Automotive Parts · North Carolina

DC 25 - Gastonia, NC

Gastonia, NC · ~441 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
5.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DC 25 - Gastonia, NC runs at 53% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Automotive Parts workplace, earning a grade B.

DC 25 - Gastonia, NC: 3.1 TCR = 53% of Automotive Parts BLS 5.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DC 25 - Gastonia, NC safety composite

DC 25 - Gastonia, NC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 56% 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).

D

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% 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

−3.5

2018→2023

DC 25 - Gastonia, NC injury rate improved

DC 25 - Gastonia, NC's TCR fell 3.5 from 5.4 in 2018 to 1.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=5.4 · 2022=2.0 · 2023=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 493110 · Gastonia, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 3.1 · 53% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #168/330
  • PHOTO Book Fairs - Omaha
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 38 inj
  • SIZE ~441 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Book Fairs - Omaha (0.0 TCR gap)

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DC 25 - Gastonia, NC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DC 25 - Gastonia, NC averages 3.1 TCR (53% of the Automotive Parts BLS benchmark).

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

DC 25 - Gastonia, NC TCR series: 2018=5.4 · 2022=2 · 2023=1.9 · BLS 5.8

Where DC 25 - Gastonia, NC falls in its industry

9,477 Automotive Parts establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #168 safest of 330 Automotive Parts employers in North Carolina.

DC 25 - Gastonia, NC (441 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate DC 25 - Gastonia, NC
DC 25 - Gastonia, NC (441 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 3.5

DC 25 - Gastonia, NC has more employees than the Automotive Parts median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 1.9 1.6 8 0 0
2022 2.0 1.3 9 0 0
2018 5.4 4.6 21 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

493110 · NC · Gastonia

9,477 Automotive Parts employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 182 employers in Gastonia, 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 Book Fairs - Omaha 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Prime Now LLC - UNY4 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR VF Corporation Visalia DC - TNF-USA0056300 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR TD SYNNEX Romeoville 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE SLC-ODFL 442 FTE
STATE-SIZE WINSTON SALEM BUILDING (NCWIN) 440 FTE
STATE-SIZE River Landing at Sandy Ridge 440 FTE
STATE-SIZE NC_Charlotte_2910 Whitehall Park Dr._WHT29HAL 439 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gaston Memorial Hospital, Incorporated d/b/a CaroMont Regional Medical Center 3,156 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gaston County Government 1,711 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wix Allen Plant 931 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gastonia Components and Logistics - Tulip 912 FTE
NAT-TCR Kirby Risk Mechanical Solutions and Services 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Eastern States Construction Service, Inc. 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Welch Manufacturing Technologies, Ltd. 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Stellant Systems Inc. - Williamsport, PA 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE CommunityAid, Inc 441 FTE
NAT-SIZE American Wood Fibers 441 FTE
NAT-SIZE St John s Pleasant Valley Hospital 441 FTE
NAT-SIZE Biddle 441 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, 2018. 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.