Architectural metalwork manufacturing · North Carolina

Ascending Iron, LLC

Whitsett, NC · ~47 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ascending Iron, LLC runs at 88% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Architectural metalwork manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Ascending Iron, LLC: 2.9 TCR = 88% of Architectural metalwork manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ascending Iron, LLC safety composite

Ascending Iron, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 15%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Ascending Iron, LLC: 0.0 → 5.8 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 5.8 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2023

Ascending Iron, LLC's TCR rose 5.8 from 0.0 in 2022 to 5.8 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332323 · Whitsett, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 88% of ind

  • DART 5.8 DART
  • RANK #4/4
  • PHOTO Wooster Products
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~47 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wooster Products (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ascending Iron, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ascending Iron, LLC averages 2.9 TCR (88% of the Architectural metalwork manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Ascending Iron, LLC TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=5.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Ascending Iron, LLC falls in its industry

309 Architectural metalwork manufa establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

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 4 Architectural metalwork manufa employers in North Carolina.

Ascending Iron, LLC (47 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 4.1 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Ascending Iron, LLC
Ascending Iron, LLC (47 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Ascending Iron, LLC has fewer employees than the Architectural metalwork manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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
2023 5.8 5.8 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332323 · NC · Whitsett

309 Architectural metalwork manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 27 employers in Whitsett, 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 Wooster Products 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ultra Aluminum 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Crystal Metal Works 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nucor Grating - Bourbonnais 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Monroe NC Operations 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dan River Steam Station 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hickory Resource Center PNG 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Smith Douglas Charlotte 47 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6458-ZELN 554 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pratt Southeast Displays, LLC 340 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rock Creek 219 FTE
CITY-NEAR Carolina Biological Supply Company - Rock Creek 168 FTE
NAT-TCR Unit #1749 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR NGAS-A113 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Fiesta # 66 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 4020 - Columbus Oh Ddc (Costco Logistics) Depot 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cornell Store 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cedar Hills Store 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Foam Fabricators Inc. 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lakin Tire West - CO 47 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: 2023, 2022. 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.