Constant velocity joints, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing · North Carolina

GKN Driveline Sanford

Name: GKN Driveline Sanford Workplace Safety Data
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Sanford, NC · ~312 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.3
Avg TCR: 5.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

GKN Driveline Sanford runs at 24% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Constant velocity joints, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

GKN Driveline Sanford: 1.3 TCR = 24% of Constant velocity joints, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

GKN Driveline Sanford safety composite

GKN Driveline Sanford scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 47%), 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).

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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

GKN Driveline Sanford: 1.0 → 2.1 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 2.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.9× in 2018

GKN Driveline Sanford's TCR rose 1.2 from 1.0 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.9× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336350 · Sanford, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 24% of ind

DART 1.2 DART
RANK #7/17
PHOTO Auburn Hills Plant
BOOK 3y book
INJ 17 inj
SIZE ~312 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Auburn Hills Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Auburn Hills P

1.3
Precision Pin

1.3
GKN ePowertrai

1.3
Lugoff Facilit

1.3

What this shows GKN Driveline Sanford averages 1.3 TCR (24% of the Constant velocity joints, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

GKN Driveline Sanford TCR series: 2016=1 · 2017=0.8 · 2018=2.1 · BLS 5.4

Where GKN Driveline Sanford falls in its industry

320 Constant velocity joints, auto establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 17 Constant velocity joints, auto employers in North Carolina.

GKN Driveline Sanford (312 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 200 employees and a TCR of 2.9

GKN Driveline Sanford has more employees than the Constant velocity joints, automotive, tr 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
2018	2.1	1.2	11
2017	0.8	0.0	3
2016	1.0	0.0	3

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336350 · NC · Sanford

320 Constant velocity joints, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 121 employers in Sanford, 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	Auburn Hills Plant	AUBURN HILLS, MI	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Precision Pin Products	SUMTER, SC	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	GKN ePowertrain Newton	NEWTON, NC	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Lugoff Facility	LUGOFF, SC	1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	River City Construction Inc	WASHINGTON	312 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Bahnson, Inc	CLEMMONS	312 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Concord Complex	CONCORD	312 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Wilkesboro Food Service Plant	WILKESBORO	312 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Coty US LLC	Sanford	1,264 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Pentair Sanford Hawkins Ave	Sanford	937 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Sanford, NC	Sanford	772 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Pentair Water Pool and Spa	Sanford	768 FTE
NAT-TCR	American Structurepoint: Headquarters	Indianapolis, IN	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Western Hills Medical Center	Cinncinnati, OH	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	General Mills (Belvidere)	Belvidere, IL	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Miller Container - Clinton	Clinton, IL	1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Vegas-Western Cab LLC	Las Vegas, NV	312 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Milestone AV Techonologies - DaLite Warsaw	Warsaw, IN	312 FTE
NAT-SIZE	North Charleroi Plant	North Charleroi, PA	312 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Legends - One World Observatory	New York, NY	312 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.