Construction management, highway, road, street and bridge · North Carolina
Public Works
Durham, NC · ~199 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.2
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Public Works runs at 257% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Construction management, highway, road, street and bridge workplace, earning a grade F.
Public Works: 7.2 TCR = 257% of Construction management, highway, road, street and bridge BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Public Works safety composite
Public Works scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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).
28/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.19 per 100 workers
Safer than 17% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.51 per 100 workers
Safer than 24% 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%).
TCR Δ
−9.5
2016→2024
Public Works injury rate improved
Public Works's TCR fell 9.5 from 14.2 in 2016 to 4.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 14.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=14.2 · 2017=12.4 · 2018=9.4 · 2019=5.7 · 2020=6.6 · 2021=2.9 · 2022=2.9 · 2023=5.9 · 2024=4.7
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237310 · Durham, NC ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 7.2 · 257% of ind
- DART 3.5 DART
- RANK #106/120
- PHOTO Progressive Structur…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 100 inj
- SIZE ~199 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Progressive Structures, LLC (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
- This site
Public Works
7.2 TCR
- Progressive St
Progressive Structures, LLC
7.2 TCR
- Reece Construc
Reece Construction Co., Inc. -- Scandia
7.2 TCR
- VOLLMER EXCAVA
VOLLMER EXCAVATION, INC.
7.2 TCR
- Osborne Constr
Osborne Construction Company - Alaska
7.2 TCR
What this shows Public Works averages 7.2 TCR (257% of the Construction management, highway, road, street and bridge BLS benchmark).
Public Works TCR series: 2016=14.2 · 2017=12.4 · 2018=9.4 · 2019=5.7 · 2020=6.6 · 2021=2.9 · 2022=2.9 · 2023=5.9 · 2024=4.7 · BLS 2.8
Where Public Works falls in its industry
4,078 Construction management, highw establishmentsSafer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #106 safest of 120 Construction management, highw employers in North Carolina.
Public Works has more employees than the Construction management, highway, road, median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.6 | 3.9 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.7 | 4.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 9.4 | 8.8 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 12.4 | 9.8 | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 14.2 | 8.5 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237310 · NC · Durham
4,078 Construction management, highway, road, street and bridge employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 530 employers in Durham, 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 | Progressive Structures, LLC | 7.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Reece Construction Co., Inc. -- Scandia | 7.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | VOLLMER EXCAVATION, INC. | 7.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Osborne Construction Company - Alaska | 7.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | JBS Retail Ready | 199 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lotus Bakeries US Manufacturing LLC | 199 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Essentra HPC Greensboro | 199 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | INX International Ink Co. (6400) | 199 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Duke University | 23,871 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Duke University Hospital | 11,048 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | BCBSNC Telecommuters | 3,033 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Wolfspeed - Durham, NC | 3,013 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Dun-Rite Electrical Services, Inc. | 7.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Prattville Medical Park | 7.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mccabe Lumber | 7.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Circle Graphics | 7.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Sodexo at Grand Canyon University | 199 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Keystone Quality Transport Company - Springfield Base | 199 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | IKEA Savannah DC | 199 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Kohler Co- Brownwood Plastics | 199 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.