General services departments, government · North Carolina

Public Works Department

Hendersonville, NC · ~57 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.9
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Public Works Department runs at 279% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General services departments, government workplace, earning a grade F.

Public Works Department: 8.9 TCR = 279% of General services departments, government BLS 3.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Public Works Department safety composite

Public Works Department scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 24% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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).

F

12/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

DART rate
F 11.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 1% 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 Department: 10.6 → 11.3 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 14.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.27× in 2024

Public Works Department's TCR rose 0.7 from 10.6 in 2016 to 11.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 14.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 8.9 · 279% of ind

  • DART 11.3 DART
  • RANK #93/105
  • PHOTO 301 Fire, Rescue & E…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 39 inj
  • SIZE ~57 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 301 Fire, Rescue & Emergency Services (0.0 TCR gap)

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Public Works Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Public Works Department averages 8.9 TCR (279% of the General services departments, government BLS benchmark).

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

Public Works Department TCR series: 2016=10.6 · 2017=9.8 · 2018=14.6 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=6.7 · 2021=9.2 · 2022=10.6 · 2023=3.8 · 2024=11.3 · BLS 3.2

Where Public Works Department falls in its industry

1,496 General services departments, establishments

Safer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #93 safest of 105 General services departments, employers in North Carolina.

Public Works Department (57 employees, TCR 8.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 0200400600800 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate Public Works Department
Public Works Department (57 employees, TCR 8.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Public Works Department 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 11.3 11.3 6 0 0
2023 3.8 3.8 2 0 0
2022 10.6 8.5 5 0 0
2021 9.2 9.2 4 0 0
2020 6.7 4.5 3 0 1
2019 3.8 1.9 2 0 0
2018 14.6 10.9 8 0 0
2017 9.8 5.9 4 1 0
2016 10.6 10.6 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921190 · NC · Hendersonville

1,496 General services departments, government employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 90 employers in Hendersonville, 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 301 Fire, Rescue & Emergency Services 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fleet Services 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Village of Barrington - Public Works Facility 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fire Department 8.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Corporate Division 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kirlin Builders 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cape Romain / McLean A Joint Venture 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Engineered Steel Products 57 FTE
CITY-NEAR Park Ridge Health 1,172 FTE
CITY-NEAR AdventHealth Hendersonville 788 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1242 402 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1242 400 FTE
NAT-TCR Greater Atlanta Region 8.9 TCR
NAT-TCR The Village at Shrewsbury 8.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Builders - Kearney 8.9 TCR
NAT-TCR El Super 8 8.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Simpson Construction Services 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ambulatory Surgery Center of Greater New York, LLC 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ralph W. Earl Co., Inc. 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brazos Valley Contracting Co. 57 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.