Department stores (except discount department stores) · North Carolina

Store 0449 Kinston

Name: Store 0449 Kinston Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Kinston, NC · ~40 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.5
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Store 0449 Kinston runs at 75% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Department stores (except discount department stores) workplace, earning a grade B.

Store 0449 Kinston: 2.5 TCR = 75% of Department stores (except discount department stores) BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Store 0449 Kinston safety composite

Store 0449 Kinston scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% 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).

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% 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

−5.1

2019→2020

Store 0449 Kinston injury rate improved

Store 0449 Kinston's TCR fell 5.1 from 5.1 in 2019 to 0.0 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=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452111 · Kinston, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 75% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #52/125
PHOTO STR0582
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: STR0582 (0.0 TCR gap)

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STR0582

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STR0199

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Unit # 1943

2.5
Chula Vista Ce

2.5

What this shows Store 0449 Kinston averages 2.5 TCR (75% of the Department stores (except discount department stores) BLS benchmark).

Store 0449 Kinston TCR series: 2019=5.1 · 2020=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Store 0449 Kinston falls in its industry

1,987 Department stores (except disc establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #52 safest of 125 Department stores (except disc employers in North Carolina.

Store 0449 Kinston (40 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Store 0449 Kinston has fewer employees than the Department stores (except discount depar median and a lower 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	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2019	5.1	5.1	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452111 · NC · Kinston

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 · 86 employers in Kinston, 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	STR0582	CENTERVILLE, GA	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	STR0199	PARAGOULD, AR	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Unit # 1943	HURST, TX	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Chula Vista Center 546	CHULA VISTA, CA	2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Gary Thomas Farms	SANFORD	40 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Tri-State Turf of NC	DUNN	40 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Fords Produce Company Inc	RALEIGH	40 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Pender Nursery Inc.	GARNER	40 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Sanderson Farms Kinston Processing	Kinston	1,564 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Caswell Developmental Center	Kinston	1,256 FTE
CITY-NEAR	UNC Lenoir Health Care	Kinston	843 FTE
CITY-NEAR	UNC Health Lenoir	Kinston	744 FTE
NAT-TCR	Wald Wire Oshkosh	Oshkosh, WI	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Material Recovery Facility	Galva, IL	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ewles Materials/New Rental Co. - Division of John B. Ewles Inc.	Stanton, CA	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Food Safety Net Services, Ltd - Dallas Lab	Grand Prairie, TX	2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Hynes Industries - Painseville	Painsville, OH	40 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Nazareth, PA	Nazareth, PA	40 FTE
NAT-SIZE	National Fuel Distribution Clarence Servicenter	Clarence, NY	40 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Charleston, Wv Branch	Dunbar, WV	40 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.