Trucking, general freight, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) · North Carolina
SunBelt Furniture Xpress, INc
Hickory, NC · ~328 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 4.0
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
SunBelt Furniture Xpress, INc runs at 89% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Trucking, general freight, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) workplace, earning a grade C.
SunBelt Furniture Xpress, INc: 4.0 TCR = 89% of Trucking, general freight, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
SunBelt Furniture Xpress, INc safety composite
SunBelt Furniture Xpress, INc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 41%), 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)
- C 4 per 100 workers
Safer than 73% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 4.45 per 100 workers
Safer than 41% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 52% 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
−2.8
2016→2024
SunBelt Furniture Xpress, INc injury rate improved
SunBelt Furniture Xpress, INc's TCR fell 2.8 from 7.3 in 2016 to 4.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.11× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=7.3 · 2018=4.1 · 2020=3.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=7.8 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=4.5
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 484122 · Hickory, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 4.0 · 89% of ind
- DART 4.5 DART
- RANK #63/164
- PHOTO LMO
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 91 inj
- SIZE ~328 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: LMO (0.0 TCR gap)
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SunBelt Furniture Xpress, INc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
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SunBelt Furniture Xpress, INc
4 TCR
- LMO
LMO
4 TCR
- Wheeling OH FX
Wheeling OH FXFE-WWV
4 TCR
- Sanimax ATO Gr
Sanimax ATO Green Bay
4 TCR
- NEW-ODFL
NEW-ODFL
4 TCR
What this shows SunBelt Furniture Xpress, INc averages 4.0 TCR (89% of the Trucking, general freight, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) BLS benchmark).
SunBelt Furniture Xpress, INc TCR series: 2016=7.3 · 2018=4.1 · 2020=3 · 2021=0 · 2022=7.8 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=4.5 · BLS 4.5
Where SunBelt Furniture Xpress, INc falls in its industry
3,020 Trucking, general freight, lon establishmentsSafer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #63 safest of 164 Trucking, general freight, lon employers in North Carolina.
SunBelt Furniture Xpress, INc has more employees than the Trucking, general freight, long-distance median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 20 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 7.3 | 5.8 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
484122 · NC · Hickory
3,020 Trucking, general freight, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) 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 | LMO | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Wheeling OH FXFE-WWV | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sanimax ATO Green Bay | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | NEW-ODFL | 4.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Greensboro Blend Plant | 328 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Ardagh Metal Packaging - Winston-Salem | 328 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 1355 | 328 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 1010 | 328 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 | Opus Packaging - Wabash | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | All Metals - Spartanburg, SC, loc'n #1097 | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Columbus Terminal | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice - Wichita | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Visionary Enterprise Inc | 328 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | El Paso Texas Don Haskins Crossdock | 328 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Amazon.com Services LLC - DDT1 | 328 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Freshpoint Central Florida | 328 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
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