Chimney sweep (i.e., cleaning) services · North Carolina

Owens Chimney Systems

Monroe, NC · ~29 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
7.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Owens Chimney Systems runs at 167% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Chimney sweep (i.e., cleaning) services workplace, earning a grade D.

Owens Chimney Systems: 7.5 TCR = 167% of Chimney sweep (i.e., cleaning) services BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Owens Chimney Systems safety composite

Owens Chimney Systems scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 35%), 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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 7.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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%).

Owens Chimney Systems held a steady TCR band

Owens Chimney Systems's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 22.5 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=0.0 · 2021=22.5 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561790 · Monroe, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 7.5 · 167% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/8
  • PHOTO City of Hickory - Pu…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City of Hickory - Public Services (0.0 TCR gap)

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Owens Chimney Systems in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Owens Chimney Systems averages 7.5 TCR (167% of the Chimney sweep (i.e., cleaning) services BLS benchmark).

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

Owens Chimney Systems TCR series: 2018=0 · 2021=22.5 · 2022=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Owens Chimney Systems falls in its industry

171 Chimney sweep (i.e., cleaning) establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 8 Chimney sweep (i.e., cleaning) employers in North Carolina.

Owens Chimney Systems (29 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 02004006008001,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Owens Chimney Systems
Owens Chimney Systems (29 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Owens Chimney Systems has fewer employees than the Chimney sweep (i.e., cleaning) services median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 22.5 22.5 4 2 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561790 · NC · Monroe

171 Chimney sweep (i.e., cleaning) services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 163 employers in Monroe, 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 City of Hickory - Public Services 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Woods Maintenance Services Inc. 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hobert Pools 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Top Gun 7.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Black Gold Farms - NCC 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Buy Sod - Sandhill 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cowans Ford 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Craven County Wood Energy 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR Monroe Plant 1,584 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0060-CHS Union 1,214 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0060-Atrium Health Union 1,147 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1108-Atrium Health Union (1108) 1,041 FTE
NAT-TCR 240040-Bos-Mattapan Sta 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-SWY-0017-0017-02076 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-ABS-0029-0028-00819 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 045137-Lit-Brady Anx 7.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE 429270-Vega Baja Po 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE 247833-Spr-Forest Park Sta 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE 240323-Athol Po 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE 240357-Auburn Po 29 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: 2022, 2021, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.