Air brake systems and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing · North Carolina

Indian Head Industries, Inc. - Charlotte

Charlotte, NC · ~52 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
5.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Indian Head Industries, Inc. - Charlotte runs at 21% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Air brake systems and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Indian Head Industries, Inc. - Charlotte: 1.2 TCR = 21% of Air brake systems and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Indian Head Industries, Inc. - Charlotte safety composite

Indian Head Industries, Inc. - Charlotte scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

B

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.8

2016→2021

Indian Head Industries, Inc. - Charlotte injury rate improved

Indian Head Industries, Inc. - Charlotte's TCR fell 3.8 from 3.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.8 · 2017=2.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336340 · Charlotte, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 21% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/8
  • PHOTO WABCO Reman Solutions
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~52 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: WABCO Reman Solutions (0.0 TCR gap)

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Indian Head Industries, Inc. - Charlotte in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Indian Head Industries, Inc. - Charlotte averages 1.2 TCR (21% of the Air brake systems and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Indian Head Industries, Inc. - Charlotte TCR series: 2016=3.8 · 2017=2 · 2018=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · BLS 5.4

Where Indian Head Industries, Inc. - Charlotte falls in its industry

133 Air brake systems and parts, a establishments

Safer than 81% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 8 Air brake systems and parts, a employers in North Carolina.

Indian Head Industries, Inc. - Charlotte (52 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 150 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 02004006008001,000 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Indian Head Industries, Inc. - Charlotte
Indian Head Industries, Inc. - Charlotte (52 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 150 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Indian Head Industries, Inc. - Charlotte has fewer employees than the Air brake systems and parts, automotive, median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 2.0 0.0 1 0 0
2016 3.8 1.9 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336340 · NC · Charlotte

133 Air brake systems and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing 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 · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR WABCO Reman Solutions 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cummins-Meritor Plainfield 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Autoliv Nissin Brake America 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Holley Inc. - Baer Brakes 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sutton Energy Complex CC/CT 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Windsor Investments LLC d/b/a Windsor Homes 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wilson Covington Construction Company 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Office 52 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 ALOCLEK Hillsboro TEA 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR MEBA Medical and Benefits Plan 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Richfield Municipal Center 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Health Department 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Arbor Assisted Living 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bennett Hills Rehabilitation and Care Center 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE City Sightseeing New Orleans 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Workforce Development Center 52 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: 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.