Speed changers (i.e., power transmission equipment) manufacturing · North Carolina
Boston Gear
Charlotte, NC · ~201 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Boston Gear runs at 105% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Speed changers (i.e., power transmission equipment) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Boston Gear: 3.5 TCR = 105% of Speed changers (i.e., power transmission equipment) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Boston Gear safety composite
Boston Gear scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 41%), 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).
44/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.46 per 100 workers
Safer than 41% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.58 per 100 workers
Safer than 43% 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
−2.2
2016→2024
Boston Gear injury rate improved
Boston Gear's TCR fell 2.2 from 3.7 in 2016 to 1.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 4.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=3.7 · 2017=3.0 · 2018=4.0 · 2020=4.9 · 2021=3.0 · 2022=3.9 · 2024=1.6
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 333612 · Charlotte, NC ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.5 · 105% of ind
- DART 1.6 DART
- RANK P41
- PHOTO Hub City, Inc.
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 48 inj
- SIZE ~201 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Hub City, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Boston Gear in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Boston Gear
3.5 TCR
- Hub City, Inc.
Hub City, Inc.
3.5 TCR
- Oliver Gear In
Oliver Gear Inc.
3.5 TCR
- SEW-Eurodrive,
SEW-Eurodrive, Inc.
3.5 TCR
- Nord Gear Corp
Nord Gear Corp
3.4 TCR
What this shows Boston Gear averages 3.5 TCR (105% of the Speed changers (i.e., power transmission equipment) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Boston Gear TCR series: 2016=3.7 · 2017=3 · 2018=4 · 2020=4.9 · 2021=3 · 2022=3.9 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 3.3
Where Boston Gear falls in its industry
106 Speed changers (i.e., power tr establishmentsSafer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.
Boston Gear has more employees than the Speed changers (i.e., power transmission median and a higher 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 | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.7 | 2.1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
333612 · NC · Charlotte
106 Speed changers (i.e., power transmission equipment) 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 | Hub City, Inc. | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Oliver Gear Inc. | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SEW-Eurodrive, Inc. | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Nord Gear Corp | 3.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | D.R. Horton, Inc. - Wilmington | 201 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Frontier Spinning Mills Plant 2 | 201 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sapona Manufacturing Company, Inc. | 201 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Linwood/Lexington | 201 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 | Phoenix Az - 315 | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pacific | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | The Waterford at Corpus Christi | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Construction | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Sunesis Construction Co. | 201 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lufkin Gears | 201 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 066 - Hillcrest Springfield | 201 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Water Pik, Inc. | 201 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.