Rod, copper and copper alloy, made from purchased copper or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing or extruding plants · North Carolina

IMC MetalsAmerica, LLC

Shelby, NC · ~85 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

IMC MetalsAmerica, LLC runs at 415% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Rod, copper and copper alloy, made from purchased copper or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing or extruding plants workplace, earning a grade F.

IMC MetalsAmerica, LLC: 13.7 TCR = 415% of Rod, copper and copper alloy, made from purchased copper or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing or extruding plants BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

IMC MetalsAmerica, LLC safety composite

IMC MetalsAmerica, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 0%), 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).

F

14/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 25.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% 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

IMC MetalsAmerica, LLC: 1.5 → 25.9 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 25.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.89× in 2019

IMC MetalsAmerica, LLC's TCR rose 24.4 from 1.5 in 2018 to 25.9 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1.89× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331420 · Shelby, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 13.7 · 415% of ind

  • DART 25.9 DART
  • RANK P2
  • PHOTO Vulkor
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~85 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Vulkor (0.7 TCR gap)

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IMC MetalsAmerica, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows IMC MetalsAmerica, LLC averages 13.7 TCR (415% of the Rod, copper and copper alloy, made from purchased copper or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing or extruding plants BLS benchmark).

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

IMC MetalsAmerica, LLC TCR series: 2018=1.5 · 2019=25.9 · BLS 3.3

Where IMC MetalsAmerica, LLC falls in its industry

198 Rod, copper and copper alloy, establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
IMC MetalsAmerica, LLC (85 employees, TCR 13.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 0200400600 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate IMC MetalsAmerica, LLC
IMC MetalsAmerica, LLC (85 employees, TCR 13.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 3.7

IMC MetalsAmerica, LLC has fewer employees than the Rod, copper and copper alloy, made from median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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
2019 25.9 25.9 15 1 0
2018 1.5 1.5 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331420 · NC · Shelby

198 Rod, copper and copper alloy, made from purchased copper or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing or extruding plants employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 100 employers in Shelby, 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 Vulkor 13.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR I.Schumann and Company 14.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Extruded Metals 14.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Federal Metal Co. PA 12.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Aptus Group USA LLC 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sealand South 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE carl Rose Paving 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE Romanoff Electric Residential - Charlotte 85 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1111-Atrium Health Cleveland (1111) 1,174 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6070 1,160 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0080-Atrium Health Cleveland 1,158 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0080-CHS Cleveland 1,093 FTE
NAT-TCR Orscheln Farm and Home LLC 056 13.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Northwood Manor 13.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Medicalodges Kansas City Post-Acute 13.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Washington Street Management, LLC 13.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE King Lumber Company 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE Seaside - Resort 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE HOBCO Waukesha 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4113-41131002-K31 85 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: 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.