Supermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores · North Carolina

Store 1521

Name: Store 1521 Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Gastonia, NC · ~130 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · September 26, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.0
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Store 1521 runs at 89% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Supermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores workplace, earning a grade C.

Store 1521: 3.0 TCR = 89% of Supermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Store 1521 safety composite

Store 1521 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 76% 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).

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 3.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers
DART rate: C 2.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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%).

Store 1521 held a steady TCR band

Store 1521's TCR held near 0.0 from 3.1 in 2016 to 3.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.1 · 2017=4.8 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=2.5 · 2020=1.1 · 2021=2.3 · 2022=6.7 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Gastonia, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 89% of ind

DART 2.1 DART
RANK #848/1627
PHOTO 6400-SWY 0027 2628
BOOK 9y book
INJ 23 inj
SIZE ~130 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 6400-SWY 0027 2628 (0.0 TCR gap)

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6400-SWY 0027

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10521 Mobile

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Hometown Groce

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What this shows Store 1521 averages 3.0 TCR (89% of the Supermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores BLS benchmark).

Store 1521 TCR series: 2016=3.1 · 2017=4.8 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=2.5 · 2020=1.1 · 2021=2.3 · 2022=6.7 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=3.1 · BLS 3.4

Where Store 1521 falls in its industry

30,654 Supermarkets and other grocery establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

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 #848 safest of 1627 Supermarkets and other grocery employers in North Carolina.

Store 1521 (130 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Store 1521 has more employees than the Supermarkets and other grocery except co median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2024	3.1	2.1	3
2023	2.2	1.1	2
2022	6.7	4.5	6
2021	2.3	1.1	2
2020	1.1	0.0	1
2019	2.5	2.5	2
2018	1.3	1.3	1
2017	4.8	3.6	4
2016	3.1	1.6	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · NC · Gastonia

30,654 Supermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 182 employers in Gastonia, 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	6400-SWY 0027 2628	ANCHORAGE, AK	3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	10521 Mobile	MOBILE, AL	3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hometown Grocery of Oneonta, Inc.	ONEONTA, AL	3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SWY-0017-0017-01515 FAC-01515-PHOENIX-AZ	PHOENIX, AZ	3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Autumn Care of Salisbury	SALISBURY	130 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Pella Carolina, Inc.	HIGH POINT	130 FTE
STATE-SIZE	2807-1653	ELKIN	130 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Warehousing	ROCKY MOUNT	130 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Gaston Memorial Hospital, Incorporated d/b/a CaroMont Regional Medical Center	Gastonia	3,156 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Gaston County Government	Gastonia	1,711 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Wix Allen Plant	Gastonia	931 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Gastonia Components and Logistics - Tulip	Gastonia	912 FTE
NAT-TCR	Store 1312	Gainesville, FL	3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Eurostampa North America	Cincinnati, OH	3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Store 0798	Bradenton, FL	3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Store 0786	Newnan, GA	3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Store 1531	St Petersburg, FL	130 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Store 1503	Cullman, AL	130 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Store 1644	Sarasota, FL	130 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Store 1328	Cape Coral, FL	130 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.