Other Snack Food Manufacturing · North Carolina
Kings Mountain
Kings Mountain, NC · ~171 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.0
- Avg TCR
- 4.1
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Kings Mountain runs at 146% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Other Snack Food Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Kings Mountain: 6.0 TCR = 146% of Other Snack Food Manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Kings Mountain safety composite
Kings Mountain scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 65% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 21%), 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)
- F 5.99 per 100 workers
Safer than 21% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.2 per 100 workers
Safer than 65% 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
−4.1
2016→2024
Kings Mountain injury rate improved
Kings Mountain's TCR fell 4.1 from 7.7 in 2016 to 3.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 10.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=7.7 · 2017=3.9 · 2018=3.8 · 2019=8.8 · 2020=10.5 · 2021=3.0 · 2022=6.5 · 2023=6.0 · 2024=3.6
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311919 · Kings Mountain, NC ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 6.0 · 146% of ind
- DART 1.2 DART
- RANK #6/6
- PHOTO Herr Foods Inc. 21
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 85 inj
- SIZE ~171 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Herr Foods Inc. 21 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Kings Mountain in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Kitchen Cooked
Kitchen Cooked - Farmington
6.1 TCR
- Snack Alliance
Snack Alliance, Inc. - Shearer's Foods - Hermiston
6.1 TCR
- This site
Kings Mountain
6 TCR
- Herr Foods Inc
Herr Foods Inc. 21
6 TCR
- Warnock Food P
Warnock Food Products Inc.
5.9 TCR
What this shows Kings Mountain averages 6.0 TCR (146% of the Other Snack Food Manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Kings Mountain TCR series: 2016=7.7 · 2017=3.9 · 2018=3.8 · 2019=8.8 · 2020=10.5 · 2021=3 · 2022=6.5 · 2023=6 · 2024=3.6 · BLS 4.1
Where Kings Mountain falls in its industry
253 Other Snack Food Manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 6 Other Snack Food Manufacturing employers in North Carolina.
Kings Mountain has more employees than the Other Snack Food Manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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 | 3.6 | 1.2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6.0 | 1.3 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6.5 | 4.7 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 10.5 | 5.5 | 17 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8.8 | 6.5 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 7.7 | 6.8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311919 · NC · Kings Mountain
253 Other Snack Food Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 64 employers in Kings Mountain, 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 | Herr Foods Inc. 21 | 6.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Warnock Food Products Inc. | 5.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Kitchen Cooked - Farmington | 6.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Snack Alliance, Inc. - Shearer's Foods - Hermiston | 6.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Asphalt Paving | 171 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Corp et al | 171 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Chesapeake Containment Systems, Inc. | 171 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Brooks Brothers Group - Garland | 171 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hanesbrands, Inc. Cleveland Distribution Center | 515 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6903_15950 | 397 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | KINGS MOUNTAIN NC | 370 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hanesbrands, Inc. Canterbury Distribution Center | 368 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Udell Dental Laboratory, Inc | 6.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center | 6.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Diversicare of Bessemer | 6.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Moana Surfrider, A Westin Resort | 6.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Dale Rogers Training Center Main Campus | 171 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mosaic Medical Center- Albany | 171 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Upchurch Plumbing Inc | 171 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Institute for Orthopaedic Surgery | 171 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.