Department stores except discount department stores · North Carolina

STR0026

Hickory, NC · ~85 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

STR0026 runs at 38% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Department stores except discount department stores workplace, earning a grade A.

STR0026: 1.3 TCR = 38% of Department stores except discount department stores BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

STR0026 safety composite

STR0026 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

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% 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

2021→2024

STR0026 injury rate improved

STR0026's TCR fell 5.1 from 5.1 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 5.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=5.1 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 38% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #13/125
  • PHOTO Store 0079 GARNER
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~85 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Store 0079 GARNER (0.0 TCR gap)

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STR0026 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows STR0026 averages 1.3 TCR (38% of the Department stores except discount department stores BLS benchmark).

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

STR0026 TCR series: 2021=5.1 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.4

Where STR0026 falls in its industry

1,987 Department stores except disco establishments

Safer than 90% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 125 Department stores except disco employers in North Carolina.

STR0026 (85 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate STR0026
STR0026 (85 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 3.3

STR0026 has more employees than the Department stores except discount depart 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 5.1 0.0 2 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR Store 0079 GARNER 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Unit # 2703 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR STR0414 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Unit # 1037 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Aptus Group USA LLC 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sealand South 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE carl Rose Paving 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE Romanoff Electric Residential - Charlotte 85 FTE
CITY-NEAR Catawba Valley Medical Center 2,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR Merchants Distributors LLC 1,480 FTE
CITY-NEAR Frye Regional Medical Center 1,363 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hickory Manufacturing & Technology Center 1,006 FTE
NAT-TCR Dealership - Bakersfield 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Longview ST. Helens 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Clifton 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Brigham Young University 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Bridges at Bent Creek 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE CA-Irwindale Corp Whse: SCE 10 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE Highland Roofing Company 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE Carter Custom Mill 489 85 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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