Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) · North Carolina
Police Department
Gastonia, NC · ~214 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Police Department runs at 186% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) workplace, earning a grade D.
Police Department: 5.9 TCR = 186% of Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) BLS 3.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Police Department safety composite
Police Department scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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).
64/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 5.94 per 100 workers
Safer than 74% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 3.08 per 100 workers
Safer than 60% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 53% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Police Department: 2.7 → 6.2 TCR
Peak year 2017 @ 8.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.52× in 2018
Police Department's TCR rose 3.4 from 2.7 in 2016 to 6.2 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.9 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.52× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 922120 · Gastonia, NC ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 5.9 · 186% of ind
- DART 3.1 DART
- RANK #17/49
- PHOTO St. Charles Police D…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 27 inj
- SIZE ~214 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: St. Charles Police Department (0.0 TCR gap)
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Police Department in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- St. Charles Po
St. Charles Police Department
6 TCR
- The city Of Cl
The city Of Clarksville
6 TCR
- Police Departm
Police Department
6 TCR
- This site
Police Department
5.9 TCR
- City of Mareng
City of Marengo - 02PD
5.9 TCR
What this shows Police Department averages 5.9 TCR (186% of the Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) BLS benchmark).
Police Department TCR series: 2016=2.7 · 2017=8.9 · 2018=6.2 · BLS 3.2
Where Police Department falls in its industry
716 Police departments (except Ame establishmentsSafer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.5.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 49 Police departments (except Ame employers in North Carolina.
Police Department has more employees than the Police departments (except American Indi median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 9.5. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6.2 | 3.1 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| 2017 | 8.9 | 2.8 | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
922120 · NC · Gastonia
716 Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) 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 | St. Charles Police Department | 6.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | City of Marengo - 02PD | 5.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | The city Of Clarksville | 6.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Police Department | 6.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | BU 3435_9156 - Lane-Blythe_ I 540-Expense | 214 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | USA NC Charlotte Southern | 214 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Superior Cranes, Inc | 214 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Circle Graphics - Raleigh 10700 | 214 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 | Carlyle | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pharmachem Laboratories | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Building 5/Fleet/Fleet Office | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 0269 - Int. Doors-Ludlow | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Procter & Gamble - Beckett Ridge Technical Center - CETL | 214 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | McGill Manufacturing | 214 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Spartan Motors - Brandon | 214 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Middle Park Medical Center | 214 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
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