Mesh, wire, made in wire drawing mills · North Carolina
Insteel Wire Products NCW
Mount Airy, NC · ~111 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Insteel Wire Products NCW runs at 75% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Mesh, wire, made in wire drawing mills workplace, earning a grade B.
Insteel Wire Products NCW: 2.5 TCR = 75% of Mesh, wire, made in wire drawing mills BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Insteel Wire Products NCW safety composite
Insteel Wire Products NCW 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).
72/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.49 per 100 workers
Safer than 72% 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
−4.3
2016→2024
Insteel Wire Products NCW injury rate improved
Insteel Wire Products NCW's TCR fell 4.3 from 4.3 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=4.3 · 2021=4.0 · 2022=1.5 · 2023=2.7 · 2024=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 331222 · Mount Airy, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 75% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #4/9
- PHOTO Nelson Wire & Steel
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 16 inj
- SIZE ~111 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Nelson Wire & Steel (0.0 TCR gap)
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Insteel Wire Products NCW in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Insteel Wire Products NCW
2.5 TCR
- Nelson Wire &
Nelson Wire & Steel
2.5 TCR
- Insteel Wire P
Insteel Wire PAW
2.5 TCR
- Insteel Wire P
Insteel Wire Products - Jacksonville, FL
2.4 TCR
- Bekaert Van Bu
Bekaert Van Buren (BKVB)
2.4 TCR
What this shows Insteel Wire Products NCW averages 2.5 TCR (75% of the Mesh, wire, made in wire drawing mills BLS benchmark).
Insteel Wire Products NCW TCR series: 2016=4.3 · 2021=4 · 2022=1.5 · 2023=2.7 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3
Where Insteel Wire Products NCW falls in its industry
163 Mesh, wire, made in wire drawi establishmentsSafer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 9 Mesh, wire, made in wire drawi employers in North Carolina.
Insteel Wire Products NCW has more employees than the Mesh, wire, made in wire drawing mills median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
331222 · NC · Mount Airy
163 Mesh, wire, made in wire drawing mills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 94 employers in Mount Airy, 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 | Nelson Wire & Steel | 2.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Insteel Wire PAW | 2.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Insteel Wire Products - Jacksonville, FL | 2.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bekaert Van Buren (BKVB) | 2.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Smith Farms | 111 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Southern Energy Management | 111 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Pike Tennessee Statewide Operations | 111 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 4300 | 111 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Pike Florida Statewide Operations | 1,583 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Pike North Carolina Statewide Operations | 1,161 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Pike Georgia Statewide Operations | 969 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Pike Texas Statewide Operations | 738 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Frank J Ryan & Sons Inc | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 173 Twin Oaks | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ebensburg Power Company | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ohmah - Mahoning Valley | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Casa De Manana | 111 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | MRB Contractors, LLC | 111 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sheraton Flowood Hotel and Conference Center | 111 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 719 Washington | 111 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.