Pathology laboratories, medical · North Carolina

Piedmont Pathology Associates Inc.

Name: Piedmont Pathology Associates Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Hickory, NC · ~35 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.7
Avg TCR: 3.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Piedmont Pathology Associates Inc. runs at 72% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Pathology laboratories, medical workplace, earning a grade B.

Piedmont Pathology Associates Inc.: 2.7 TCR = 72% of Pathology laboratories, medical BLS 3.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Piedmont Pathology Associates Inc. safety composite

Piedmont Pathology Associates Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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%).

Piedmont Pathology Associates Inc. held a steady TCR band

Piedmont Pathology Associates Inc.'s TCR held near 0.2 from 2.8 in 2022 to 2.6 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 2.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=2.8 · 2023=2.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621511 · Hickory, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.7 · 72% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK P56
PHOTO New Vision Medical Lab
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: New Vision Medical Lab (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Piedmont Pathology Associates Inc. averages 2.7 TCR (72% of the Pathology laboratories, medical BLS benchmark).

Piedmont Pathology Associates Inc. TCR series: 2022=2.8 · 2023=2.6 · BLS 3.8

Where Piedmont Pathology Associates Inc. falls in its industry

162 Pathology laboratories, medica establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Piedmont Pathology Associates Inc. (35 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 154 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Piedmont Pathology Associates Inc. has fewer employees than the Pathology laboratories, medical median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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	2.6	0.0	0	1	0
2022	2.8	0.0	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621511 · NC · Hickory

162 Pathology laboratories, medical employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 240 employers in Hickory, NC · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	New Vision Medical Lab	LIMA, OH	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Access Genetics	EDEN PRAIRIE, MN	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Eden Prairie Office Building	EDEN PRAIRIE, MN	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ambry Genetics - 7 Argonaut	ALISO VIEJO, CA	2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Boykin Farms, Inc.	MIDDLESEX	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	NEW COLONY SOW FARM 6276 -EST	COLUMBIA	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Goldsboro Field Services	GOLDSBORO	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Butterball LLC Hatchery # 2	GOLDSBORO	35 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Catawba Valley Medical Center	Hickory	2,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Merchants Distributors LLC	Hickory	1,480 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Frye Regional Medical Center	Hickory	1,363 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hickory Manufacturing & Technology Center	Hickory	1,006 FTE
NAT-TCR	Cross Construction, Inc.	Urbana, IL	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Solvay USA	Cincinnati, OH	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	55457 Merced	Merced, CA	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Paul Reilly Company Illinois Inc	Glendale Heights, IL	2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Tabco	Surgoinsville, TN	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Absolut at Orchard Brooke, LLC	Orchard Park, NY	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Main Branch	Brandon, MS	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hardcastle Specialties Inc.	Bakersfield, CA	35 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. 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.