Fiber optic connectors manufacturing · North Carolina

Usconec Hickory

Hickory, NC · ~154 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
0.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Usconec Hickory runs at 0% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Fiber optic connectors manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Usconec Hickory: 0.0 TCR = 0% of Fiber optic connectors manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Usconec Hickory safety composite

Usconec Hickory scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 100% 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).

B

80/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 100% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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%).

Usconec Hickory held a steady TCR band

Usconec Hickory's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 0.0 TCR.

2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 334417 · Hickory, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 0.0 · 0% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #0/7
  • PHOTO Airborn Inc. Addison
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 0 inj
  • SIZE ~154 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Airborn Inc. Addison (0.0 TCR gap)

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Usconec Hickory in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Usconec Hickory averages 0.0 TCR (0% of the Fiber optic connectors manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Usconec Hickory TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Usconec Hickory falls in its industry

166 Fiber optic connectors manufac establishments

Safer than 100% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #0 safest of 7 Fiber optic connectors manufac employers in North Carolina.

Usconec Hickory (154 employees, TCR 0.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 144 employees and a TCR of 1.6 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 05001,0001,500 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate Usconec Hickory
Usconec Hickory (154 employees, TCR 0.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 144 employees and a TCR of 1.6

Usconec Hickory has more employees than the Fiber optic connectors manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

334417 · NC · Hickory

166 Fiber optic connectors manufacturing 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 Airborn Inc. Addison 0.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 177 AUT - WINSTON SALEM 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 128 FACN - MIDDLETOWN 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 140 FACN - MIDDLETOWN 0.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE J&J Snack Foods--Holly Ridge, NC 154 FTE
STATE-SIZE SAputo Cheese USA Inc 154 FTE
STATE-SIZE American & Efird Gastonia Plant 20 154 FTE
STATE-SIZE Seaboard Lumber Mill 154 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 Carbro Constructors Corp Main 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 1655 3rd St,San Francisco (MB3 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Keller Warehouse 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Airborn Inc. Addison 0.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE North America : Rocklin 154 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cedar Grove - Belgium School District 154 FTE
NAT-SIZE PEP : DYN - Clearwater 154 FTE
NAT-SIZE KPC Promise Hospital of Baton Rouge 154 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: 2023, 2022. 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.