Translation and Interpretation Services · North Carolina

VRS Hickory, NC

Hickory, NC · ~26 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

VRS Hickory, NC runs at 386% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Translation and Interpretation Services workplace, earning a grade F.

VRS Hickory, NC: 1.9 TCR = 386% of Translation and Interpretation Services BLS 0.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

VRS Hickory, NC safety composite

VRS Hickory, NC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 60% 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

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% 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%).

VRS Hickory, NC held a steady TCR band

VRS Hickory, NC's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.8 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.0 · 2018=5.8 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541930 · Hickory, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 1.9 · 386% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P59
  • PHOTO VRS Toledo, OH
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: VRS Toledo, OH (0.0 TCR gap)

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VRS Hickory, NC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows VRS Hickory, NC averages 1.9 TCR (386% of the Translation and Interpretation Services BLS benchmark).

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

VRS Hickory, NC TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=5.8 · 2020=0 · BLS 0.5

Where VRS Hickory, NC falls in its industry

78 Translation and Interpretation establishments

Safer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
VRS Hickory, NC (26 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 0200400600 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate VRS Hickory, NC
VRS Hickory, NC (26 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 2.5

VRS Hickory, NC has fewer employees than the Translation and Interpretation Services median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 5.8 5.8 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541930 · NC · Hickory

78 Translation and Interpretation Services 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 VRS Toledo, OH 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR VRS Denver, CO 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR VRS Akron, OH 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR VRS Ann Arbor, MI 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE R. A. Wood Farms, Inc. 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Yarbrough Farms LLC 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE SOUTH LNM- EST 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Case Farms Goldsboro Hatchery 26 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 Elementis Specialties 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Hudick Excavating, Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Ross store 1703 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Ross store 1459 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Merle Hay Road Des Moines Ia Thrift Store 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brian Tripple 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Galesburg IL Thrift Store 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Montgomery IL Store 26 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: 2020, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.