Alarm apparatus, electric, merchant wholesalers · North Carolina

The System's Depot

Hickory, NC · ~32 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The System's Depot runs at 37% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Alarm apparatus, electric, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade A.

The System's Depot: 0.8 TCR = 37% of Alarm apparatus, electric, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The System's Depot safety composite

The System's Depot scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 24%), 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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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 System's Depot: 0.0 → 3.3 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.3 TCR · DART/TCR 4.02× in 2024

The System's Depot's TCR rose 3.3 from 0.0 in 2021 to 3.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 4.02× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423610 · Hickory, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 37% of ind

  • DART 3.3 DART
  • RANK #9/42
  • PHOTO 2838
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 2838 (0.0 TCR gap)

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The System's Depot in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The System's Depot averages 0.8 TCR (37% of the Alarm apparatus, electric, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

The System's Depot TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.3 · BLS 2.2

Where The System's Depot falls in its industry

1,190 Alarm apparatus, electric, mer establishments

Safer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 42 Alarm apparatus, electric, mer employers in North Carolina.

The System's Depot (32 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate The System's Depot
The System's Depot (32 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 2.4

The System's Depot has fewer employees than the Alarm apparatus, electric, merchant whol median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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 3.3 3.3 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423610 · NC · Hickory

1,190 Alarm apparatus, electric, merchant wholesalers 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 2838 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR SUN VALLEY ELECTRIC SUPPLY (PC4092) 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR KGP Faribault 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6340-IRBY-001022_US_S0097 0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE T.C. Smith Produce Farm 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE LATHAMS NURSERY INC. - MONROE, NC 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lake Wendell Farming Co. LLC 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Case Farms Goldsboro Hatchery 32 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 IMS Solutions 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR AWS INDUSTRIES INC dba TOMAK PRECISION 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Microsemi FTS Inc (A Microchip Co) Beverly Tozer 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR IRF Intelligent RF Solutions LLC 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE S10176 - Bridgeway Acres Landfill 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pratt Recycling, Inc. - Denton, TX 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lincoln Foundry 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jifco Inc. of Texas 32 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.