Hammers, handtools, manufacturing · North Carolina

Council Tool Company Inc.

Lake Waccamaw, NC · ~43 workers · 6 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

Council Tool Company Inc. runs at 80% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Hammers, handtools, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Council Tool Company Inc.: 2.6 TCR = 80% of Hammers, handtools, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Council Tool Company Inc. safety composite

Council Tool Company Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% 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

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−2.8

2016→2024

Council Tool Company Inc. injury rate improved

Council Tool Company Inc.'s TCR fell 2.8 from 2.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 10.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.8 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=10.0 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332216 · Lake Waccamaw, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 80% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/8
  • PHOTO Leatherman Tool Group
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Leatherman Tool Group (0.0 TCR gap)

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Council Tool Company Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Council Tool Company Inc. averages 2.6 TCR (80% of the Hammers, handtools, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Council Tool Company Inc. TCR series: 2016=2.8 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=10 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Council Tool Company Inc. falls in its industry

174 Hammers, handtools, manufactur establishments

Safer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

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 8 Hammers, handtools, manufactur employers in North Carolina.

Council Tool Company Inc. (43 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 Council Tool Company Inc.
Council Tool Company Inc. (43 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Council Tool Company Inc. has fewer employees than the Hammers, handtools, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 3.1 0.0 1 0 0
2022 10.0 10.0 4 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 2.8 2.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332216 · NC · Lake Waccamaw

174 Hammers, handtools, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 5 employers in Lake Waccamaw, 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 Leatherman Tool Group 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Buck Brothers 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Orbix dba Gearench 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Schaumburg 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE LEWIS NURSERY 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Little Man Farming INC 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE NC Grow Out 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE New Bern Complex 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR Boys and Girls Homes of NC 198 FTE
CITY-NEAR Top Tobacco LP 91 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hills #3 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR HILLS FOOD STORE #3 20 FTE
NAT-TCR Corpus Christi Medical Center - EVS 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Fosbel Wahl 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Arrow Exterminators 1105 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Atlanta Processing Center 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE La Union 9 LLC 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hamilton 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE 70250 Capstone - Albertsons Sp Lancaster Pa 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ontario CA - 1950 Sterling Avenue 43 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, 2020, 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.