Automobile hardware, metal, manufacturing · North Carolina

AW North Carolina

Durham, NC · ~2,063 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

AW North Carolina runs at 60% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Automobile hardware, metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

AW North Carolina: 2.0 TCR = 60% of Automobile hardware, metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

AW North Carolina safety composite

AW North Carolina scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 48%), 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).

C

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% 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

−1.1

2016→2019

AW North Carolina injury rate improved

AW North Carolina's TCR fell 1.1 from 2.5 in 2016 to 1.4 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.5 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.5 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332510 · Durham, NC AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 60% of ind

  • DART 1.2 DART
  • RANK #3/11
  • PHOTO CompX Security Produ…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 129 inj
  • SIZE ~2,063 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CompX Security Products (0.0 TCR gap)

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AW North Carolina in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows AW North Carolina averages 2.0 TCR (60% of the Automobile hardware, metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

AW North Carolina TCR series: 2016=2.5 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=1.4 · BLS 3.3

Where AW North Carolina falls in its industry

189 Automobile hardware, metal, ma establishments

Safer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 11 Automobile hardware, metal, ma employers in North Carolina.

AW North Carolina (2,063 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate AW North Carolina
AW North Carolina (2,063 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 3.4

AW North Carolina has more employees than the Automobile hardware, metal, manufacturin median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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
2019 1.4 1.2 31 0 0
2018 2.1 1.8 45 5 0
2016 2.5 1.7 53 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332510 · NC · Durham

189 Automobile hardware, metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 530 employers in Durham, 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 CompX Security Products 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR ASSA ABLOY Accessories and Door Controls Group, Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR CompX Grayslake 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR COLSON GROUP Albion 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Reynolds American Inc. Trade Marketing Services 2,061 FTE
STATE-SIZE Carowinds 2,065 FTE
STATE-SIZE Daimler Truck North America - Cleveland Truck Plant 2,046 FTE
STATE-SIZE Goodyear Fayetteville 2,044 FTE
CITY-NEAR Duke University 23,871 FTE
CITY-NEAR Duke University Hospital 11,048 FTE
CITY-NEAR BCBSNC Telecommuters 3,033 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wolfspeed - Durham, NC 3,013 FTE
NAT-TCR USA East Elmhurst 90 20 Grand Central Pkwy 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR DBA Ashley Furniture Homestores- Sacramento 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR PetersenDean Roofing and Solar Fresno-Solar 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Indy North 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE MMP Practices 2,063 FTE
NAT-SIZE North American Operations - Matrix Service Inc. 2,063 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pratt & Whitney North Berwick Parts Center 2,063 FTE
NAT-SIZE Office Center 2,062 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: 2019, 2018, 2016. 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.