Pallets, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing · North Carolina

Pal-Serv of Charlotte

Gastonia, NC · ~38 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Pal-Serv of Charlotte runs at 152% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Pallets, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Pal-Serv of Charlotte: 5.0 TCR = 152% of Pallets, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Pal-Serv of Charlotte safety composite

Pal-Serv of Charlotte scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 61% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 5.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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

−4.9

2019→2023

Pal-Serv of Charlotte injury rate improved

Pal-Serv of Charlotte's TCR fell 4.9 from 11.0 in 2019 to 6.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 11.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.22× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=11.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=5.3 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=6.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321920 · Gastonia, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 152% of ind

  • DART 6.1 DART
  • RANK #21/42
  • PHOTO Biglerville,PA - 204
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Biglerville,PA - 204 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Pal-Serv of Charlotte in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Pal-Serv of Charlotte averages 5.0 TCR (152% of the Pallets, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Pal-Serv of Charlotte TCR series: 2019=11 · 2020=0 · 2021=5.3 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=6.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Pal-Serv of Charlotte falls in its industry

952 Pallets, wood or wood and meta establishments

Safer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 42 Pallets, wood or wood and meta employers in North Carolina.

Pal-Serv of Charlotte (38 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 6.3 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 0100200300400500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Pal-Serv of Charlotte
Pal-Serv of Charlotte (38 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 6.3

Pal-Serv of Charlotte has fewer employees than the Pallets, wood or wood and metal combinat median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.3. 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 6.1 6.1 3 0 0
2022 2.7 2.7 1 0 0
2021 5.3 5.3 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 11.0 11.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321920 · NC · Gastonia

952 Pallets, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 182 employers in Gastonia, 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 Biglerville,PA - 204 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR DG-FL-DOUGLAS 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR UFP Franklinton, LLC 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR K & S Pallets Inc 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Morganton Hatchery 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Harris Energy & Environmental Center 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Enerdyne Power Systems, Inc 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Electric Utilities (8100) 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gaston Memorial Hospital, Incorporated d/b/a CaroMont Regional Medical Center 3,156 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gaston County Government 1,711 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wix Allen Plant 931 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gastonia Components and Logistics - Tulip 912 FTE
NAT-TCR Westra Construction 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Brandywine 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Hansaloy Corporation 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Payroll Direct, Inc 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rose Metal Processing 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Homeland 170 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE ReTrans (FAVR-6463) 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Heany Industries, Inc. 38 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.