Iron work, structural, contractors · North Carolina

Brenda Chase

Chinquapin, NC · ~21 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.1
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Brenda Chase runs at 433% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Iron work, structural, contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Brenda Chase: 12.1 TCR = 433% of Iron work, structural, contractors BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Brenda Chase safety composite

Brenda Chase scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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).

F

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
F 21.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

Brenda Chase: 4.6 → 21.5 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 21.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.77× in 2019

Brenda Chase's TCR rose 16.9 from 4.6 in 2016 to 21.5 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1.77× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238120 · Chinquapin, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.1 · 433% of ind

  • DART 21.5 DART
  • RANK #20/21
  • PHOTO Rose Steel, Inc.
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Rose Steel, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Brenda Chase in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Brenda Chase averages 12.1 TCR (433% of the Iron work, structural, contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Brenda Chase TCR series: 2016=4.6 · 2017=8.9 · 2018=13.5 · 2019=21.5 · BLS 2.8

Where Brenda Chase falls in its industry

705 Iron work, structural, contrac establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 21 Iron work, structural, contrac employers in North Carolina.

Brenda Chase (21 employees, TCR 12.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 Brenda Chase
Brenda Chase (21 employees, TCR 12.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Brenda Chase has fewer employees than the Iron work, structural, contractors median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 21.5 21.5 5 0 0
2018 13.5 13.5 3 0 0
2017 8.9 4.5 2 0 0
2016 4.6 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238120 · NC · Chinquapin

705 Iron work, structural, contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 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 Rose Steel, Inc. 12.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR A-1 Steel Inc. 11.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cubic Designs, Inc. Plant 11.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR S&S Structures, Inc. 11.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Timothy Yarbrough 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Liberty NC Breeders 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE NCJA1-SEL-JASON 1' 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sunburst Trout Farms 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR Donald's Welding, Inc. 21 FTE
NAT-TCR Pavement Specialties of Idaho, Inc. 12.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Day Plumbing, Heating, & Cooling 12.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Earth City DSD 12.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 073708-Glenwood Spgs Po 12.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Precision Charts Inc 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Helen Owen Carey Residence 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Commercial Casino LLC 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Koprivica Buidling 21 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, 2017, 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.