Town of Chapel Hill - Transit Operations
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CHAPEL HILL, NC | Workers' compensation program administration
~210 avg employees | 3 years of OSHA data
Town of Chapel Hill - Transit Operations has an average TCR of 3.9, which is 122% of the industry average (3.2) for Workers' compensation program administration. This is worse than average.
Safety Insights for Town of Chapel Hill - Transit Operations
Town of Chapel Hill - Transit Operations operates an establishment with approximately 210 full-time equivalent workers in CHAPEL HILL, NC, classified under the Workers' compensation program administration industry (NAICS 923130). Across 3 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 23 recordable injuries, 3 occupational illnesses, and 0 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 3.9 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the D letter grade (Poor Safety Record).
Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 3.2 for Workers' compensation program administration, Town of Chapel Hill - Transit Operations's workforce experiences 122% of the typical injury burden. This ratio matters because TCR already normalizes for hours worked — a 200,000-hour exposure base equals roughly 100 full-time workers — so establishments with very different headcounts can be compared directly. A TCR above the benchmark flags a higher-than-typical risk profile for jobseekers, insurers, and enforcement agencies to examine.
Multi-year trend analysis is the single most reliable signal here: a one-year spike could reflect a single severe event, whereas sustained elevation across 3 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating Town of Chapel Hill - Transit Operations as an employer, contractor, investment, or regulatory target should examine the yearly DART rate (days away, restricted, or transferred), the fatality count of 0, and any year-over-year deterioration shown in the table below. All figures come directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries — there is no modeling, estimation, or third-party adjustment layered on top of the government data.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Town of Chapel Hill - Transit Operations's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source — name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor — OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 923130 — Workers' compensation program administration.
DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2018)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
6 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 866,972 hours worked = 1.38 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Town of Chapel Hill - Transit Operations (this establishment) | 3.91 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 3-year avg |
| Equal employment opportunity offices industry avg | 3.20 | BLS IIF, NAICS 923130 |
| North Carolina state avg (all industries) | 25.67 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics — Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Town of Chapel Hill - Transit Operations to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2018: 8 reportable incidents · 8 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 6 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 3 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 12 reportable incidents · 12 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) — inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
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