Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · North Carolina

Central Plant

Gastonia, NC · ~151 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Central Plant runs at 288% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Central Plant: 9.5 TCR = 288% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Central Plant safety composite

Central Plant scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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

−6.5

2016→2023

Central Plant injury rate improved

Central Plant's TCR fell 6.5 from 11.5 in 2016 to 5.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 20.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=11.5 · 2017=5.2 · 2018=20.5 · 2019=8.4 · 2020=10.6 · 2021=9.5 · 2022=5.1 · 2023=5.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Gastonia, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 9.5 · 288% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #37/41
  • PHOTO C.S. Aguirre & Sons …
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 86 inj
  • SIZE ~151 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: C.S. Aguirre & Sons Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Central Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Central Plant averages 9.5 TCR (288% of the Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Central Plant TCR series: 2016=11.5 · 2017=5.2 · 2018=20.5 · 2019=8.4 · 2020=10.6 · 2021=9.5 · 2022=5.1 · 2023=5.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Central Plant falls in its industry

1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #37 safest of 41 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in North Carolina.

Central Plant (151 employees, TCR 9.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Central Plant
Central Plant (151 employees, TCR 9.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Central Plant has more employees than the Fabricated structural metal manufacturin median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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
2023 5.1 3.8 4 0 0
2022 5.1 2.9 7 0 0
2021 9.5 6.6 11 2 0
2020 10.6 8.7 11 0 0
2019 8.4 7.0 12 0 0
2018 20.5 15.0 15 0 0
2017 5.2 2.1 10 0 0
2016 11.5 0.7 16 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · NC · Gastonia

1,491 Fabricated structural metal manufacturing 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 C.S. Aguirre & Sons Inc. 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sunbelt Metals and Manufacturing, Inc. 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Strait Steel, Inc. 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR George Steel Fabricating Inc 9.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Graycliff Enterprises 151 FTE
STATE-SIZE Aquafil OMara 151 FTE
STATE-SIZE Louisiana-Pacific Roxboro 151 FTE
STATE-SIZE Poppelmann Plastics USA LLC 151 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 MCROpp New York Royal44 Tenant LLC 9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Tormenta FC, LLC 9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Twin Pines North Nursing and Rehab 9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Apple Rehab Farmington Valley 9.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Panella Trucking, LLC. 151 FTE
NAT-SIZE Guerdon, LLC 151 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stop & Shop 0011 151 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stop & Shop 0550 151 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 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.