Water supply systems · North Carolina

Public Works

Franklin, NC · ~16 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Public Works runs at 178% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Water supply systems workplace, earning a grade D.

Public Works: 2.1 TCR = 178% of Water supply systems BLS 1.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Public Works safety composite

Public Works scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% 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).

C

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

−8.5

2016→2024

Public Works injury rate improved

Public Works's TCR fell 8.5 from 8.5 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.5 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 2.1 · 178% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/33
  • PHOTO City of Harrisonburg…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~16 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City of Harrisonburg Public Utilities (Operations) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Public Works in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Public Works averages 2.1 TCR (178% of the Water supply systems BLS benchmark).

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

Public Works TCR series: 2016=8.5 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 1.2

Where Public Works falls in its industry

727 Water supply systems establishments

Safer than 75% 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 #6 safest of 33 Water supply systems employers in North Carolina.

Public Works (16 employees, TCR 2.1) 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 Works
Public Works (16 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Public Works has fewer employees than the Water supply systems median and a lower 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 8.5 8.5 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · NC · Franklin

727 Water supply systems employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 34 employers in Franklin, NC · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR City of Harrisonburg Public Utilities (Operations) 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gene Pumping Plant 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Apache Junction 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bonita Springs - OMI 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Select Genetics NC Field Off 005-0124, 25, 27, 33 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE Barnhardt Manufacturing Co Corp Kinston NC 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alliance Residential Charlotte 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE KB Home Charlotte Inc. 16 FTE
CITY-NEAR Macon County, NC 540 FTE
CITY-NEAR MH Angel Medical Center, LLLP 341 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1217 279 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1217 252 FTE
NAT-TCR Konrady Plastics, Inc. 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Cedar Valley Services, Inc. 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Linde Gas & Equpment Inc - Cahokia 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Coca Cola Puerto Rico Bottler 2.1 TCR

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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.