Forklifts manufacturing · North Carolina
Crown-Kinston Equipment Company
Kinston, NC · ~355 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Crown-Kinston Equipment Company runs at 69% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Forklifts manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.
Crown-Kinston Equipment Company: 2.3 TCR = 69% of Forklifts manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Crown-Kinston Equipment Company safety composite
Crown-Kinston Equipment Company scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 24%), 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).
47/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.27 per 100 workers
Safer than 64% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.29 per 100 workers
Safer than 24% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Crown-Kinston Equipment Company: 1.4 → 3.3 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 4.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.45× in 2024
Crown-Kinston Equipment Company's TCR rose 1.9 from 1.4 in 2016 to 3.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 333924 · Kinston, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 69% of ind
- DART 3.3 DART
- RANK #4/5
- PHOTO Crown Equipment Corp…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 65 inj
- SIZE ~355 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Crown Equipment Corporation Minster (0.0 TCR gap)
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Crown-Kinston Equipment Company in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Crown-Kinston Equipment Company
2.3 TCR
- Crown Equipmen
Crown Equipment Corporation Minster
2.3 TCR
- Equipment Depo
Equipment Depot Texas, Inc. - Austin
2.3 TCR
- FIBA Technolog
FIBA Technologies - Littleton MA
2.3 TCR
- Cascade Corpor
Cascade Corporation
2.3 TCR
What this shows Crown-Kinston Equipment Company averages 2.3 TCR (69% of the Forklifts manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Crown-Kinston Equipment Company TCR series: 2016=1.4 · 2017=1.3 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=4.3 · 2021=1.6 · 2022=2 · 2023=2 · 2024=3.3 · BLS 3.3
Where Crown-Kinston Equipment Company falls in its industry
167 Forklifts manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 5 Forklifts manufacturing employers in North Carolina.
Crown-Kinston Equipment Company has more employees than the Forklifts manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
333924 · NC · Kinston
167 Forklifts 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 | Crown Equipment Corporation Minster | 2.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Equipment Depot Texas, Inc. - Austin | 2.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | FIBA Technologies - Littleton MA | 2.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Cascade Corporation | 2.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Liebel-Flarsheim Company, LLC | 355 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hamlet Manufacturing Division | 355 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Carolina Foods, LLC | 355 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 1355 | 355 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 | Green Bay Packaging Inc. | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Tampa | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Parkersburg- Dry Bulk Transport | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Par A Dice | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 245/SEA | 355 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | J.Derenzo Company | 355 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | TraPac, LLC-Oakland | 355 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | The Arc of Cumberland and Perry Counties | 355 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.