Bus bodies manufacturing · North Carolina
Thomas Built Buses
High Point, NC · ~1,467 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Thomas Built Buses runs at 189% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Bus bodies manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Thomas Built Buses: 6.2 TCR = 189% of Bus bodies manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Thomas Built Buses safety composite
Thomas Built Buses scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 40%), 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).
49/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 6.24 per 100 workers
Safer than 40% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 2.21 per 100 workers
Safer than 57% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 51% 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
−2.6
2016→2024
Thomas Built Buses injury rate improved
Thomas Built Buses's TCR fell 2.6 from 7.2 in 2016 to 4.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 7.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=7.2 · 2017=7.4 · 2018=6.5 · 2019=7.2 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=4.7
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 336211 · High Point, NC ABOVE-IND · LARGE
Grade D · TCR 6.2 · 189% of ind
- DART 2.2 DART
- RANK #22/29
- PHOTO KNAPHEIDE EQUIPMENT …
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 619 inj
- SIZE ~1,467 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: KNAPHEIDE EQUIPMENT CO - CHICAGO (0.0 TCR gap)
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Thomas Built Buses in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Hol-Mac Corpor
Hol-Mac Corporation P3
6.3 TCR
- Cardone Plant
Cardone Plant 49
6.3 TCR
- This site
Thomas Built Buses
6.2 TCR
- KNAPHEIDE EQUI
KNAPHEIDE EQUIPMENT CO - CHICAGO
6.2 TCR
- Auto Truck Cha
Auto Truck Charleston
6.2 TCR
What this shows Thomas Built Buses averages 6.2 TCR (189% of the Bus bodies manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Thomas Built Buses TCR series: 2016=7.2 · 2017=7.4 · 2018=6.5 · 2019=7.2 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=4.7 · BLS 3.3
Where Thomas Built Buses falls in its industry
470 Bus bodies manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.5.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 29 Bus bodies manufacturing employers in North Carolina.
Thomas Built Buses has more employees than the Bus bodies manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.5. 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 | 2.2 | 60 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.5 | 2.6 | 47 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7.2 | 3.8 | 116 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6.5 | 3.5 | 117 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7.4 | 2.9 | 146 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 7.2 | 3.0 | 133 | 4 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
336211 · NC · High Point
470 Bus bodies manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 243 employers in High Point, 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 | KNAPHEIDE EQUIPMENT CO - CHICAGO | 6.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hol-Mac Corporation P3 | 6.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Cardone Plant 49 | 6.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Auto Truck Charleston | 6.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Revlon Consumer Products Corp | 1,468 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Taylor Morrison | 1,469 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AMZL : DLT1 | 1,465 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Blue Ridge HealthCare Hospitals, Inc. | 1,461 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WFBMC - High Point Medical Center | 1,936 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CITY OF HIGH POINT | 1,532 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | High Point Medical Center | 1,370 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ralph Lauren Corporation - HPD Fulfillment Center | 1,104 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | All of Arizona | 6.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | The Newbury Boston | 6.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pensacola 10623 | 6.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Corporate Glass Inc | 6.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | The Arc of the Ozarks | 1,467 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Little Company of Mary Medical Center | 1,467 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 1855-ALBIR1 | 1,467 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Orbital Sciences Corporation | 1,467 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.