Chemical processing machinery and equipment manufacturing · North Carolina

Apollo Burlington Plant

Name: Apollo Burlington Plant Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Burlington, NC · ~49 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 6.7
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Apollo Burlington Plant runs at 202% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Chemical processing machinery and equipment manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Apollo Burlington Plant: 6.7 TCR = 202% of Chemical processing machinery and equipment manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Apollo Burlington Plant safety composite

Apollo Burlington Plant scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 16%), 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).

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−2.0

2016→2017

Apollo Burlington Plant injury rate improved

Apollo Burlington Plant's TCR fell 2.0 from 7.7 in 2016 to 5.7 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.7 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.7 · 2017=5.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333249 · Burlington, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.7 · 202% of ind

DART 1.9 DART
RANK #15/15
PHOTO NORTH STATES INDUSTR…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~49 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: NORTH STATES INDUSTRIES (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Apollo Burlington Plant averages 6.7 TCR (202% of the Chemical processing machinery and equipment manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Apollo Burlington Plant TCR series: 2016=7.7 · 2017=5.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Apollo Burlington Plant falls in its industry

448 Chemical processing machinery establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 15 Chemical processing machinery employers in North Carolina.

Apollo Burlington Plant (49 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Apollo Burlington Plant has fewer employees than the Chemical processing machinery and equipm 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
2017	5.7	1.9	3	0	0
2016	7.7	1.9	4	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333249 · NC · Burlington

448 Chemical processing machinery and equipment manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 148 employers in Burlington, 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	NORTH STATES INDUSTRIES	SIREN, WI	6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	American Pulverizer Company	SAINT LOUIS, MO	6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Atalys, LLC	ROCHESTER, NY	6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Midwest Can Company LLC	FRANKLIN PARK, IL	6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Zackly Rite Farms	ELM CITY	49 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Taylor's Nursery-Raleigh	RALEIGH	49 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Butterball Hatchery # 3	GOLDSBORO	49 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Matthews Operations Center	MATTHEWS	49 FTE
CITY-NEAR	National OnDemand, Inc	Burlington	511 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Twin Lakes Community	Burlington	410 FTE
CITY-NEAR	York Road	Burlington	398 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lutheran Retirement Ministries of Alamance County	Burlington	373 FTE
NAT-TCR	Cadillac (Micad)	Cadillac, MI	6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ontelaunee Farms, Inc.	Temple, PA	6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ingram Mirco ALC 80	Jonestown, PA	6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Trisun Care Center Coastal Palms	Portland, TX	6.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	AAA Worldwide Transportation	Clinton, NJ	49 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Village of Elk Rapids	Elk Rapids, MI	49 FTE
NAT-SIZE	AKA Tree Removal	Buford, GA	49 FTE
NAT-SIZE	N and R of Mansfield LLC	Mansfield, MO	49 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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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.