Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing · North Carolina

G&W NC Laboratories, LLC

Name: G&W NC Laboratories, LLC Workplace Safety Data
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Lincolnton, NC · ~221 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.5
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

G&W NC Laboratories, LLC runs at 47% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

G&W NC Laboratories, LLC: 1.5 TCR = 47% of Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

G&W NC Laboratories, LLC safety composite

G&W NC Laboratories, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 33%), 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).

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 1.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers
DART rate: F 1.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 50% 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

G&W NC Laboratories, LLC: 0.4 → 1.9 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 2.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.9× in 2018

G&W NC Laboratories, LLC's TCR rose 1.4 from 0.4 in 2016 to 1.9 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.4 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.9× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325412 · Lincolnton, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 47% of ind

DART 1.4 DART
RANK #33/47
PHOTO SCA Pharma AR
BOOK 3y book
INJ 10 inj
SIZE ~221 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SCA Pharma AR (0.0 TCR gap)

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143163

1.6
Sanofi

1.6
This site

1.5
SCA Pharma AR

1.5
Reliable Bioph

1.5

What this shows G&W NC Laboratories, LLC averages 1.5 TCR (47% of the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

G&W NC Laboratories, LLC TCR series: 2016=0.4 · 2017=2.4 · 2018=1.9 · BLS 3.3

Where G&W NC Laboratories, LLC falls in its industry

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

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 #33 safest of 47 Pharmaceutical preparations (e employers in North Carolina.

G&W NC Laboratories, LLC (221 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6

G&W NC Laboratories, LLC has more employees than the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsu median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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	1.9	1.4	4
2017	2.4	1.9	5
2016	0.4	0.4	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325412 · NC · Lincolnton

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 71 employers in Lincolnton, 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	SCA Pharma AR	LITTLE ROCK, AR	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Reliable Biopharmaceuticals Corp.	SAINT LOUIS, MO	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	143163	JOHNSON CITY, TN	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Sanofi	RIDGEFIELD, NJ	1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	FSC II, LLC dba Fred Smith Company- East Division	WILSON	221 FTE
STATE-SIZE	S&D Coffee & Tea-Commercial Park	CONCORD	221 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Arauco Panels USA, LLC	MONCURE	221 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CFA	APEX	221 FTE
CITY-NEAR	RSI Home Products	Lincolnton	769 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1109-Atrium Health Lincoln (1109)	Lincolnton	672 FTE
CITY-NEAR	American Woodmark Corporation	Lincolnton	671 FTE
CITY-NEAR	0050-Atrium Health Lincoln	Lincolnton	653 FTE
NAT-TCR	Chicago Bakery Manufacturing Facility	Chicago, IL	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	MB-Houston	Houston, TX	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Fashion Centre Pentagon City	Arlington, VA	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	JIS at Kraton Polymers Belpre	Belpre, OH	1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Life Care Center of Punta Gorda	Punta Gorda, FL	221 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Plant Victor Daniel	Moss Point, MS	221 FTE
NAT-SIZE	voestalpine Texas LLC	Portland, TX	221 FTE
NAT-SIZE	French Gerleman	St. Louis, MO	221 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.