Textile machinery repair and maintenance services · North Carolina

A.B. Carter, Inc.

Name: A.B. Carter, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Gastonia, NC · ~64 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · September 26, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 1.4
Avg TCR: 2.1
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

A.B. Carter, Inc. runs at 65% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Textile machinery repair and maintenance services workplace, earning a grade B.

A.B. Carter, Inc.: 1.4 TCR = 65% of Textile machinery repair and maintenance services BLS 2.1 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

A.B. Carter, Inc. safety composite

A.B. Carter, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), 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).

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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%).

Rising injury rate

A.B. Carter, Inc.: 0.0 → 2.7 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 2.7 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2017

A.B. Carter, Inc.'s TCR rose 2.7 from 0.0 in 2016 to 2.7 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 811310 · Gastonia, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.4 · 65% of ind

DART 2.7 DART
RANK #13/72
PHOTO Crown Lift Trucks De…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~64 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Crown Lift Trucks Denver (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows A.B. Carter, Inc. averages 1.4 TCR (65% of the Textile machinery repair and maintenance services BLS benchmark).

A.B. Carter, Inc. TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=2.7 · BLS 2.1

Where A.B. Carter, Inc. falls in its industry

2,560 Textile machinery repair and m establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 72 Textile machinery repair and m employers in North Carolina.

A.B. Carter, Inc. (64 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 2.7

A.B. Carter, Inc. has more employees than the Textile machinery repair and maintenance median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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
2017	2.7	2.7	2	0	0
2016	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

811310 · NC · Gastonia

2,560 Textile machinery repair and maintenance services 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Crown Lift Trucks Denver	AURORA, CO	1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	735 Southwire Starkville, MS	STARKVILLE, MS	1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	CALR - UST	FREMONT, CA	1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	RENEW Energy SDRS	SIOUX FALLS, SD	1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	9288-B15	MOUNT OLIVE	64 FTE
STATE-SIZE	BETA Fueling Systems, LLC	REIDSVILLE, NC	64 FTE
STATE-SIZE	366356-RAL-CAPITOL STA	RALEIGH	64 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Plant 5	LENOIR	64 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Gaston Memorial Hospital, Incorporated d/b/a CaroMont Regional Medical Center	Gastonia	3,156 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Gaston County Government	Gastonia	1,711 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Wix Allen Plant	Gastonia	931 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Gastonia Components and Logistics - Tulip	Gastonia	912 FTE
NAT-TCR	Continental Pools, LLC	Savage, MD	1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Oldcastle OPI - Nampa	Nampa, ID	1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	DBi Waco	Waco, TX	1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Wenger Pipeline Construction, Inc.	Dalton, OH	1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	N and R of Crane LLC	Crane, MO	64 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Caledonia Township	Caledonia, MI	64 FTE
NAT-SIZE	49- Mt Vernon	Mt. Vernon, WA	64 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Accurate Screw Machine	Fairfield, IL	64 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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