Tile adhesives manufacturing · North Carolina

IPS Structural Adhesives Inc

Name: IPS Structural Adhesives Inc Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Durham, NC · ~78 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.3
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

IPS Structural Adhesives Inc runs at 70% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Tile adhesives manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

IPS Structural Adhesives Inc: 2.3 TCR = 70% of Tile adhesives manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

IPS Structural Adhesives Inc safety composite

IPS Structural Adhesives Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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).

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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

IPS Structural Adhesives Inc: 0.9 → 3.7 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 3.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.6× in 2023

IPS Structural Adhesives Inc's TCR rose 2.7 from 0.9 in 2016 to 3.7 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325520 · Durham, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 70% of ind

DART 3.7 DART
RANK #4/12
PHOTO Henkel Corporation
BOOK 2y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~78 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Henkel Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.3
Henkel Corpora

2.3
Mapei-Calhoun

2.3
ASC - Atlanta

2.3
Berry Global F

2.3

What this shows IPS Structural Adhesives Inc averages 2.3 TCR (70% of the Tile adhesives manufacturing BLS benchmark).

IPS Structural Adhesives Inc TCR series: 2016=0.9 · 2023=3.7 · BLS 3.3

Where IPS Structural Adhesives Inc falls in its industry

287 Tile adhesives manufacturing establishments

Safer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 12 Tile adhesives manufacturing employers in North Carolina.

IPS Structural Adhesives Inc (78 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.7

IPS Structural Adhesives Inc has more employees than the Tile adhesives manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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
2023	3.7	3.7	2	1	0
2016	0.9	0.0	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325520 · NC · Durham

287 Tile adhesives manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 530 employers in Durham, 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	Henkel Corporation	SALISBURY, NC	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Mapei-Calhoun	CALHOUN, GA	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	ASC - Atlanta	KENNESAW, GA	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Berry Global Franklin KY	FRANKLIN, KY	2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Kings Mountain Generation Support Facility	KINGS MOUNTAIN	78 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Blue Ridge Electric Corporate Office	LENOIR	78 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Forest City location	FOREST CITY	78 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Ground Thunder Construction	CHARLOTTE	78 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Duke University	Durham	23,871 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Duke University Hospital	Durham	11,048 FTE
CITY-NEAR	BCBSNC Telecommuters	Durham	3,033 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Wolfspeed - Durham, NC	Durham	3,013 FTE
NAT-TCR	Atlanta # 9223	Forest Park, GA	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	The Orthopaedic Institute of Western Kentucky	Paducah, KY	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Milpitas Sanitation	Santa Clara, CA	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Athens, 63	Athens, NY	2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Grimaud Farms plant	Stockton, CA	78 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hershocks	Harrisburg, PA	78 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Titan Structural, Inc.	Davie, FL	78 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Branch Restoration	New York, NY	78 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: 2023, 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.