Tire cord · North Carolina

Gastonia (FSFT)

Gastonia, NC · ~44 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Gastonia (FSFT) runs at 85% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Tire cord workplace, earning a grade C.

Gastonia (FSFT): 2.8 TCR = 85% of Tire cord BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gastonia (FSFT) safety composite

Gastonia (FSFT) scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 40%), 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

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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

−1.4

2016→2024

Gastonia (FSFT) injury rate improved

Gastonia (FSFT)'s TCR fell 1.4 from 4.1 in 2016 to 2.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 6.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.97× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.1 · 2017=4.0 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=6.8 · 2020=2.7 · 2021=2.6 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=2.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 314994 · Gastonia, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 85% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK P55
  • PHOTO Kordsa Laurel Hill
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kordsa Laurel Hill (0.1 TCR gap)

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Gastonia (FSFT) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Gastonia (FSFT) averages 2.8 TCR (85% of the Tire cord BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

Gastonia (FSFT) TCR series: 2016=4.1 · 2017=4 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=6.8 · 2020=2.7 · 2021=2.6 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=2.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Gastonia (FSFT) falls in its industry

31 Tire cord establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Gastonia (FSFT) (44 employees, TCR 2.8) among 23 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 110 employees and a TCR of 3.3 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 24 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 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Gastonia (FSFT)
Gastonia (FSFT) (44 employees, TCR 2.8) among 23 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 110 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Gastonia (FSFT) has fewer employees than the Tire cord median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 2.7 2.7 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 2.6 0.0 1 0 0
2020 2.7 2.7 1 0 0
2019 6.8 2.3 3 0 0
2018 2.3 0.0 1 0 0
2017 4.0 4.0 2 0 0
2016 4.1 4.1 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

314994 · NC · Gastonia

31 Tire cord 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 Kordsa Laurel Hill 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hyosung USA Inc. 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR BlueWater Ropes 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Samson Ferndale WA 3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Brookdale Burlington MC 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE ROCKY MOUNT ANNEX_1438425 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Whaley Foodservice-Charlotte 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Drury Inn & Suites - Charlotte Northlake 44 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 XPF 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Basler Electric Company - Taylor 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Dragon Products LaPorte 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 284 Pulaski Road 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Masonry Preservation Services, Inc. 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cherry Hill #643 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lake City RPC 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Courtyard Lincoln 44 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.