Department stores (except discount department stores) · North Carolina

Store 0026 Hickory

Name: Store 0026 Hickory Workplace Safety Data
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Hickory, NC · ~135 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.8
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Store 0026 Hickory runs at 111% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Department stores (except discount department stores) workplace, earning a grade C.

Store 0026 Hickory: 3.8 TCR = 111% of Department stores (except discount department stores) BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Store 0026 Hickory safety composite

Store 0026 Hickory scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 40%), 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).

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 3.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−2.6

2019→2020

Store 0026 Hickory injury rate improved

Store 0026 Hickory's TCR fell 2.6 from 5.1 in 2019 to 2.5 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 5.1 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=5.1 · 2020=2.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452111 · Hickory, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 111% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #85/125
PHOTO STR0244
BOOK 2y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~135 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: STR0244 (0.0 TCR gap)

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3.8
STR0244

3.8
Unit # 0863

3.8
Unit # 2503

3.8
Store 0001 Mon

3.8

What this shows Store 0026 Hickory averages 3.8 TCR (111% of the Department stores (except discount department stores) BLS benchmark).

Store 0026 Hickory TCR series: 2019=5.1 · 2020=2.5 · BLS 3.4

Where Store 0026 Hickory falls in its industry

1,987 Department stores (except disc establishments

Safer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #85 safest of 125 Department stores (except disc employers in North Carolina.

Store 0026 Hickory (135 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Store 0026 Hickory has more employees than the Department stores (except discount depar median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2020	2.5	0.0	1	0	0
2019	5.1	1.3	4	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452111 · NC · Hickory

1,987 Department stores (except discount department stores) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 240 employers in Hickory, NC · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	STR0244	MYRTLE BEACH, SC	3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Unit # 0863	COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Unit # 2503	CARBONDALE, IL	3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Store 0001 Monroe	MONROE, NC	3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Edifice LLC	CHARLOTTE	135 FTE
STATE-SIZE	TCCo-CAR	CHARLOTTE	135 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Pure Power Contractors, LLC	MONROE	135 FTE
STATE-SIZE	South-Fair Electric	CHARLOTTE	135 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Catawba Valley Medical Center	Hickory	2,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Merchants Distributors LLC	Hickory	1,480 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Frye Regional Medical Center	Hickory	1,363 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hickory Manufacturing & Technology Center	Hickory	1,006 FTE
NAT-TCR	BCS-AIS Galesville	Galesville, WI	3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Scio Township Meijer 173	Ann Arbor, MI	3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Stonebridge at Burlington	Burlington, MA	3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ennis-Chatham	Chatham, VA	3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Page Mechanical Group Inc.	Ft Myers, FL	135 FTE
NAT-SIZE	diversified plastics corp	Nixa, MO	135 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Global Views LP	Dallas, TX	135 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Environmental Services	Portsmouth, VA	135 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: 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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