Buildings, prefabricated metal, manufacturing · North Carolina

Fabrication Associates Inc

Charlotte, NC · ~58 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fabrication Associates Inc runs at 206% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Buildings, prefabricated metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Fabrication Associates Inc: 6.8 TCR = 206% of Buildings, prefabricated metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fabrication Associates Inc safety composite

Fabrication Associates Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

D

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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

Fabrication Associates Inc: 3.0 → 7.2 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 15.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2023

Fabrication Associates Inc's TCR rose 4.2 from 3.0 in 2016 to 7.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 15.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332311 · Charlotte, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.8 · 206% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #9/11
  • PHOTO Metl-Span North Las …
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~58 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Metl-Span North Las Vegas (0.0 TCR gap)

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Fabrication Associates Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fabrication Associates Inc averages 6.8 TCR (206% of the Buildings, prefabricated metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Fabrication Associates Inc TCR series: 2016=3 · 2018=9.4 · 2019=7 · 2020=5.4 · 2021=0 · 2022=15.6 · 2023=7.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Fabrication Associates Inc falls in its industry

393 Buildings, prefabricated metal establishments

Safer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 11 Buildings, prefabricated metal employers in North Carolina.

Fabrication Associates Inc (58 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 75 employees and a TCR of 4.1 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 0200400600800 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Fabrication Associates Inc
Fabrication Associates Inc (58 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 75 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Fabrication Associates Inc has fewer employees than the Buildings, prefabricated metal, manufact median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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 7.2 0.0 4 0 0
2022 15.6 6.9 7 2 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 5.4 5.4 3 0 0
2019 7.0 0.0 4 0 0
2018 9.4 0.0 6 0 0
2016 3.0 3.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332311 · NC · Charlotte

393 Buildings, prefabricated metal, manufacturing 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 · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Metl-Span North Las Vegas 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR TCM Asheboro 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Trachte Building Systems Inc. 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hornet Steel Buildings, Inc. 6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Wilmington North Operations Complex 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Administration 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE TMI Services, Inc. 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE North State Environmental 58 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 Logan County Health Services 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Kycovi-Zp0-Nky Covington 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Melbourne Same-Day Surgery 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Lee Beverage of WI LLC- Eau Claire 6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE S04012 - Denver Arapahoe Disposal (DADS) 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE iConstructors 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE River Rouge Power Plant 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE Watkins Concrete Block 58 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.