Shot peening metal and metal products for the trade · North Carolina

CWST Charlotte

Charlotte, NC · ~19 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

CWST Charlotte runs at 248% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Shot peening metal and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade F.

CWST Charlotte: 8.2 TCR = 248% of Shot peening metal and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

CWST Charlotte safety composite

CWST Charlotte scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
F 10.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% 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

CWST Charlotte: 9.1 → 15.5 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 15.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.26× in 2020

CWST Charlotte's TCR rose 6.4 from 9.1 in 2016 to 15.5 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 1.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332811 · Charlotte, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.2 · 248% of ind

  • DART 10.3 DART
  • RANK #2/4
  • PHOTO Aurora Plant
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~19 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Aurora Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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CWST Charlotte in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows CWST Charlotte averages 8.2 TCR (248% of the Shot peening metal and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

CWST Charlotte TCR series: 2016=9.1 · 2019=0 · 2020=15.5 · BLS 3.3

Where CWST Charlotte falls in its industry

248 Shot peening metal and metal p establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

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 Shot peening metal and metal p employers in North Carolina.

CWST Charlotte (19 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate CWST Charlotte
CWST Charlotte (19 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 4.2

CWST Charlotte has fewer employees than the Shot peening metal and metal products fo median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2020 15.5 10.3 3 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 9.1 4.6 1 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332811 · NC · Charlotte

248 Shot peening metal and metal products for the trade 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. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Aurora Plant 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR BTP - Ipswich 11020 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Heat Treating Services Plant 3 North 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rex Heat Treat - Lansdale Inc 7.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Turf Today Inc. 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE A And A Farms, Inc. 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE Buy Sod USA - Leggett Sod Farm 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southern Custom Shutters, INC 19 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 Meijer 145 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR S04175 - WM of Greencastle 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Cedar Ridge Center 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Police Dept 8.2 TCR

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: 2020, 2019, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.