Impounding reservoirs, irrigation · North Carolina

Public Utilities

Asheboro, NC · ~73 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Public Utilities runs at 422% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Impounding reservoirs, irrigation workplace, earning a grade F.

Public Utilities: 5.1 TCR = 422% of Impounding reservoirs, irrigation BLS 1.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Public Utilities safety composite

Public Utilities scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.2

2016→2021

Public Utilities injury rate improved

Public Utilities's TCR fell 2.2 from 8.3 in 2016 to 6.1 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.3 TCR. In 2021, DART was 1.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.3 · 2018=6.2 · 2019=3.2 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=6.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Asheboro, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.1 · 422% of ind

  • DART 6.1 DART
  • RANK #18/33
  • PHOTO Summerville CPW
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~73 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Summerville CPW (0.0 TCR gap)

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Public Utilities in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Public Utilities averages 5.1 TCR (422% of the Impounding reservoirs, irrigation BLS benchmark).

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

Public Utilities TCR series: 2016=8.3 · 2018=6.2 · 2019=3.2 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=6.1 · BLS 1.2

Where Public Utilities falls in its industry

727 Impounding reservoirs, irrigat establishments

Safer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 33 Impounding reservoirs, irrigat employers in North Carolina.

Public Utilities (73 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Public Utilities
Public Utilities (73 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Public Utilities has more employees than the Impounding reservoirs, irrigation median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2021 6.1 6.1 4 0 0
2020 1.6 0.0 1 0 0
2019 3.2 1.6 2 0 0
2018 6.2 6.2 4 0 0
2016 8.3 6.9 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · NC · Asheboro

727 Impounding reservoirs, irrigation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 139 employers in Asheboro, 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 Summerville CPW 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tulare Irrigation District 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR West Des Moines Water Works 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR MWWD Admin and Operations 5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tri-State Turf of NC 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE REC 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE Haywood EMC-Combined Districts 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bobbitt Construction, Inc. 73 FTE
CITY-NEAR 8020236-Energizer/Asheboro 1,287 FTE
CITY-NEAR 8020236 Energizer Asheboro 654 FTE
CITY-NEAR Technimark, LLC Plant 5 633 FTE
CITY-NEAR Technimark LLC - Plant 5 466 FTE
NAT-TCR Neville Island 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Preble Street 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Landscape 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Lindenwold School Four 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Plumbing company 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE Faith Memorial Nursing Home 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alfa Laval Inc. AMDC Indy (loc code: INAMDC) 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE KB Home LA/Ventura 73 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.