Work experience centers (i.e., sheltered workshops) · North Carolina

Rutherford Life Services - Fairground Road

Spindale, NC · ~48 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Rutherford Life Services - Fairground Road runs at 32% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Work experience centers (i.e., sheltered workshops) workplace, earning a grade A.

Rutherford Life Services - Fairground Road: 1.2 TCR = 32% of Work experience centers (i.e., sheltered workshops) BLS 3.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Rutherford Life Services - Fairground Road safety composite

Rutherford Life Services - Fairground Road scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 90% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

B

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.7

2022→2024

Rutherford Life Services - Fairground Road injury rate improved

Rutherford Life Services - Fairground Road's TCR fell 3.7 from 3.7 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 3.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=3.7 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 624310 · Spindale, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 32% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/38
  • PHOTO Work Services Corpor…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Work Services Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)

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Rutherford Life Services - Fairground Road in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Rutherford Life Services - Fairground Road averages 1.2 TCR (32% of the Work experience centers (i.e., sheltered workshops) BLS benchmark).

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

Rutherford Life Services - Fairground Road TCR series: 2022=3.7 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.8

Where Rutherford Life Services - Fairground Road falls in its industry

1,455 Work experience centers (i.e., establishments

Safer than 90% 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 #6 safest of 38 Work experience centers (i.e., employers in North Carolina.

Rutherford Life Services - Fairground Road (48 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Rutherford Life Services - Fairground Road
Rutherford Life Services - Fairground Road (48 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Rutherford Life Services - Fairground Road has fewer employees than the Work experience centers (i.e., sheltered median and a lower 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 3.7 3.7 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

624310 · NC · Spindale

1,455 Work experience centers (i.e., sheltered workshops) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 10 employers in Spindale, 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 Work Services Corporation 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 17 Midland Drive Norwich NY 13815 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cleveland Society for the Blind 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Battle Creek 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Jones Family Farms 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bryan Wagoner Tree Farm LLC 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Statesville Breeder Operation 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Case Farms Morganton Hatchery 48 FTE
CITY-NEAR Isothermal Community College 339 FTE
CITY-NEAR Watts Regulator Co. (Spindale) 56 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cardinal Tissue C1 50 FTE
CITY-NEAR Watts - Spindale 46 FTE
NAT-TCR McNaughton-McKay Electric Company - Ohio Region - Toledo, OH 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Skanska Koch 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Jasper County Office 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR SDI Pittsboro 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Architectural Woods LP 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Columbus Cardiology Consultants - East 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hampton Inn Anaheim 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jones & Cleary Roofing / Sheet Metal 48 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.