Metals Service Centers · North Carolina

Charlotte (Black Satchel)

Charlotte, NC · ~68 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Charlotte (Black Satchel) runs at 332% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metals Service Centers workplace, earning a grade F.

Charlotte (Black Satchel): 7.3 TCR = 332% of Metals Service Centers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Charlotte (Black Satchel) safety composite

Charlotte (Black Satchel) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 12%), 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

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% 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

−1.3

2021→2022

Charlotte (Black Satchel) injury rate improved

Charlotte (Black Satchel)'s TCR fell 1.3 from 8.0 in 2021 to 6.6 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 8.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.91× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=8.0 · 2022=6.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Charlotte, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.3 · 332% of ind

  • DART 6.6 DART
  • RANK #36/41
  • PHOTO ISSC INC DBA OREGON …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~68 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ISSC INC DBA OREGON METAL SERVICES (0.0 TCR gap)

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Charlotte (Black Satchel) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Charlotte (Black Satchel) averages 7.3 TCR (332% of the Metals Service Centers BLS benchmark).

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

Charlotte (Black Satchel) TCR series: 2021=8 · 2022=6.6 · BLS 2.2

Where Charlotte (Black Satchel) falls in its industry

1,299 Metals Service Centers establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #36 safest of 41 Metals Service Centers employers in North Carolina.

Charlotte (Black Satchel) (68 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Charlotte (Black Satchel)
Charlotte (Black Satchel) (68 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Charlotte (Black Satchel) has more employees than the Metals Service Centers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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
2022 6.6 6.6 5 0 0
2021 8.0 5.3 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · NC · Charlotte

1,299 Metals Service Centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 2,058 employers in Charlotte, 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 ISSC INC DBA OREGON METAL SERVICES 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR NPS (Northern Plains Steel) 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR SPSCI Royal Metal Industries 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR L2 7.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pittsboro 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Asheville Skyland Fossil and CT Plants 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rehab Builders, Inc. 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE KRG Utility, Inc 68 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1101-Carolinas Medical Center (1101) 8,444 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0001-Carolinas Medical Center 8,032 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4795-AA-CLT-CHARLOTTE-CLT-TRML 7,295 FTE
CITY-NEAR Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center 4,973 FTE
NAT-TCR Teeny Foods Corp 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Air Mechanical & Service Corp. 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 4th Ave Depot 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Ken's Farm Market, LLC 7.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE South Setauket AL 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kansas City 38340 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Studco Building Systems US LLC 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jeannette Plant 2 68 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: 2022, 2021. 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.