General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) · North Carolina

Zenith - Conover

Conover, NC · ~409 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Zenith - Conover runs at 71% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade B.

Zenith - Conover: 3.2 TCR = 71% of General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Zenith - Conover safety composite

Zenith - Conover scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−0.5

2016→2021

Zenith - Conover injury rate improved

Zenith - Conover's TCR fell 0.5 from 4.1 in 2016 to 3.6 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.1 TCR. In 2021, DART was 1.14× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.1 · 2017=2.3 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=2.7 · 2021=3.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Conover, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 3.2 · 71% of ind

  • DART 3.6 DART
  • RANK #62/125
  • PHOTO Fortrans, Inc.
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 77 inj
  • SIZE ~409 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fortrans, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Zenith - Conover in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Zenith - Conover averages 3.2 TCR (71% of the General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).

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

Zenith - Conover TCR series: 2016=4.1 · 2017=2.3 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=2.7 · 2021=3.6 · BLS 4.5

Where Zenith - Conover falls in its industry

3,252 General freight trucking, long establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #62 safest of 125 General freight trucking, long employers in North Carolina.

Zenith - Conover (409 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Zenith - Conover
Zenith - Conover (409 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Zenith - Conover has more employees than the General freight trucking, long-distance, median and a higher 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
2021 3.6 3.6 14 0 0
2020 2.7 2.7 12 0 0
2019 3.9 3.9 12 0 0
2018 2.5 1.2 10 0 0
2017 2.3 1.7 11 0 0
2016 4.1 2.8 18 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · NC · Conover

3,252 General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 95 employers in Conover, 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 Fortrans, Inc. 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR MOBILE TERMINAL 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Romeoville, IL - 1100 West Airport Road 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Brothers Express, Inc. 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Grady White Boats, Inc. 409 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 1238 409 FTE
STATE-SIZE Variety Wholesalers, Inc. 91011-Dist Ctr 409 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lilly Research Triangle Park 408 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 4224 369 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4224 327 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2510 Conover Folding 309 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hanes Industries 8602 302 FTE
NAT-TCR Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-30343) 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Sutter Medical Foundation (185-235) 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Retrax 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Solaris Healthcare Lake Bennet 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sanden International (U.S.A.) Inc 409 FTE
NAT-SIZE Snow Summit, LLC 409 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1061 - Hayward Ca Whse 409 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chesapeake Sheriff's Office 409 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: 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.