Nonferrous metal shapes (except aluminum, copper) made in integrated secondary smelting and extruding mills · North Carolina

Befesa Zinc Metal

Name: Befesa Zinc Metal Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Mooresboro, NC · ~228 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.7
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Befesa Zinc Metal runs at 82% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Nonferrous metal shapes (except aluminum, copper) made in integrated secondary smelting and extruding mills workplace, earning a grade C.

Befesa Zinc Metal: 2.7 TCR = 82% of Nonferrous metal shapes (except aluminum, copper) made in integrated secondary smelting and extruding mills BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Befesa Zinc Metal safety composite

Befesa Zinc Metal scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 61% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% 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

−1.8

2022→2024

Befesa Zinc Metal injury rate improved

Befesa Zinc Metal's TCR fell 1.8 from 4.0 in 2022 to 2.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=4.0 · 2023=2.0 · 2024=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331491 · Mooresboro, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 82% of ind

DART 1.3 DART
RANK #5/6
PHOTO Exide Technologies
BOOK 3y book
INJ 20 inj
SIZE ~228 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Exide Technologies (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Befesa Zinc Metal averages 2.7 TCR (82% of the Nonferrous metal shapes (except aluminum, copper) made in integrated secondary smelting and extruding mills BLS benchmark).

Befesa Zinc Metal TCR series: 2022=4 · 2023=2 · 2024=2.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Befesa Zinc Metal falls in its industry

113 Nonferrous metal shapes (excep establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 6 Nonferrous metal shapes (excep employers in North Carolina.

Befesa Zinc Metal (228 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 84 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Befesa Zinc Metal has more employees than the Nonferrous metal shapes (except aluminum median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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
2024	2.1	1.3	5	0
2023	2.0	1.6	5	0
2022	4.0	3.0	10	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331491 · NC · Mooresboro

113 Nonferrous metal shapes (except aluminum, copper) made in integrated secondary smelting and extruding mills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 5 employers in Mooresboro, 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	Exide Technologies	KANSAS CITY, MO	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Materion - Albuquerque (North)	ALBUQUERQUE, NM	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Niles, OH	NILES, OH	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Kester-Itasca	ITASCA, IL	2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Keystone Powdered Metal Company Troutman	TROUTMAN	228 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WM 1579	OXFORD	228 FTE
STATE-SIZE	2730	TARBORO	228 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Freshouse II, LLC	SALISBURY	228 FTE
CITY-NEAR	American Zinc Products, LLC	Mooresboro	290 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mooresboro	Mooresboro	127 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cliffside Steam Station	Mooresboro	114 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Sequoia Services - Cliffside Plant / Rogers Energy Complex	Mooresboro	49 FTE
NAT-TCR	Sacramento - GVC	Sacramento, CA	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Dunn Lumber	Lake Geneva, WI	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Richland Newhope Industries Inc.	Mansfield, OH	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	SM MMS Management Co LLC	Columbia, MO	2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	IBP Support Group	Columbus, OH	228 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Denver	Centennial, CO	228 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ateeco Inc.	Shenandoah, PA	228 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ocular Therapeutix	Bedford, MA	228 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, 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.