Employer · North Carolina

UNCA Highsmth Union

Asheville, NC · ~19 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.1
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

UNCA Highsmth Union runs at 137% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade D.

UNCA Highsmth Union: 4.1 TCR = 137% of industry BLS 3.0 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

UNCA Highsmth Union safety composite

UNCA Highsmth Union scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 42%), 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).

D

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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%).

UNCA Highsmth Union held a steady TCR band

UNCA Highsmth Union's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 14.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=0.0 · 2019=10.4 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=14.2 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Asheville, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 137% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #125/214
  • PHOTO M8934 Barnes Jewish
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~19 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: M8934 Barnes Jewish (0.0 TCR gap)

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UNCA Highsmth Union in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows UNCA Highsmth Union averages 4.1 TCR (137% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

UNCA Highsmth Union TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=10.4 · 2020=0 · 2021=14.2 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.0

Where UNCA Highsmth Union falls in its industry

6,952 industry establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #125 safest of 214 industry employers in North Carolina.

UNCA Highsmth Union (19 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate UNCA Highsmth Union
UNCA Highsmth Union (19 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

UNCA Highsmth Union has fewer employees than the industry median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 14.2 14.2 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 10.4 0.0 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · NC · Asheville

6,952 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 290 employers in Asheville, NC · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR M8934 Barnes Jewish 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR YSU Chick Fil a 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT CARMICHAELS AREA SCHOOL DIST 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT GRAYSTONE QUARRY EVENTS 4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Turf Today Inc. 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE A And A Farms, Inc. 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE Buy Sod USA - Leggett Sod Farm 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southern Custom Shutters, INC 19 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mission Hospital; MH Hospital Manager, LLC 8,097 FTE
CITY-NEAR Biltmore Workforce Management 1,894 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mission Medical Associates 1,336 FTE
CITY-NEAR Community Care Partners 1,018 FTE
NAT-TCR M8934 Barnes Jewish 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Crowne Plaza San Diego 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR YSU Chick Fil a 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Coeur d'Alene Paving 4.1 TCR

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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.