Artificially carbonated waters manufacturing · North Carolina

Carolina Canners, Inc. (Cheraw)

Cheraw, NC · ~273 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Carolina Canners, Inc. (Cheraw) runs at 80% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Artificially carbonated waters manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Carolina Canners, Inc. (Cheraw): 2.6 TCR = 80% of Artificially carbonated waters manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Carolina Canners, Inc. (Cheraw) safety composite

Carolina Canners, Inc. (Cheraw) scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% 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

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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

−5.0

2017→2024

Carolina Canners, Inc. (Cheraw) injury rate improved

Carolina Canners, Inc. (Cheraw)'s TCR fell 5.0 from 6.2 in 2017 to 1.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.2 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=3.0 · 2021=1.3 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 312111 · Cheraw, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 80% of ind

  • DART 0.9 DART
  • RANK #2/10
  • PHOTO Vernon CA
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 53 inj
  • SIZE ~273 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Vernon CA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Carolina Canners, Inc. (Cheraw) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Carolina Canners, Inc. (Cheraw) averages 2.6 TCR (80% of the Artificially carbonated waters manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Carolina Canners, Inc. (Cheraw) TCR series: 2017=6.2 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=3 · 2021=1.3 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=1.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Carolina Canners, Inc. (Cheraw) falls in its industry

516 Artificially carbonated waters establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 10 Artificially carbonated waters employers in North Carolina.

Carolina Canners, Inc. (Cheraw) (273 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 149 employees and a TCR of 4.8 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 02004006008001,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Carolina Canners, Inc. (Cheraw)
Carolina Canners, Inc. (Cheraw) (273 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 149 employees and a TCR of 4.8

Carolina Canners, Inc. (Cheraw) has more employees than the Artificially carbonated waters manufactu median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. 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 1.2 0.9 4 0 0
2023 2.1 0.9 7 0 0
2022 2.1 1.2 7 0 0
2021 1.3 1.3 4 0 0
2019 3.0 2.0 9 0 0
2018 2.4 2.1 7 0 0
2017 6.2 4.1 15 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

312111 · NC · Cheraw

516 Artificially carbonated waters manufacturing 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 Vernon CA 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Swire Coca-Cola of Richfield 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Refresco North America 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Swire Coca-Cola of Walla Walla 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Gamewell Mechanical, LLC 273 FTE
STATE-SIZE McGuire Nuclear Plant 273 FTE
STATE-SIZE Box Board Products 273 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2770 Marion Folding 273 FTE
NAT-TCR Stericycle - Warren,OH 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Ball Beverage Pkg 151 Golden 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Cochecton Mills Inc 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Homer AK Yard 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Land O'Frost Lansing 273 FTE
NAT-SIZE MnDOT - District 4 273 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cassavant Machining, Inc 273 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wirtgen America 273 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, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.