Industrial machinery and equipment (except electrical) merchant wholesalers · North Carolina

Methods Machine Tools, Inc - North Carolina

Charlotte, NC · ~32 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Methods Machine Tools, Inc - North Carolina runs at 273% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Industrial machinery and equipment (except electrical) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Methods Machine Tools, Inc - North Carolina: 6.0 TCR = 273% of Industrial machinery and equipment (except electrical) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Methods Machine Tools, Inc - North Carolina safety composite

Methods Machine Tools, Inc - North Carolina scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 12%), 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).

F

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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%).

TCR Δ

−6.3

2021→2023

Methods Machine Tools, Inc - North Carolina injury rate improved

Methods Machine Tools, Inc - North Carolina's TCR fell 6.3 from 9.3 in 2021 to 3.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 9.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=9.3 · 2022=5.7 · 2023=3.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423830 · Charlotte, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.0 · 273% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #29/35
  • PHOTO POSEYVILLE
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: POSEYVILLE (0.0 TCR gap)

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Methods Machine Tools, Inc - North Carolina in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Methods Machine Tools, Inc - North Carolina averages 6.0 TCR (273% of the Industrial machinery and equipment (except electrical) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Methods Machine Tools, Inc - North Carolina TCR series: 2021=9.3 · 2022=5.7 · 2023=3 · BLS 2.2

Where Methods Machine Tools, Inc - North Carolina falls in its industry

911 Industrial machinery and equip establishments

Safer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 35 Industrial machinery and equip employers in North Carolina.

Methods Machine Tools, Inc - North Carolina (32 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 0200400600800 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Methods Machine Tools, Inc - North Carolina
Methods Machine Tools, Inc - North Carolina (32 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Methods Machine Tools, Inc - North Carolina has fewer employees than the Industrial machinery and equipment (exce median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2023 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2022 5.7 0.0 2 0 0
2021 9.3 0.0 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423830 · NC · Charlotte

911 Industrial machinery and equipment (except electrical) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 2,058 employers in Charlotte, 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 POSEYVILLE 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ohio Transmission Corporation AIC Greenwood IN 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cascade Engine Center, LLC 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hine Hydraulics Corp 6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE T.C. Smith Produce Farm 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE LATHAMS NURSERY INC. - MONROE, NC 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lake Wendell Farming Co. LLC 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Case Farms Goldsboro Hatchery 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1101-Carolinas Medical Center (1101) 8,444 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0001-Carolinas Medical Center 8,032 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4795-AA-CLT-CHARLOTTE-CLT-TRML 7,295 FTE
CITY-NEAR Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center 4,973 FTE
NAT-TCR Tiffin Door 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Ctp - Holloman Afb, Nm 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Bel Air 530- Rancho Murieta 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Beaumont Cherry Valley Water District 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Scott Turbon Mixer, Inc. 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southfresh Feeds 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Thermal Engineering of Arizona 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Westboro Store 32 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: 2023, 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.