Blades, knife and razor, manufacturing · North Carolina

Microtech Knives - 15A National

Fletcher, NC · ~54 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Microtech Knives - 15A National runs at 171% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Blades, knife and razor, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Microtech Knives - 15A National: 5.6 TCR = 171% of Blades, knife and razor, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Microtech Knives - 15A National safety composite

Microtech Knives - 15A National scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 41%), 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).

D

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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

−2.3

2021→2024

Microtech Knives - 15A National injury rate improved

Microtech Knives - 15A National's TCR fell 2.3 from 4.4 in 2021 to 2.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 8.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=4.4 · 2022=8.0 · 2023=8.0 · 2024=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332215 · Fletcher, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.6 · 171% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK P42
  • PHOTO SHERRILL MANUFACTURI…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~54 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SHERRILL MANUFACTURING, INC. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Microtech Knives - 15A National in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Microtech Knives - 15A National averages 5.6 TCR (171% of the Blades, knife and razor, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Microtech Knives - 15A National TCR series: 2021=4.4 · 2022=8 · 2023=8 · 2024=2.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Microtech Knives - 15A National falls in its industry

52 Blades, knife and razor, manuf establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Microtech Knives - 15A National (54 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.4 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Microtech Knives - 15A National
Microtech Knives - 15A National (54 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.4

Microtech Knives - 15A National has fewer employees than the Blades, knife and razor, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.4. 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 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2023 8.0 0.0 5 0 0
2022 8.0 0.0 5 0 0
2021 4.4 4.4 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332215 · NC · Fletcher

52 Blades, knife and razor, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 52 employers in Fletcher, 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 SHERRILL MANUFACTURING, INC. 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Unique Fabrications 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Xuron Corp 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dienes Corporation 5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE ER LEWIS CONSTRUCTION CO, INC. 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Elizabethtown 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE D.R. Horton, Inc. - Raleigh North 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mundy Maintenance and Services LLC Job #31045 54 FTE
CITY-NEAR Meritor Fletcher 622 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wilsonart LLC 613 FTE
CITY-NEAR Continental Automotive Systems 610 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wilsonart Fletcher NC 581 FTE
NAT-TCR J D Pasquetti Engineering, LLC 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - DIN4 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Highland Manufacturing 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR HC Payson 5.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Microtech Knives - 300 Chestnut Street 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Car Wash 8109 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Spectrum 183 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wilson Ford Lincoln LLC 54 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021. 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.