Boxes, waste, merchant wholesalers · North Carolina
L. Gordon Iron & Metal Company - Salisbury Road Facility
Statesville, NC · ~84 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 5.6
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
L. Gordon Iron & Metal Company - Salisbury Road Facility runs at 255% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Boxes, waste, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.
L. Gordon Iron & Metal Company - Salisbury Road Facility: 5.6 TCR = 255% of Boxes, waste, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
L. Gordon Iron & Metal Company - Salisbury Road Facility safety composite
L. Gordon Iron & Metal Company - Salisbury Road Facility scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 33%), 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).
38/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.61 per 100 workers
Safer than 34% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.35 per 100 workers
Safer than 33% 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%).
L. Gordon Iron & Metal Company - Salisbury Road Facility held a steady TCR band
L. Gordon Iron & Metal Company - Salisbury Road Facility's TCR held near 0.3 from 5.3 in 2017 to 5.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 7.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=5.3 · 2018=7.0 · 2022=3.0 · 2023=7.1 · 2024=5.6
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423930 · Statesville, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 5.6 · 255% of ind
- DART 3.4 DART
- RANK #27/37
- PHOTO Keystone Iron and Me…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 23 inj
- SIZE ~84 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Keystone Iron and Metal Co., Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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L. Gordon Iron & Metal Company - Salisbury Road Facility in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
L. Gordon Iron & Metal Company - Salisbury Road Facility
5.6 TCR
- Keystone Iron
Keystone Iron and Metal Co., Inc.
5.6 TCR
- Schupan Recycl
Schupan Recycling Wixom
5.6 TCR
- PnP Merced
PnP Merced
5.6 TCR
- McCoy Iron & M
McCoy Iron & Metal, Inc.
5.6 TCR
What this shows L. Gordon Iron & Metal Company - Salisbury Road Facility averages 5.6 TCR (255% of the Boxes, waste, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
L. Gordon Iron & Metal Company - Salisbury Road Facility TCR series: 2017=5.3 · 2018=7 · 2022=3 · 2023=7.1 · 2024=5.6 · BLS 2.2
Where L. Gordon Iron & Metal Company - Salisbury Road Facility falls in its industry
1,126 Boxes, waste, merchant wholesa establishmentsSafer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 37 Boxes, waste, merchant wholesa employers in North Carolina.
L. Gordon Iron & Metal Company - Salisbury Road Facility has more employees than the Boxes, waste, merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.6 | 3.4 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7.1 | 5.1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5.3 | 3.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423930 · NC · Statesville
1,126 Boxes, waste, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 181 employers in Statesville, 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 | Keystone Iron and Metal Co., Inc. | 5.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Schupan Recycling Wixom | 5.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | PnP Merced | 5.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | McCoy Iron & Metal, Inc. | 5.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Lark Maintenance Facility | 84 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corp. Corporate Office | 84 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Weaver Cooke Construction, LLC | 84 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lendlease Charlotte | 84 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 2807-0960 | 974 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Doosan Bobcat | 857 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 0960 LOWE S NORTH CAROLINA RDC | 836 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Cheney Brothers Inc. - Statesville | 830 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Belleview Price Cutter | 5.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Big W Ranch Inc | 5.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 313NCN | 5.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Alta Irrigation District | 5.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Chemcut | 84 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Kruse & Son, Inc | 84 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Vocational Services, Inc. Shop #2 | 84 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Toshiba Business Solutions - Rochester 180 | 84 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.