Cotton thread manufacturing · North Carolina

Frontier Spinning Mills, Inc Plant 3

Name: Frontier Spinning Mills, Inc Plant 3 Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Mayodan, NC · ~184 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.4
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Frontier Spinning Mills, Inc Plant 3 runs at 72% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Cotton thread manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Frontier Spinning Mills, Inc Plant 3: 2.4 TCR = 72% of Cotton thread manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Frontier Spinning Mills, Inc Plant 3 safety composite

Frontier Spinning Mills, Inc Plant 3 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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).

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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%).

Frontier Spinning Mills, Inc Plant 3 held a steady TCR band

Frontier Spinning Mills, Inc Plant 3's TCR held near 0.2 from 2.7 in 2016 to 2.9 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 3.4 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.81× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.7 · 2017=0.6 · 2018=3.4 · 2019=2.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 313110 · Mayodan, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 72% of ind

DART 1.9 DART
RANK #30/74
PHOTO American & Efird Gas…
BOOK 4y book
INJ 18 inj
SIZE ~184 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: American & Efird Gastonia Plant 20 (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Frontier Spinning Mills, Inc Plant 3 averages 2.4 TCR (72% of the Cotton thread manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Frontier Spinning Mills, Inc Plant 3 TCR series: 2016=2.7 · 2017=0.6 · 2018=3.4 · 2019=2.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Frontier Spinning Mills, Inc Plant 3 falls in its industry

195 Cotton thread manufacturing establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #30 safest of 74 Cotton thread manufacturing employers in North Carolina.

Frontier Spinning Mills, Inc Plant 3 (184 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 137 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Frontier Spinning Mills, Inc Plant 3 has more employees than the Cotton thread manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2019	2.9	1.9	6	0
2018	3.4	1.9	7	0
2017	0.6	0.6	1	0
2016	2.7	1.6	4	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

313110 · NC · Mayodan

195 Cotton thread manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 13 employers in Mayodan, NC · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	American & Efird Gastonia Plant 20	MOUNT HOLLY, NC	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Plant D7	CALHOUN, GA	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Sika-Chattanooga	CHATTANOOGA, TN	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Plant 40	GRANITEVILLE, SC	2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Van Wingerden International	MILLS RIVER	184 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Preferred Electric Company Inc	CHARLOTTE	184 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Burnsville Plant	BURNSVILLE	184 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Champion Home Builders 023	LILLINGTON	184 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mayodan Gun Division	Mayodan	456 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Plant 5	Mayodan	299 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mayodan 5	Mayodan	268 FTE
CITY-NEAR	3305	Mayodan	226 FTE
NAT-TCR	Fort Worth Carton Metal	Fort Worth, TX	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Metroplex Sportservice Inc	Arlington, TX	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	pamplico iga	Pamplico, SC	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Integrity Windows and Doors - Fargo	Fargo, ND	2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	High Dessert Support Services	Fort Irwin, CA	184 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Overhead Door of Kansas City	Olathe, KS	184 FTE
NAT-SIZE	US IL Chicago Plant	Chicago, IL	184 FTE
NAT-SIZE	281 - Evansville	Evansville, IN	184 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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