T-shirts, underwear, made in apparel knitting mills · North Carolina

Carolina Apparel Group, Inc.

Wadesboro, NC · ~53 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Carolina Apparel Group, Inc. runs at 55% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical T-shirts, underwear, made in apparel knitting mills workplace, earning a grade B.

Carolina Apparel Group, Inc.: 1.8 TCR = 55% of T-shirts, underwear, made in apparel knitting mills BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Carolina Apparel Group, Inc. safety composite

Carolina Apparel Group, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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

−3.1

2016→2021

Carolina Apparel Group, Inc. injury rate improved

Carolina Apparel Group, Inc.'s TCR fell 3.1 from 3.1 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 5.5 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.1 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=2.4 · 2020=5.5 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 315190 · Wadesboro, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 55% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P62
  • PHOTO Quake City Casuals, …
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Quake City Casuals, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Carolina Apparel Group, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Carolina Apparel Group, Inc. averages 1.8 TCR (55% of the T-shirts, underwear, made in apparel knitting mills BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

Carolina Apparel Group, Inc. TCR series: 2016=3.1 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=2.4 · 2020=5.5 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Carolina Apparel Group, Inc. falls in its industry

13 T-shirts, underwear, made in a establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Carolina Apparel Group, Inc. (53 employees, TCR 1.8) among 7 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 2.1 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 8 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 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate Knit TextilesSchool Apparel, Inc.Andari Fashion Inc.Worldwide Protective ProductsL&W APPAREL CO INC dba LEGACY ATHLETICBrooks Brothers Group - GarlandVolunteer Knitwear CorpCarolina Apparel Group, Inc.
Carolina Apparel Group, Inc. (53 employees, TCR 1.8) among 7 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 2.1

Carolina Apparel Group, Inc. has fewer employees than the T-shirts, underwear, made in apparel kni median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.1. 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 5.5 0.0 3 0 0
2019 2.4 0.0 0 1 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 3.1 1.5 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

315190 · NC · Wadesboro

13 T-shirts, underwear, made in apparel knitting mills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 26 employers in Wadesboro, 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 Quake City Casuals, Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Worldwide Protective Products 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hanesbrands 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Speedline Team Sports, Inc. 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Safety Lane, LLC 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Klausner Lumber Two LLC 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE 280520000 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Summit Air & Electric, LLC 53 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1127 194 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wade Manufacturing Company: Wadesboro Plant 183 FTE
CITY-NEAR Columbus McKinnon - Wadesboro 169 FTE
CITY-NEAR Columbus McKinnon Wadesboro Operations 159 FTE
NAT-TCR Northbrook Office 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Bakers Best 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Renaissance Home Health Care 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Dgdg 6, LLC 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ligno Tech Florida 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Knoxville - BCBST 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Maple Valley 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE D&M Plastics, LLC 53 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: 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.