Steel Plastic manufacturing · North Carolina

DuBose Strapping Inc

Clinton, NC · ~169 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DuBose Strapping Inc runs at 134% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Steel Plastic manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

DuBose Strapping Inc: 4.4 TCR = 134% of Steel Plastic manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DuBose Strapping Inc safety composite

DuBose Strapping Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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%).

DuBose Strapping Inc held a steady TCR band

DuBose Strapping Inc's TCR held near 0.1 from 6.7 in 2021 to 6.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.92× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=6.7 · 2022=0.0 · 2024=6.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331110 · Clinton, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 134% of ind

  • DART 4.0 DART
  • RANK #7/8
  • PHOTO Patriot Trinity
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 23 inj
  • SIZE ~169 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Patriot Trinity (0.0 TCR gap)

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DuBose Strapping Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DuBose Strapping Inc averages 4.4 TCR (134% of the Steel Plastic manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

DuBose Strapping Inc TCR series: 2021=6.7 · 2022=0 · 2024=6.6 · BLS 3.3

Where DuBose Strapping Inc falls in its industry

416 Steel Plastic manufacturing establishments

Safer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 8 Steel Plastic manufacturing employers in North Carolina.

DuBose Strapping Inc (169 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 155 employees and a TCR of 2.7 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate DuBose Strapping Inc
DuBose Strapping Inc (169 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 155 employees and a TCR of 2.7

DuBose Strapping Inc has more employees than the Steel Plastic manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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 6.6 4.0 13 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 6.7 2.7 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331110 · NC · Clinton

416 Steel Plastic manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 42 employers in Clinton, 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 Patriot Trinity 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR AMICO - Birmingham 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gerdau Cartersville Mill 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fine Line Metal Fabricators Inc 4.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Jones-Onslow Electric Membership Corporation (Jacksonville) 169 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Pork Company II 169 FTE
STATE-SIZE Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company 169 FTE
STATE-SIZE Burlington Finishing Plant 169 FTE
CITY-NEAR Prestage Farms Inc. 786 FTE
CITY-NEAR County of Sampson 603 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sampson Reginal Medical Center 522 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2580 293 FTE
NAT-TCR Regency Florence 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR BBI Santa Fe Springs 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR K&S Millwrights LLC 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Executive Cabinetry, LLC 4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Eder Flag Manufacturing Company Inc 169 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sekisui Kydex 169 FTE
NAT-SIZE Natural Bridge Caverns LLC 169 FTE
NAT-SIZE Power Pallet Inc. 169 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, 2022, 2021. 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.