Powder metallurgy products manufactured on a job or order basis · North Carolina
GKN Sinter Metals Inc. - Conover
Conover, NC · ~70 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
GKN Sinter Metals Inc. - Conover runs at 72% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Powder metallurgy products manufactured on a job or order basis workplace, earning a grade B.
GKN Sinter Metals Inc. - Conover: 2.4 TCR = 72% of Powder metallurgy products manufactured on a job or order basis BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
GKN Sinter Metals Inc. - Conover safety composite
GKN Sinter Metals Inc. - Conover scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% 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).
66/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.36 per 100 workers
Safer than 62% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 81% 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
−3.8
2016→2021
GKN Sinter Metals Inc. - Conover injury rate improved
GKN Sinter Metals Inc. - Conover's TCR fell 3.8 from 3.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=3.8 · 2018=4.7 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=1.9 · 2021=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332117 · Conover, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 72% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #4/7
- PHOTO Carbide
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 10 inj
- SIZE ~70 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Carbide (0.0 TCR gap)
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GKN Sinter Metals Inc. - Conover in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
GKN Sinter Metals Inc. - Conover
2.4 TCR
- Carbide
Carbide
2.4 TCR
- SinterFire Inc
SinterFire Inc
2.4 TCR
- Materion Brews
Materion Brewster, NY
2.3 TCR
- Incodema3D, LL
Incodema3D, LLC
2.3 TCR
What this shows GKN Sinter Metals Inc. - Conover averages 2.4 TCR (72% of the Powder metallurgy products manufactured on a job or order basis BLS benchmark).
GKN Sinter Metals Inc. - Conover TCR series: 2016=3.8 · 2018=4.7 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=1.9 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.3
Where GKN Sinter Metals Inc. - Conover falls in its industry
151 Powder metallurgy products man establishmentsSafer than 62% 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 #4 safest of 7 Powder metallurgy products man employers in North Carolina.
GKN Sinter Metals Inc. - Conover has fewer employees than the Powder metallurgy products manufactured 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.7 | 2.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332117 · NC · Conover
151 Powder metallurgy products manufactured on a job or order basis employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 95 employers in Conover, 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 | Carbide | 2.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SinterFire Inc | 2.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Materion Brewster, NY | 2.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Incodema3D, LLC | 2.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | SHARP FARM INC | 70 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Corteva Agriscience | 70 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Jackson Farming Company | 70 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | ACT Power Services, LLC | 70 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Zenith - Conover | 409 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 4224 | 369 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 4224 | 327 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 2510 Conover Folding | 309 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Masco Coatings Group Roanoke Distribution | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Standard Homeopathic Company Main | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | The J.M. Smucker Company | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ronsco (Del), Inc. | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Smoky Hill Health & Rehabilitation | 70 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pulsafeeder, Inc | 70 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Controlled Maintenance Inc | 70 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | The Atriums | 70 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.