Injection molding machinery for plastics manufacturing · North Carolina

Canton, NC

Canton, NC · ~412 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Canton, NC runs at 155% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Injection molding machinery for plastics manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Canton, NC: 5.1 TCR = 155% of Injection molding machinery for plastics manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Canton, NC safety composite

Canton, NC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 24%), 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

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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

−2.5

2016→2017

Canton, NC injury rate improved

Canton, NC's TCR fell 2.5 from 6.4 in 2016 to 3.8 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.4 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.4 · 2017=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333249 · Canton, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 155% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #14/15
  • PHOTO Afinitas- Columbus L…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 41 inj
  • SIZE ~412 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Afinitas- Columbus Location (0.0 TCR gap)

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Canton, NC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Canton, NC averages 5.1 TCR (155% of the Injection molding machinery for plastics manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Canton, NC TCR series: 2016=6.4 · 2017=3.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Canton, NC falls in its industry

448 Injection molding machinery fo establishments

Safer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 15 Injection molding machinery fo employers in North Carolina.

Canton, NC (412 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 0200400600800 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Canton, NC
Canton, NC (412 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Canton, NC has more employees than the Injection molding machinery for plastics median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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
2017 3.8 1.9 18 0 0
2016 6.4 3.6 23 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333249 · NC · Canton

448 Injection molding machinery for plastics manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 16 employers in Canton, 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 Afinitas- Columbus Location 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR EASTMAN MACHINE COMPANY 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Marvel Manufacturing Company, Inc. 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR AmeriChem Systems Inc. 5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Villari Bros. Foods 412 FTE
STATE-SIZE Albemarle Corporation- Charlotte 412 FTE
STATE-SIZE CLT UTIL 412 FTE
STATE-SIZE Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center 412 FTE
CITY-NEAR Evergreen Packaging - Canton 967 FTE
CITY-NEAR ConMet Canton 394 FTE
CITY-NEAR Store 055 178 FTE
CITY-NEAR Silver Bluff, LLC 167 FTE
NAT-TCR 0581 - Albany, or 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Kentucky View (Kyfou) 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Galesburg (Ilgal) 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Federal Building-IRS 669 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE UGN-Jackson 412 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bemis Corporate Offices 412 FTE
NAT-SIZE MM1, Inc. 412 FTE
NAT-SIZE MS 5915 I 55 N Ste 120 412 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: 2017, 2016. 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.