Bells (musical instruments) manufacturing · North Carolina

J.L.Smith & Company

Charlotte, NC · ~31 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

J.L.Smith & Company runs at 113% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Bells (musical instruments) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

J.L.Smith & Company: 3.7 TCR = 113% of Bells (musical instruments) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

J.L.Smith & Company safety composite

J.L.Smith & Company scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 51%), 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).

C

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% 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%).

TCR Δ

−4.6

2019→2024

J.L.Smith & Company injury rate improved

J.L.Smith & Company's TCR fell 4.6 from 4.6 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=4.6 · 2023=6.6 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339992 · Charlotte, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.7 · 113% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P51
  • PHOTO Dusty Strings
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dusty Strings (0.1 TCR gap)

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J.L.Smith & Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows J.L.Smith & Company averages 3.7 TCR (113% of the Bells (musical instruments) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

J.L.Smith & Company TCR series: 2019=4.6 · 2023=6.6 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where J.L.Smith & Company falls in its industry

41 Bells (musical instruments) ma establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
J.L.Smith & Company (31 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 110 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate J.L.Smith & Company
J.L.Smith & Company (31 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 110 employees and a TCR of 3.8

J.L.Smith & Company has fewer employees than the Bells (musical instruments) manufacturin median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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 6.6 6.6 1 1 0
2019 4.6 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339992 · NC · Charlotte

41 Bells (musical instruments) 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 Dusty Strings 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Conn Selmer (Eastlake) 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Seymour Duncan 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR C. F. Martin & Co., Inc. 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Todd Glover Farms Inc 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sunny Creek Farm Inc. 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rowan 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE CPI USA NC LLC - Roxboro 31 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 Giant Landover 235 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Bos Ltl 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR JAT of Fort Wayne Inc. 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Lamont Elementary School District 3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ring's End Lewisboro 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE LOCK-N-STITCH Inc 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Home Sevice Corporation 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Escondido, CA H&C 31 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: 2024, 2023, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.