Narrow fabrics weaving · North Carolina

Burlan Manufacturing, LLC

Gastonia, NC · ~158 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Burlan Manufacturing, LLC runs at 107% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Narrow fabrics weaving workplace, earning a grade C.

Burlan Manufacturing, LLC: 3.5 TCR = 107% of Narrow fabrics weaving BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Burlan Manufacturing, LLC safety composite

Burlan Manufacturing, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 38%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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

−2.1

2016→2024

Burlan Manufacturing, LLC injury rate improved

Burlan Manufacturing, LLC's TCR fell 2.1 from 3.7 in 2016 to 1.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 9.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.7 · 2017=1.1 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=3.4 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=9.3 · 2024=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 313220 · Gastonia, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.5 · 107% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #4/7
  • PHOTO Oppermann Webbing
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 49 inj
  • SIZE ~158 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Oppermann Webbing (0.0 TCR gap)

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Burlan Manufacturing, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Burlan Manufacturing, LLC averages 3.5 TCR (107% of the Narrow fabrics weaving BLS benchmark).

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

Burlan Manufacturing, LLC TCR series: 2016=3.7 · 2017=1.1 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=3.4 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=9.3 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Burlan Manufacturing, LLC falls in its industry

45 Narrow fabrics weaving establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

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 7 Narrow fabrics weaving employers in North Carolina.

Burlan Manufacturing, LLC (158 employees, TCR 3.5) among 28 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 138 employees and a TCR of 2.8 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 29 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Burlan Manufacturing, LLC
Burlan Manufacturing, LLC (158 employees, TCR 3.5) among 28 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 138 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Burlan Manufacturing, LLC has more employees than the Narrow fabrics weaving median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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 2 0 0
2023 9.3 9.3 12 0 0
2022 4.3 4.3 6 0 0
2021 3.2 3.2 4 1 0
2020 2.4 2.4 4 0 0
2019 3.4 2.9 7 0 0
2018 2.9 2.4 6 0 0
2017 1.1 0.0 2 0 0
2016 3.7 1.9 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

313220 · NC · Gastonia

45 Narrow fabrics weaving employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 182 employers in Gastonia, 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 Oppermann Webbing 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bally Ribbon Mills 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sturges Manufacturing Company 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR GCPAT - Calhoun 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Wayne Bailey Inc. 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE Curtin Co. 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE Construction 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE Glen Raven Custom Fabrics LLC 158 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gaston Memorial Hospital, Incorporated d/b/a CaroMont Regional Medical Center 3,156 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gaston County Government 1,711 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wix Allen Plant 931 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gastonia Components and Logistics - Tulip 912 FTE
NAT-TCR Missoula Composites 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Carwile Mechanical Contractors, Inc. 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Webster Electric Cooperative 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR XHM 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE 8402 Keystone Automotive Warehouse, Operations & Logistics 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lockheed Martin Corporation Kennedy Space Campus (1337) 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE Goya Foods of California 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elliott Equipment Company 158 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.