General services departments, government · North Carolina

Public Works (5500, 5510, 5530, 5580)

Name: Public Works (5500, 5510, 5530, 5580) Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Statesville, NC · ~83 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 6.8
Avg TCR: 3.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Public Works (5500, 5510, 5530, 5580) runs at 212% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General services departments, government workplace, earning a grade F.

Public Works (5500, 5510, 5530, 5580): 6.8 TCR = 212% of General services departments, government BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Public Works (5500, 5510, 5530, 5580) safety composite

Public Works (5500, 5510, 5530, 5580) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 34%), 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).

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Public Works (5500, 5510, 5530, 5580): 6.3 → 7.2 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 7.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.43× in 2024

Public Works (5500, 5510, 5530, 5580)'s TCR rose 0.9 from 6.3 in 2023 to 7.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 921190 · Statesville, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.8 · 212% of ind

DART 2.9 DART
RANK #83/105
PHOTO Clay County - Juveni…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~83 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Clay County - Juvenile Detenion (0.0 TCR gap)

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6.8
Clay County -

6.8
City of Midlan

6.8
NN Department

6.8
Alamance Count

6.8

What this shows Public Works (5500, 5510, 5530, 5580) averages 6.8 TCR (212% of the General services departments, government BLS benchmark).

Public Works (5500, 5510, 5530, 5580) TCR series: 2023=6.3 · 2024=7.2 · BLS 3.2

Where Public Works (5500, 5510, 5530, 5580) falls in its industry

1,496 General services departments, establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #83 safest of 105 General services departments, employers in North Carolina.

Public Works (5500, 5510, 5530, 5580) (83 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Public Works (5500, 5510, 5530, 5580) has fewer employees than the General services departments, government median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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	7.2	2.9	2	3	0
2023	6.3	6.3	4	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921190 · NC · Statesville

1,496 General services departments, government employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 181 employers in Statesville, 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	Clay County - Juvenile Detenion	MOORHEAD, MN	6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	City of Midland, Michigan	MIDLAND, MI	6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	NN Department of Public Works	NEWPORT NEWS, VA	6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Alamance County	GRAHAM, NC	6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	ROCKWELL FARMS INC	ROCKWELL	83 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Gastonia Operations Center	GASTONIA	83 FTE
STATE-SIZE	D.R. Horton, Inc. - Greensboro	HIGH POINT	83 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Raleigh-Durham Call Center	RALEIGH	83 FTE
CITY-NEAR	2807-0960	Statesville	974 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Doosan Bobcat	Statesville	857 FTE
CITY-NEAR	0960 LOWE S NORTH CAROLINA RDC	Statesville	836 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cheney Brothers Inc. - Statesville	Statesville	830 FTE
NAT-TCR	ShopRite of Kingston	Kingston, NY	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Mshat - Hattiesburg	Hattiesburg, MS	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	M.G.R. Farm Labor Contractor	Bakersfield, CA	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Shaw's Southern Belle Frozen Foods	Jacksonville, FL	6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Loll Designs	Duluth, MN	83 FTE
NAT-SIZE	722 Carbondale	Carbondale, IL	83 FTE
NAT-SIZE	193 Concord	St Louis, MO	83 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Women's Health Services of Central Virginia	Lynchburg, VA	83 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: 2024, 2023. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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