Instruments, musical, manufacturing · North Carolina

Ludwig Drum Company

Monroe, NC · ~43 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ludwig Drum Company runs at 51% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Instruments, musical, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Ludwig Drum Company: 1.7 TCR = 51% of Instruments, musical, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ludwig Drum Company safety composite

Ludwig Drum Company scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 88% 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).

B

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% 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%).

Ludwig Drum Company held a steady TCR band

Ludwig Drum Company's TCR held near 0.3 from 2.1 in 2016 to 1.8 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 2.8 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.1 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339992 · Monroe, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 51% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P83
  • PHOTO Paul Reed Smith Guit…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Paul Reed Smith Guitars (0.1 TCR gap)

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Ludwig Drum Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ludwig Drum Company averages 1.7 TCR (51% of the Instruments, musical, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Ludwig Drum Company TCR series: 2016=2.1 · 2017=0 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=0 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=1.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Ludwig Drum Company falls in its industry

41 Instruments, musical, manufact establishments

Safer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Ludwig Drum Company (43 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 110 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Ludwig Drum Company
Ludwig Drum Company (43 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 110 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Ludwig Drum Company has fewer employees than the Instruments, musical, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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
2022 1.8 0.0 1 0 0
2021 2.5 0.0 1 0 0
2020 2.8 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 2.6 0.0 0 1 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 2.1 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339992 · NC · Monroe

41 Instruments, musical, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 163 employers in Monroe, 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 Paul Reed Smith Guitars 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR DR Handmade Strings Inc 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Conn-Selmer South Facility 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Schilke Music Products, Inc. 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE LEWIS NURSERY 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Little Man Farming INC 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE NC Grow Out 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE New Bern Complex 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR Monroe Plant 1,584 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0060-CHS Union 1,214 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0060-Atrium Health Union 1,147 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1108-Atrium Health Union (1108) 1,041 FTE
NAT-TCR Click Bond NV 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 1457 - Worcester 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 253 - Franklin Park 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 9273-ADM 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE THI Enterprises-1293 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE HG453 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE HG625 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Transamerican Auto Parts - Carlisle Distribution Center 43 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.