Novelties, not specified elsewhere, manufacturing · North Carolina

ColorCoat Inc. Kinston, NC

Kinston, NC · ~31 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

ColorCoat Inc. Kinston, NC runs at 151% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Novelties, not specified elsewhere, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

ColorCoat Inc. Kinston, NC: 5.0 TCR = 151% of Novelties, not specified elsewhere, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ColorCoat Inc. Kinston, NC safety composite

ColorCoat Inc. Kinston, NC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 25%), 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

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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

−7.3

2019→2024

ColorCoat Inc. Kinston, NC injury rate improved

ColorCoat Inc. Kinston, NC's TCR fell 7.3 from 10.6 in 2019 to 3.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 10.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=10.6 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=3.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339999 · Kinston, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 151% of ind

  • DART 3.3 DART
  • RANK #5/11
  • PHOTO Ultra PRO Internatio…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ultra PRO International, LLC. (0.0 TCR gap)

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ColorCoat Inc. Kinston, NC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows ColorCoat Inc. Kinston, NC averages 5.0 TCR (151% of the Novelties, not specified elsewhere, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

ColorCoat Inc. Kinston, NC TCR series: 2019=10.6 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=3.3 · BLS 3.3

Where ColorCoat Inc. Kinston, NC falls in its industry

281 Novelties, not specified elsew establishments

Safer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 11 Novelties, not specified elsew employers in North Carolina.

ColorCoat Inc. Kinston, NC (31 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 79 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate ColorCoat Inc. Kinston, NC
ColorCoat Inc. Kinston, NC (31 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 79 employees and a TCR of 3.2

ColorCoat Inc. Kinston, NC has fewer employees than the Novelties, not specified elsewhere, manu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2024 3.3 3.3 1 0 0
2023 3.3 3.3 1 0 0
2022 2.7 2.7 1 0 0
2019 10.6 7.1 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339999 · NC · Kinston

281 Novelties, not specified elsewhere, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 86 employers in Kinston, 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 Ultra PRO International, LLC. 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Timeless Frames 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Paddywax, LLC Factory 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Humble Brands, Inc. 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Todd Glover Farms Inc 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sunny Creek Farm Inc. 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rowan 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE CPI USA NC LLC - Roxboro 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sanderson Farms Kinston Processing 1,564 FTE
CITY-NEAR Caswell Developmental Center 1,256 FTE
CITY-NEAR UNC Lenoir Health Care 843 FTE
CITY-NEAR UNC Health Lenoir 744 FTE
NAT-TCR Eagle Bend Manufacturing 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Royal Furniture Company 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Grocery Outlet of West Redding 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Hi Tech Utility Construction 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Oak Hill Grants 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Freese Management LLC 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE MPL Incorporated 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hercules Machinery Corporation 31 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, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.