Plastics and synthetic resins regenerating, precipitating, and coagulating · North Carolina

Fortron Industries

Wilmington, NC · ~74 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fortron Industries runs at 5% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Plastics and synthetic resins regenerating, precipitating, and coagulating workplace, earning a grade A.

Fortron Industries: 0.2 TCR = 5% of Plastics and synthetic resins regenerating, precipitating, and coagulating BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fortron Industries safety composite

Fortron Industries scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 96% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 96% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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%).

Fortron Industries held a steady TCR band

Fortron Industries's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 1.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=1.3 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325211 · Wilmington, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.2 · 5% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/39
  • PHOTO The Dow Chemical Com…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~74 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Dow Chemical Company-Kankakee, IL (0.0 TCR gap)

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Fortron Industries in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fortron Industries averages 0.2 TCR (5% of the Plastics and synthetic resins regenerating, precipitating, and coagulating BLS benchmark).

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

Fortron Industries TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2020=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=1.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Fortron Industries falls in its industry

644 Plastics and synthetic resins establishments

Safer than 96% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 39 Plastics and synthetic resins employers in North Carolina.

Fortron Industries (74 employees, TCR 0.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 05001,0001,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Fortron Industries
Fortron Industries (74 employees, TCR 0.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Fortron Industries has more employees than the Plastics and synthetic resins regenerati median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 1.3 1.3 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325211 · NC · Wilmington

644 Plastics and synthetic resins regenerating, precipitating, and coagulating employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 360 employers in Wilmington, 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 The Dow Chemical Company-Kankakee, IL 0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kraton Chemical, LLC 0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR DuPont Specialty Prodcuts USA, LLC 0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Beaumont Polyethylene Plant 0.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Worthington Farms 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE BLUE VIEW INC 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6271-508 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Baker Residential 74 FTE
CITY-NEAR Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center 6,890 FTE
CITY-NEAR New Hanover Regional Medical Center 4,768 FTE
CITY-NEAR GE Hitachi Nuclear Americas 1,975 FTE
CITY-NEAR New Hanover County Government 1,974 FTE
NAT-TCR L3 Technologies, Inc (Wilmington, MA Facility) 0.2 TCR
NAT-TCR MGK-HQ 0.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 0g85 - Strategic Initiatives Group 0.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Forgen, LLC 0.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Edison Support Center 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elk Air Conditioning & Heating, Inc. 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fareway Stores, Inc. 502 Cherokee 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE 978-NiSource-Middleburg Hgts OH-NE Op Ctr 74 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, 2023, 2022, 2020, 2018, 2017, 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.