Materials recovery facilities (MRF) · North Carolina

GKN - Sanford

Charlotte, NC · ~19 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

GKN - Sanford runs at 66% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Materials recovery facilities (MRF) workplace, earning a grade B.

GKN - Sanford: 1.7 TCR = 66% of Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

GKN - Sanford safety composite

GKN - Sanford scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 84% 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).

C

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−5.1

2019→2021

GKN - Sanford injury rate improved

GKN - Sanford's TCR fell 5.1 from 5.1 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 5.1 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=5.1 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562920 · Charlotte, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 66% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/13
  • PHOTO Cedar Rapids Recycli…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~19 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cedar Rapids Recycling Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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GKN - Sanford in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows GKN - Sanford averages 1.7 TCR (66% of the Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS benchmark).

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

GKN - Sanford TCR series: 2019=5.1 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · BLS 2.6

Where GKN - Sanford falls in its industry

422 Materials recovery facilities establishments

Safer than 84% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 13 Materials recovery facilities employers in North Carolina.

GKN - Sanford (19 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate GKN - Sanford
GKN - Sanford (19 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8

GKN - Sanford has fewer employees than the Materials recovery facilities (MRF) median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 5.1 5.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562920 · NC · Charlotte

422 Materials recovery facilities (MRF) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 2,058 employers in Charlotte, NC · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Cedar Rapids Recycling Center 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR S04162 - Irvine Transfer Station and MRF 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR S05499 - Reuters Recycling 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR S06617 - Germantown MRF 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Turf Today Inc. 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE A And A Farms, Inc. 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE Buy Sod USA - Leggett Sod Farm 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southern Custom Shutters, INC 19 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1101-Carolinas Medical Center (1101) 8,444 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0001-Carolinas Medical Center 8,032 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4795-AA-CLT-CHARLOTTE-CLT-TRML 7,295 FTE
CITY-NEAR Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center 4,973 FTE
NAT-TCR Steel Dynamics Flat Roll Group - Butler 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Iowa DOT - District 4 Maintenance 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Alta Equipment Company Livonia 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Scandia Plastics/Pexco LLC 1.7 TCR

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: 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.