Pallet containers, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing · North Carolina
Pallet Express
Liberty, NC · ~217 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 18.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Pallet Express runs at 565% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Pallet containers, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Pallet Express: 18.6 TCR = 565% of Pallet containers, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Pallet Express safety composite
Pallet Express scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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).
15/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 18.64 per 100 workers
Safer than 3% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 18.08 per 100 workers
Safer than 3% 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
−4.2
2019→2024
Pallet Express injury rate improved
Pallet Express's TCR fell 4.2 from 24.9 in 2019 to 20.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 24.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.97× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2019=24.9 · 2020=14.6 · 2021=14.1 · 2023=18.9 · 2024=20.7
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 321920 · Liberty, NC ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 18.6 · 565% of ind
- DART 18.1 DART
- RANK #40/42
- PHOTO Knox County Associat…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 167 inj
- SIZE ~217 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Knox County Association for Remarkable Citizens - Dove Manufacturing Plant 1 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Pallet Express in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Pallet Express
18.6 TCR
- Knox County As
Knox County Association for Remarkable Citizens - Dove Manufacturing Plant 1
18.6 TCR
- Kane Logistics
Kane Logistics - Norwood
18.6 TCR
- Palleton of Fr
Palleton of Fremont
18.5 TCR
- Summerford Pal
Summerford Pallet Company - AL
18.5 TCR
What this shows Pallet Express averages 18.6 TCR (565% of the Pallet containers, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Pallet Express TCR series: 2019=24.9 · 2020=14.6 · 2021=14.1 · 2023=18.9 · 2024=20.7 · BLS 3.3
Where Pallet Express falls in its industry
952 Pallet containers, wood or woo establishmentsSafer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.3.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #40 safest of 42 Pallet containers, wood or woo employers in North Carolina.
Pallet Express has more employees than the Pallet containers, wood or wood and meta median and a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20.7 | 18.1 | 39 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 18.9 | 16.1 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 14.1 | 12.0 | 24 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020 | 14.6 | 11.5 | 27 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 24.9 | 17.1 | 44 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
321920 · NC · Liberty
952 Pallet containers, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 22 employers in Liberty, 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 | Knox County Association for Remarkable Citizens - Dove Manufacturing Plant 1 | 18.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Kane Logistics - Norwood | 18.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Palleton of Fremont | 18.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Summerford Pallet Company - AL | 18.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Balfour Beatty Construction, LLC - Carolinas Division | 217 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Haynes Electric | 217 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Low & Bonar Inc. | 217 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Penn Engineering, Winston-Salem Division | 217 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MasterBrand Cabinets, Inc. | 285 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Masterbrand Cabinets - Liberty Operations | 240 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Masterbrand | 229 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | main | 205 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Store 1394 | 18.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Trenton | 18.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Plas-Tech Coatings | 18.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sequoia Springs Senior Living Community | 18.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | S04050 - WM - OK City Hauling | 217 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Metro Transit Light Rail Operations and Maintenance | 217 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | West Clinical | 217 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Yuma | 217 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.