Cast iron pipe and pipe fittings manufacturing · North Carolina

Charlotte Pipe and Foundry

Charlotte, NC · ~503 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Charlotte Pipe and Foundry runs at 114% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Cast iron pipe and pipe fittings manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Charlotte Pipe and Foundry: 3.8 TCR = 114% of Cast iron pipe and pipe fittings manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Charlotte Pipe and Foundry safety composite

Charlotte Pipe and Foundry scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 3.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Charlotte Pipe and Foundry: 2.0 → 4.6 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 5.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.69× in 2023

Charlotte Pipe and Foundry's TCR rose 2.5 from 2.0 in 2016 to 4.6 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 5.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331511 · Charlotte, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 114% of ind

  • DART 2.6 DART
  • RANK #2/4
  • PHOTO INTAT Precision, Inc.
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 153 inj
  • SIZE ~503 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: INTAT Precision, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Charlotte Pipe and Foundry in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Charlotte Pipe and Foundry averages 3.8 TCR (114% of the Cast iron pipe and pipe fittings manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Charlotte Pipe and Foundry TCR series: 2016=2 · 2017=4.7 · 2018=4 · 2019=5.8 · 2020=4 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=2.4 · 2023=4.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Charlotte Pipe and Foundry falls in its industry

272 Cast iron pipe and pipe fittin establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.2.

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 4 Cast iron pipe and pipe fittin employers in North Carolina.

Charlotte Pipe and Foundry (503 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 112 employees and a TCR of 7.2 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Charlotte Pipe and Foundry
Charlotte Pipe and Foundry (503 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 112 employees and a TCR of 7.2

Charlotte Pipe and Foundry has more employees than the Cast iron pipe and pipe fittings manufac median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.2. 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 4.6 2.6 28 0 0
2022 2.4 2.0 12 1 0
2021 2.5 2.1 13 1 0
2020 4.0 3.5 21 0 0
2019 5.8 3.5 30 2 0
2018 4.0 3.3 22 0 0
2017 4.7 2.0 21 2 0
2016 2.0 0.7 6 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331511 · NC · Charlotte

272 Cast iron pipe and pipe fittings manufacturing 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 INTAT Precision, Inc. 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Avalon Precision Casting 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Asama Coldwater Mfg.inc 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Goldens' Foundry and Machine Company (Columbus) 3.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE 3M Scott Fire and Safety Monroe Operations 503 FTE
STATE-SIZE SJP Health Center 504 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6728-00030023-14 505 FTE
STATE-SIZE DLP Harris Regional Hospital LLC 505 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 Dutch-Way Farm Market Schaefferstown 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Michigan Agricultural Commodities 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Kingspan Insulated Panels Modesto 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Fs2 - Fleet Services 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Plant L3/LG 503 FTE
NAT-SIZE Custom Foods of America 503 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stephenville Plant 503 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lahey Clinic North 503 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.