Drive shafts and half shafts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing · North Carolina
GKN Automotive- Alamance
Mebane, NC · ~507 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.5
- Avg TCR
- 5.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
GKN Automotive- Alamance runs at 28% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Drive shafts and half shafts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
GKN Automotive- Alamance: 1.5 TCR = 28% of Drive shafts and half shafts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
GKN Automotive- Alamance safety composite
GKN Automotive- Alamance scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% 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).
64/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.49 per 100 workers
Safer than 75% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.63 per 100 workers
Safer than 61% 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%).
TCR Δ
−0.8
2022→2024
GKN Automotive- Alamance injury rate improved
GKN Automotive- Alamance's TCR fell 0.8 from 1.9 in 2022 to 1.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 1.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2022=1.9 · 2023=1.5 · 2024=1.1
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 336350 · Mebane, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 28% of ind
- DART 0.6 DART
- RANK #10/17
- PHOTO Hillside 3
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 22 inj
- SIZE ~507 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Hillside 3 (0.0 TCR gap)
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GKN Automotive- Alamance in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
GKN Automotive- Alamance
1.5 TCR
- Hillside 3
Hillside 3
1.5 TCR
- Oerlikon Frict
Oerlikon Friction Systems (US) Inc
1.5 TCR
- Sterling Plant
Sterling Plant
1.5 TCR
- Ellington Driv
Ellington Drive, Conyers
1.5 TCR
What this shows GKN Automotive- Alamance averages 1.5 TCR (28% of the Drive shafts and half shafts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
GKN Automotive- Alamance TCR series: 2022=1.9 · 2023=1.5 · 2024=1.1 · BLS 5.4
Where GKN Automotive- Alamance falls in its industry
320 Drive shafts and half shafts, establishmentsSafer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 17 Drive shafts and half shafts, employers in North Carolina.
GKN Automotive- Alamance has more employees than the Drive shafts and half shafts, automotive median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
336350 · NC · Mebane
320 Drive shafts and half shafts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 71 employers in Mebane, 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 | Hillside 3 | 1.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Oerlikon Friction Systems (US) Inc | 1.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sterling Plant | 1.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ellington Drive, Conyers | 1.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | 5160 Winston Salem Manufacturing | 507 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | NC_Greensboro_721-A N Regional Rd Lot #2A_0AGR3150 | 507 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Region 056 | 506 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Field | 508 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | GKN Alamance | 912 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | IS - MFG US - Mebane, NC | 642 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Industrial Solutions : IS - MFG US - Mebane, NC | 642 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Industrial Connections and Solutions LLC | 620 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | C&S Machine Products, Inc. | 1.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Corteva | 1.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Construction | 1.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Tiff's Treats - H12 | 1.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Macom Technology Solutions | 507 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Empire Merchants, LLC - Astoria | 507 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center | 507 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Translogic Corporation dba Swisslog Healthcare | 507 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.