Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · North Carolina
Kinston Steel, LLC
Kinston, NC · ~94 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Kinston Steel, LLC runs at 22% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
Kinston Steel, LLC: 0.7 TCR = 22% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Kinston Steel, LLC safety composite
Kinston Steel, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 95% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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).
79/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.74 per 100 workers
Safer than 95% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 82% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Kinston Steel, LLC: 0.0 → 1.2 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 2.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024
Kinston Steel, LLC's TCR rose 1.2 from 0.0 in 2016 to 1.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 2.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332312 · Kinston, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 22% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #3/41
- PHOTO Ambassador Steel-Moo…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 8 inj
- SIZE ~94 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Ambassador Steel-Mooresville Indiana (0.0 TCR gap)
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Kinston Steel, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- C&B Fabricatio
C&B Fabrication LLC
0.8 TCR
- Sturdi Iron
Sturdi Iron
0.8 TCR
- Vigor Industri
Vigor Industrial Services
0.8 TCR
- This site
Kinston Steel, LLC
0.7 TCR
- Ambassador Ste
Ambassador Steel-Mooresville Indiana
0.7 TCR
What this shows Kinston Steel, LLC averages 0.7 TCR (22% of the Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Kinston Steel, LLC TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=1.4 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=2 · 2023=0 · 2024=1.2 · BLS 3.3
Where Kinston Steel, LLC falls in its industry
1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishmentsSafer than 95% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 41 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in North Carolina.
Kinston Steel, LLC has more employees than the Fabricated structural metal manufacturin median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332312 · NC · Kinston
1,491 Fabricated structural metal 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 | Ambassador Steel-Mooresville Indiana | 0.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | C&B Fabrication LLC | 0.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sturdi Iron | 0.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Vigor Industrial Services | 0.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Pike Gas Services, LLC Florida Statewide Operations | 94 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sharpe Brothers | 94 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mechworks - Corporate | 94 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | TK Elevator Raleigh | 94 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 | Graycor Industrial Constructors Inc. | 0.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Miller Insulation Williston Branch | 0.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | IL157 | 0.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Courtyard Buffalo | 0.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Kuhns Markets Mcknight | 94 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Garden Villas South | 94 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pyrotek Aurora | 94 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | LP Calvert City, LLC--Oakview | 94 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.