Fertilizers, mixed, made in plants producing phosphatic fertilizer materials · North Carolina

PCS Phosphate Inc

Aurora, NC · ~573 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

PCS Phosphate Inc runs at 25% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Fertilizers, mixed, made in plants producing phosphatic fertilizer materials workplace, earning a grade A.

PCS Phosphate Inc: 0.8 TCR = 25% of Fertilizers, mixed, made in plants producing phosphatic fertilizer materials BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

PCS Phosphate Inc safety composite

PCS Phosphate Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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%).

PCS Phosphate Inc held a steady TCR band

PCS Phosphate Inc's TCR held near 0.3 from 0.7 in 2016 to 1.0 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.7 · 2017=1.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325312 · Aurora, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 25% of ind

  • DART 0.4 DART
  • RANK P79
  • PHOTO Nutrien
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~573 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Nutrien (0.0 TCR gap)

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PCS Phosphate Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows PCS Phosphate Inc averages 0.8 TCR (25% of the Fertilizers, mixed, made in plants producing phosphatic fertilizer materials BLS benchmark).

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

PCS Phosphate Inc TCR series: 2016=0.7 · 2017=1 · BLS 3.3

Where PCS Phosphate Inc falls in its industry

29 Fertilizers, mixed, made in pl establishments

Safer than 79% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
PCS Phosphate Inc (573 employees, TCR 0.8) among 17 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 156 employees and a TCR of 1.5 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 18 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 01234 Average employees Total Case Rate PCS Phosphate Inc
PCS Phosphate Inc (573 employees, TCR 0.8) among 17 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 156 employees and a TCR of 1.5

PCS Phosphate Inc has more employees than the Fertilizers, mixed, made in plants produ median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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
2017 1.0 0.4 7 0 0
2016 0.7 0.1 4 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325312 · NC · Aurora

29 Fertilizers, mixed, made in plants producing phosphatic fertilizer materials employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 3 employers in Aurora, 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 Nutrien 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR JR Simplot Company-Helm Plant 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mosaic Bartow 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Itafos Conda LLC 1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Oracle Morrisville 573 FTE
STATE-SIZE APH-Annie Penn Hospital 573 FTE
STATE-SIZE Charlotte Pipe & Foundry Co - Plastics Monroe 576 FTE
STATE-SIZE NC_Charlotte_2401 Sardis Rd North_NC018900 576 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nutrien Aurora NC 26 FTE
NAT-TCR Oldcastle OPI - Stone Mountain 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Spurlock 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Quality Printing Company 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR REN121 Richmond 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Total Facility Maintenance 573 FTE
NAT-SIZE JVS 573 FTE
NAT-SIZE DENSO Manufacturing Arkansas 573 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amzl : Drc1 573 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: 2017, 2016. 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.