of ind

  • DART 0.7 DART
  • RANK #51/152
  • PHOTO 196 East Main Street
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 125 inj
  • SIZE ~1,693 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 196 East Main Street (0.0 TCR gap)

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OrthoCarolina in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows OrthoCarolina averages 2.1 TCR (54% of the Orthopedic physicians' offices (e.g., centers, clinics) BLS benchmark).

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

OrthoCarolina TCR series: 2021=1.6 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=2.3 · BLS 3.8

Where OrthoCarolina falls in its industry

2,836 Orthopedic physicians' offices establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #51 safest of 152 Orthopedic physicians' offices employers in North Carolina.

OrthoCarolina (1,693 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 05001,0001,5002,000 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate OrthoCarolina
OrthoCarolina (1,693 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.1

OrthoCarolina has more employees than the Orthopedic physicians' offices (e.g., ce median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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 2.3 0.7 38 0 0
2023 1.8 0.9 30 0 0
2022 2.6 0.8 38 3 0
2021 1.6 0.6 19 6 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621111 · NC · Charlotte

2,836 Orthopedic physicians' offices (e.g., centers, clinics) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 2,058 employers in Charlotte, 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 196 East Main Street 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR UPMC Physician Operations and Professional Service 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gundersen - Winona Campus 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Medical Grouop of the Carolinas 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Charlotte Sort Center -42 1,691 FTE
STATE-SIZE Patheon Manufacturing Services, LLC 1,683 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gaston County Government 1,711 FTE
STATE-SIZE 0007-Atrium Health Pineville 1,725 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1101-Carolinas Medical Center (1101) 8,444 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0001-Carolinas Medical Center 8,032 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4795-AA-CLT-CHARLOTTE-CLT-TRML 7,295 FTE
CITY-NEAR Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center 4,973 FTE
NAT-TCR Compassus GR Colorado Springs 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Tucson 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Vertical Earth Inc. 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR VFP.inc 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Elanco Animal Health, Greenfield 1,693 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amick Farms, LLC MD Processing Plant 1,693 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of Irvine 1,693 FTE
NAT-SIZE Siemens Mobility, Inc. 1,693 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. 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.