Barrels, light gauge metal, manufacturing · North Carolina

AO Smith Charlotte

Charlotte, NC · ~74 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

AO Smith Charlotte runs at 158% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Barrels, light gauge metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

AO Smith Charlotte: 5.2 TCR = 158% of Barrels, light gauge metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

AO Smith Charlotte safety composite

AO Smith Charlotte scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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

−1.3

2018→2024

AO Smith Charlotte injury rate improved

AO Smith Charlotte's TCR fell 1.3 from 5.8 in 2018 to 4.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.86× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=5.8 · 2019=5.4 · 2024=4.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332439 · Charlotte, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 158% of ind

  • DART 4.5 DART
  • RANK #4/5
  • PHOTO Highway Products
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~74 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Highway Products (0.1 TCR gap)

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AO Smith Charlotte in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows AO Smith Charlotte averages 5.2 TCR (158% of the Barrels, light gauge metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

AO Smith Charlotte TCR series: 2018=5.8 · 2019=5.4 · 2024=4.5 · BLS 3.3

Where AO Smith Charlotte falls in its industry

175 Barrels, light gauge metal, ma establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 5 Barrels, light gauge metal, ma employers in North Carolina.

AO Smith Charlotte (74 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate AO Smith Charlotte
AO Smith Charlotte (74 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 4.7

AO Smith Charlotte has more employees than the Barrels, light gauge metal, manufacturin median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2024 4.5 4.5 5 0 0
2019 5.4 5.4 3 0 0
2018 5.8 5.8 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332439 · NC · Charlotte

175 Barrels, light gauge metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 2,058 employers in Charlotte, 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 Highway Products 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wastequip Williamstown 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR MOBILITY_CADILLAC_MI 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR PFI USA, LLP 5.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Worthington Farms 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE BLUE VIEW INC 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6271-508 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Baker Residential 74 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1101-Carolinas Medical Center (1101) 8,444 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0001-Carolinas Medical Center 8,032 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4795-AA-CLT-CHARLOTTE-CLT-TRML 7,295 FTE
CITY-NEAR Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center 4,973 FTE
NAT-TCR Wyoming Machine Inc 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Cassemco 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 407 Macedon 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Bayview Engineering & Construction Inc 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Viken Detection 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Kenmore 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE W&W|AFCO Steel Greeley 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of Winthrop 74 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, 2019, 2018. 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.