Delivery service (except as part of intercity carrier network, U.S. Postal Service) · North Carolina

The Hicks Delivery Group

Hickory, NC · ~77 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.9
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Hicks Delivery Group runs at 108% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Delivery service (except as part of intercity carrier network, U.S. Postal Service) workplace, earning a grade C.

The Hicks Delivery Group: 4.9 TCR = 108% of Delivery service (except as part of intercity carrier network, U.S. Postal Service) BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Hicks Delivery Group safety composite

The Hicks Delivery Group scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 85% 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).

C

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 4.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers

DART rate
C 4.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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%).

Rising injury rate

The Hicks Delivery Group: 3.4 → 4.7 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 6.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.97× in 2024

The Hicks Delivery Group's TCR rose 1.3 from 3.4 in 2022 to 4.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.97× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 492210 · Hickory, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.9 · 108% of ind

  • DART 4.7 DART
  • RANK #8/50
  • PHOTO Impact Logistics Gro…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~77 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Impact Logistics Group Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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The Hicks Delivery Group in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Hicks Delivery Group averages 4.9 TCR (108% of the Delivery service (except as part of intercity carrier network, U.S. Postal Service) BLS benchmark).

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

The Hicks Delivery Group TCR series: 2022=3.4 · 2023=6.5 · 2024=4.7 · BLS 4.5

Where The Hicks Delivery Group falls in its industry

1,452 Delivery service (except as pa establishments

Safer than 85% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 11.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 50 Delivery service (except as pa employers in North Carolina.

The Hicks Delivery Group (77 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 89 employees and a TCR of 11.8 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 0200400600800 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate The Hicks Delivery Group
The Hicks Delivery Group (77 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 89 employees and a TCR of 11.8

The Hicks Delivery Group has fewer employees than the Delivery service (except as part of inte median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 11.8. 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 4.7 4.7 3 0 0
2023 6.5 6.5 5 0 0
2022 3.4 3.4 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

492210 · NC · Hickory

1,452 Delivery service (except as part of intercity carrier network, U.S. Postal Service) 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 Impact Logistics Group Inc 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Yeiroads Cargo Company 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6458-ZWLS 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR RAD Shipping,LLC 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rutherford-Polk 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Triangle Warehouse 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Water Resources 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Raleigh Asphalt Operations 77 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 Creek Nation Community Hospital 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Medicalodges Fort Scott 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Mercedes-Benz of Grapevine 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Yeiroads Cargo Company 4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE LX Hausys HI-MACS 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pcci-Ac K4x *5395-K4x / Duralectra-Chn, LLC - K4x 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Camanche Trucking Terminal 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southview Elementary School 77 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.