Armor plate made in iron and steel mills · North Carolina

Metalworks Mfg.

Name: Metalworks Mfg. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Shelby, NC · ~169 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.1
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Metalworks Mfg. runs at 125% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Armor plate made in iron and steel mills workplace, earning a grade D.

Metalworks Mfg.: 4.1 TCR = 125% of Armor plate made in iron and steel mills BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Metalworks Mfg. safety composite

Metalworks Mfg. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 61% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 4.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−6.9

2016→2018

Metalworks Mfg. injury rate improved

Metalworks Mfg.'s TCR fell 6.9 from 7.6 in 2016 to 0.7 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.6 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.6 · 2018=0.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331110 · Shelby, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 125% of ind

DART 0.7 DART
RANK #6/8
PHOTO Cleveland-Cliffs Col…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 12 inj
SIZE ~169 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cleveland-Cliffs Columbus LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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4.1

What this shows Metalworks Mfg. averages 4.1 TCR (125% of the Armor plate made in iron and steel mills BLS benchmark).

Metalworks Mfg. TCR series: 2016=7.6 · 2018=0.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Metalworks Mfg. falls in its industry

416 Armor plate made in iron and s establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 8 Armor plate made in iron and s employers in North Carolina.

Metalworks Mfg. (169 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 155 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Metalworks Mfg. has more employees than the Armor plate made in iron and steel mills median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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
2018	0.7	0.7	1	0	0
2016	7.6	4.1	11	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331110 · NC · Shelby

416 Armor plate made in iron and steel mills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 100 employers in Shelby, NC · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Cleveland-Cliffs Columbus LLC	COLUMBUS, OH	4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hoeganaes-Gallatin	GALLATIN, TN	4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Flexco Grand Rapids-Walker	WALKER, MI	4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Uniparts Olsen, Inc.	ELDRIDGE, IA	4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Jones-Onslow Electric Membership Corporation (Jacksonville)	JACKSONVILLE	169 FTE
STATE-SIZE	The Pork Company II	WARSAW	169 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company	OXFORD	169 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Burlington Finishing Plant	BURLINGTON	169 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1111-Atrium Health Cleveland (1111)	Shelby	1,174 FTE
CITY-NEAR	6070	Shelby	1,160 FTE
CITY-NEAR	0080-Atrium Health Cleveland	Shelby	1,158 FTE
CITY-NEAR	0080-CHS Cleveland	Shelby	1,093 FTE
NAT-TCR	Ingram Micro ALC 90	Harrisburg, PA	4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	4795-PD-AVP-SCRANTON-PD	Avoca, PA	4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Terre Haute Truck Center	Terre Haute, IN	4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Cortacre Breaker Plant	Seymour, IN	4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Benewah Community Hospital	St Maries, ID	169 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Manor Care Health Services - Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh, PA	169 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Manor Care Health Services - Laureldale	Laureldale, PA	169 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Plant 700	Nappanee, IN	169 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: 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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