underground utility locating · North Carolina

Raleigh (RAL) 4302

Wake Forest, NC · ~300 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Raleigh (RAL) 4302 runs at 123% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical underground utility locating workplace, earning a grade D.

Raleigh (RAL) 4302: 3.2 TCR = 123% of underground utility locating BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Raleigh (RAL) 4302 safety composite

Raleigh (RAL) 4302 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 47%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−1.9

2016→2023

Raleigh (RAL) 4302 injury rate improved

Raleigh (RAL) 4302's TCR fell 1.9 from 4.2 in 2016 to 2.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.2 · 2023=2.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561990 · Wake Forest, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 3.2 · 123% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #3/6
  • PHOTO Grand Strand Medical…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~300 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Grand Strand Medical Center - Transport (0.0 TCR gap)

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Raleigh (RAL) 4302 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Raleigh (RAL) 4302 averages 3.2 TCR (123% of the underground utility locating BLS benchmark).

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

Raleigh (RAL) 4302 TCR series: 2016=4.2 · 2023=2.2 · BLS 2.6

Where Raleigh (RAL) 4302 falls in its industry

208 underground utility locating establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 6 underground utility locating employers in North Carolina.

Raleigh (RAL) 4302 (300 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Raleigh (RAL) 4302
Raleigh (RAL) 4302 (300 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Raleigh (RAL) 4302 has more employees than the underground utility locating median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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
2023 2.2 1.4 8 0 0
2016 4.2 2.1 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561990 · NC · Wake Forest

208 underground utility locating employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 67 employers in Wake Forest, 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 Grand Strand Medical Center - Transport 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 120 Pittsburgh 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR BAY AREA TRAFFIC SOLUTION INC. 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Helena, MT 3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Griffin Masonry Inc 300 FTE
STATE-SIZE Insulating Services, Inc. 300 FTE
STATE-SIZE BioDevices 300 FTE
STATE-SIZE IKEA #067 Charlotte 300 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lakeside Environmental Consultants, LLC 486 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5254 399 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wegmans Wake Forest 145 354 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 5254 326 FTE
NAT-TCR S05121 - Health Sanitation Service (HSS) 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR River Crossing of Elgin 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR SNL Distribution Services Corp-Miami 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Marshall Pottery 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE P4159 - Lubrizol 300 FTE
NAT-SIZE Market Basket #81 300 FTE
NAT-SIZE Market Basket #35 300 FTE
NAT-SIZE Coated Products Division 300 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: 2023, 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.