Fuel oil merchant wholesalers (except bulk stations, terminals) · North Carolina

United Oil of the Carolinas, Inc

Gastonia, NC · ~29 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

United Oil of the Carolinas, Inc runs at 77% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Fuel oil merchant wholesalers (except bulk stations, terminals) workplace, earning a grade B.

United Oil of the Carolinas, Inc: 1.7 TCR = 77% of Fuel oil merchant wholesalers (except bulk stations, terminals) BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

United Oil of the Carolinas, Inc safety composite

United Oil of the Carolinas, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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

−5.7

2016→2024

United Oil of the Carolinas, Inc injury rate improved

United Oil of the Carolinas, Inc's TCR fell 5.7 from 5.7 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.7 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=3.1 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424720 · Gastonia, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 77% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P68
  • PHOTO Inlet Energy- Anchor…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Inlet Energy- Anchorage Warehouse (0.0 TCR gap)

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United Oil of the Carolinas, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows United Oil of the Carolinas, Inc averages 1.7 TCR (77% of the Fuel oil merchant wholesalers (except bulk stations, terminals) BLS benchmark).

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

United Oil of the Carolinas, Inc TCR series: 2016=5.7 · 2017=0 · 2018=3.1 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=0 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where United Oil of the Carolinas, Inc falls in its industry

218 Fuel oil merchant wholesalers establishments

Safer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
United Oil of the Carolinas, Inc (29 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 41 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate United Oil of the Carolinas, Inc
United Oil of the Carolinas, Inc (29 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 41 employees and a TCR of 3.0

United Oil of the Carolinas, Inc has fewer employees than the Fuel oil merchant wholesalers (except bu median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 3.3 3.3 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 3.2 3.2 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 3.1 3.1 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 5.7 5.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424720 · NC · Gastonia

218 Fuel oil merchant wholesalers (except bulk stations, terminals) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 182 employers in Gastonia, 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 Inlet Energy- Anchorage Warehouse 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ewing Oil Company Inc 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR PetroCard Inc - Oregon Operations 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southeast Texas 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Black Gold Farms - NCC 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Buy Sod - Sandhill 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cowans Ford 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Craven County Wood Energy 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gaston Memorial Hospital, Incorporated d/b/a CaroMont Regional Medical Center 3,156 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gaston County Government 1,711 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wix Allen Plant 931 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gastonia Components and Logistics - Tulip 912 FTE
NAT-TCR Banner Metals Group 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Plant 3 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Superior Essex 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Harvard Maintenance LLC of Massachusetts 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Advantage Tank Lines 20013 Columbus 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE CenterPoint Energy - Bloomington 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE CenterPoint Energy - Clarksville 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Illini Castings 29 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.