Automotive electrical switches manufacturing · North Carolina

Kendrion (Shelby), Inc.

Shelby, NC · ~213 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kendrion (Shelby), Inc. runs at 115% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Automotive electrical switches manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Kendrion (Shelby), Inc.: 3.8 TCR = 115% of Automotive electrical switches manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kendrion (Shelby), Inc. safety composite

Kendrion (Shelby), Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% 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%).

Kendrion (Shelby), Inc. held a steady TCR band

Kendrion (Shelby), Inc.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 2.6 in 2016 to 2.6 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.2 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.6 · 2017=6.2 · 2018=2.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 335931 · Shelby, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 115% of ind

  • DART 2.6 DART
  • RANK #4/6
  • PHOTO Almega Tru-Flex, Inc.
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~213 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Almega Tru-Flex, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kendrion (Shelby), Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kendrion (Shelby), Inc. averages 3.8 TCR (115% of the Automotive electrical switches manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Kendrion (Shelby), Inc. TCR series: 2016=2.6 · 2017=6.2 · 2018=2.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Kendrion (Shelby), Inc. falls in its industry

152 Automotive electrical switches establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

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 6 Automotive electrical switches employers in North Carolina.

Kendrion (Shelby), Inc. (213 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 012345 Average employees Total Case Rate Kendrion (Shelby), Inc.
Kendrion (Shelby), Inc. (213 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Kendrion (Shelby), Inc. has more employees than the Automotive electrical switches manufactu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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
2018 2.6 2.6 5 0 0
2017 6.2 4.8 9 4 0
2016 2.6 1.5 6 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

335931 · NC · Shelby

152 Automotive electrical switches manufacturing 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 Almega Tru-Flex, Inc. 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR SPF America LLC 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hubbell Burndy 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sumitomo Franklin 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Recore Electrical Contractors, Inc. 213 FTE
STATE-SIZE Frontier Spinning Mills Plant 1 213 FTE
STATE-SIZE Evergreen Packaging - Waynesville 213 FTE
STATE-SIZE Procter and Gamble Manufacturing - Greensboro PHC 213 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 Advanced Disposal - Greentree Landfill 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Bellwood 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Vernon #205 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR MN,LUVERNE - Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Watershed of the Palm Beaches 213 FTE
NAT-SIZE Baldwin Electric Membership Corp 213 FTE
NAT-SIZE Life Care Centers of Aurora 213 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Heritage Center 213 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: 2018, 2017, 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.