Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing · North Carolina

Lexington Schuetz 1108

Lexington, NC · ~65 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lexington Schuetz 1108 runs at 70% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Lexington Schuetz 1108: 2.3 TCR = 70% of Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lexington Schuetz 1108 safety composite

Lexington Schuetz 1108 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−1.4

2018→2019

Lexington Schuetz 1108 injury rate improved

Lexington Schuetz 1108's TCR fell 1.4 from 3.0 in 2018 to 1.6 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 3.0 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=3.0 · 2019=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Lexington, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 70% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #50/132
  • PHOTO Midwest Molding Inc.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Midwest Molding Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lexington Schuetz 1108 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lexington Schuetz 1108 averages 2.3 TCR (70% of the Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Lexington Schuetz 1108 TCR series: 2018=3 · 2019=1.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Lexington Schuetz 1108 falls in its industry

2,838 Drums, plastics (i.e., contain establishments

Safer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #50 safest of 132 Drums, plastics (i.e., contain employers in North Carolina.

Lexington Schuetz 1108 (65 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Lexington Schuetz 1108
Lexington Schuetz 1108 (65 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Lexington Schuetz 1108 has fewer employees than the Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manu median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2019 1.6 0.0 1 0 0
2018 3.0 3.0 1 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · NC · Lexington

2,838 Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 120 employers in Lexington, 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 Midwest Molding Inc. 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Advanced Fibermolding inc 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mauser Packaging 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Team 1 Plastics, Inc. 2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE AgMart Produce, Inc. LELAND, NC 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sanderson Farms Kinston Hatchery 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mayo Fossil Plant 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Newell Operations Center 65 FTE
CITY-NEAR Davidson County Schools 3,351 FTE
CITY-NEAR Davidson County Government 1,237 FTE
CITY-NEAR Atrium Windows & Door 910 FTE
CITY-NEAR ASCO Power Technologies 639 FTE
NAT-TCR 6962-Swy 0025 1483 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Westwood Laboratories 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 4039-03368100-00W015 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Regal Black River Falls 2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE 5 Shelter Rock Rd 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ardagh Metal Beverage-Elk Grove 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6962-Abs 0028 2572 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6962-Abs 0028 2558 65 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: 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.