Bottles (i.e., bottling, canning, packaging), glass, manufacturing · North Carolina

Gerresheimer

Morganton, NC · ~183 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Gerresheimer runs at 135% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Bottles (i.e., bottling, canning, packaging), glass, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Gerresheimer: 4.5 TCR = 135% of Bottles (i.e., bottling, canning, packaging), glass, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gerresheimer safety composite

Gerresheimer scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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

Gerresheimer: 3.0 → 5.9 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 5.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.66× in 2024

Gerresheimer's TCR rose 2.8 from 3.0 in 2023 to 5.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327213 · Morganton, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.5 · 135% of ind

  • DART 2.9 DART
  • RANK #1/5
  • PHOTO Ardagh Glass Inc Mad…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~183 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ardagh Glass Inc Madera (0.0 TCR gap)

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Gerresheimer in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Gerresheimer averages 4.5 TCR (135% of the Bottles (i.e., bottling, canning, packaging), glass, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Gerresheimer TCR series: 2023=3 · 2024=5.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Gerresheimer falls in its industry

98 Bottles (i.e., bottling, canni establishments

Safer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

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 5 Bottles (i.e., bottling, canni employers in North Carolina.

Gerresheimer (183 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 236 employees and a TCR of 4.3 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Gerresheimer
Gerresheimer (183 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 236 employees and a TCR of 4.3

Gerresheimer has fewer employees than the Bottles (i.e., bottling, canning, packag median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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 5.9 2.9 9 1 0
2023 3.0 0.6 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327213 · NC · Morganton

98 Bottles (i.e., bottling, canning, packaging), glass, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 106 employers in Morganton, 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 Ardagh Glass Inc Madera 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Anchor Glass Container Corporatin 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ardagh Glass Inc Dolton 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arglass Yamamura 4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Wade Manufacturing Company: Wadesboro Plant 183 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mine Safety Appliances, LLC 183 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1522 LOWE S OF BOONE NC 183 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2908 183 FTE
CITY-NEAR DEX-BLUE RIDGE HOSPITAL 3,263 FTE
CITY-NEAR Blue Ridge HealthCare Hospitals, Inc. 1,461 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0090-BRHC Hospitals 1,460 FTE
CITY-NEAR Broughton Hospital 1,198 FTE
NAT-TCR Milwaukee Wi Sales Center 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Nyall - Olean Center 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 08 Lincoln, NE 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Farmers International, Inc 4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Polyvinyl Films Inc. 183 FTE
NAT-SIZE B & B Molded Products Inc. 183 FTE
NAT-SIZE Flpoc - Port Charlotte 183 FTE
NAT-SIZE Iasio - Sioux City 183 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. 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.