Industrial research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) · North Carolina

R&D

Thomasville, NC · ~26 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

R&D runs at 632% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Industrial research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) workplace, earning a grade F.

R&D: 3.2 TCR = 632% of Industrial research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) BLS 0.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

R&D safety composite

R&D scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

R&D: 3.0 → 3.8 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 3.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.19× in 2018

R&D's TCR rose 0.7 from 3.0 in 2016 to 3.8 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.19× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541712 · Thomasville, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 3.2 · 632% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #12/12
  • PHOTO UHM/CTAHR/PEPS
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: UHM/CTAHR/PEPS (0.0 TCR gap)

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R&D in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows R&D averages 3.2 TCR (632% of the Industrial research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) BLS benchmark).

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

R&D TCR series: 2016=3 · 2017=2.7 · 2018=3.8 · BLS 0.5

Where R&D falls in its industry

319 Industrial research and develo establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 12 Industrial research and develo employers in North Carolina.

R&D (26 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 159 employees and a TCR of 0.8 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate R&D
R&D (26 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 159 employees and a TCR of 0.8

R&D has fewer employees than the Industrial research and development labo median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.8. 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
2018 3.8 3.8 1 0 0
2017 2.7 2.7 1 0 0
2016 3.0 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541712 · NC · Thomasville

319 Industrial research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 142 employers in Thomasville, 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 UHM/CTAHR/PEPS 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR BART (BSA) 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Test Site 400 @ Jackass Flats 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Helion Energy, Antares 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE R. A. Wood Farms, Inc. 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Yarbrough Farms LLC 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE SOUTH LNM- EST 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Case Farms Goldsboro Hatchery 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR MRT-ODFL 1,091 FTE
CITY-NEAR CPT-ODFL 908 FTE
CITY-NEAR Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center 725 FTE
CITY-NEAR ATL-ODFL 600 FTE
NAT-TCR AMEREN MISSOURI - St. Charles District 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Associated Spring Syracuse Division 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Reclamation Technologies Inc DBA A-Gas Americas 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR The Club Health & Rehabilitation Center 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Reading China & Glass Store 2 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Liberty Residential - 19 Village Lane 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Liberty Residential - 870 Old Trail Rd. 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Canning 224 Wilmot 26 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: 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.