Aircraft assemblies, subassemblies, and parts (except engines) manufacturing · North Carolina

Kinston, North Carolina

Kinston, NC · ~523 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kinston, North Carolina runs at 61% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Aircraft assemblies, subassemblies, and parts (except engines) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Kinston, North Carolina: 2.0 TCR = 61% of Aircraft assemblies, subassemblies, and parts (except engines) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kinston, North Carolina safety composite

Kinston, North Carolina scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 32%), 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).

D

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% 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

−1.7

2016→2024

Kinston, North Carolina injury rate improved

Kinston, North Carolina's TCR fell 1.7 from 3.3 in 2016 to 1.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.3 · 2017=2.3 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=2.1 · 2021=1.4 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336413 · Kinston, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 61% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #13/14
  • PHOTO Ducommun New York
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 84 inj
  • SIZE ~523 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ducommun New York (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kinston, North Carolina in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kinston, North Carolina averages 2.0 TCR (61% of the Aircraft assemblies, subassemblies, and parts (except engines) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Kinston, North Carolina TCR series: 2016=3.3 · 2017=2.3 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=2.1 · 2021=1.4 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Kinston, North Carolina falls in its industry

650 Aircraft assemblies, subassemb establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 14 Aircraft assemblies, subassemb employers in North Carolina.

Kinston, North Carolina (523 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 05001,0001,5002,000 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Kinston, North Carolina
Kinston, North Carolina (523 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Kinston, North Carolina has more employees than the Aircraft assemblies, subassemblies, and median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 1.6 1.3 12 1 0
2023 2.2 1.5 10 2 0
2021 1.4 0.3 5 0 0
2019 2.1 1.2 14 0 0
2018 1.3 0.6 9 0 0
2017 2.3 0.9 15 0 0
2016 3.3 1.3 19 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336413 · NC · Kinston

650 Aircraft assemblies, subassemblies, and parts (except engines) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 86 employers in Kinston, 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 Ducommun New York 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sterling Engineering 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alken Industries Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Amfuel 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Foodservice : MOORESVILLE 523 FTE
STATE-SIZE Oracle America, Inc. Morrisville 523 FTE
STATE-SIZE Shelby 523 FTE
STATE-SIZE Great Wolf Lodge 523 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sanderson Farms Kinston Processing 1,564 FTE
CITY-NEAR Caswell Developmental Center 1,256 FTE
CITY-NEAR UNC Lenoir Health Care 843 FTE
CITY-NEAR UNC Health Lenoir 744 FTE
NAT-TCR NACOGDOCHES 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Andrews Construction Co., Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Aurora 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Kennesaw Store #1702 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Chapman Corporation 523 FTE
NAT-SIZE Grand Rapids SC 523 FTE
NAT-SIZE DOCCR-Admin and Field Services 523 FTE
NAT-SIZE WhidbeyHealth Medical Center 523 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, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.