Blades, knife and razor, manufacturing · North Carolina

Microtech Knives 221 Old Hendersonville Rd

Name: Microtech Knives 221 Old Hendersonville Rd Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Fletcher, NC · ~45 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.9
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Microtech Knives 221 Old Hendersonville Rd runs at 89% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Blades, knife and razor, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Microtech Knives 221 Old Hendersonville Rd: 2.9 TCR = 89% of Blades, knife and razor, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Microtech Knives 221 Old Hendersonville Rd safety composite

Microtech Knives 221 Old Hendersonville Rd scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% 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).

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Microtech Knives 221 Old Hendersonville Rd: 1.6 → 4.3 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 4.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Microtech Knives 221 Old Hendersonville Rd's TCR rose 2.7 from 1.6 in 2023 to 4.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332215 · Fletcher, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 89% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK P73
PHOTO W.R.CASE & SONS CUTL…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: W.R.CASE & SONS CUTLERY COMPANY (0.1 TCR gap)

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Chicago Metall

3.5
Klein Cutlery,

3.4
This site

2.9
W.R.CASE & SON

2.9
Select Industr

2.7

What this shows Microtech Knives 221 Old Hendersonville Rd averages 2.9 TCR (89% of the Blades, knife and razor, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Microtech Knives 221 Old Hendersonville Rd TCR series: 2023=1.6 · 2024=4.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Microtech Knives 221 Old Hendersonville Rd falls in its industry

52 Blades, knife and razor, manuf establishments

Safer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.4.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Microtech Knives 221 Old Hendersonville Rd (45 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.4

Microtech Knives 221 Old Hendersonville Rd has fewer employees than the Blades, knife and razor, manufacturing median and a lower 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	4.3	0.0	2	0	0
2023	1.6	0.0	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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	W.R.CASE & SONS CUTLERY COMPANY	BRADFORD, PA	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Select Industries Corp.	DAYTON, OH	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Klein Cutlery, LLC	BOLIVAR, NY	3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Chicago Metallic Bakeware	HUMBOLDT, TN	3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Happy Holiday Christmas Trees	WEST JEFFERSON	45 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Cracon, Inc.	WEST JEFFERSON	45 FTE
STATE-SIZE	GOMEZ HARVESTING	ROCKY POINT	45 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Lewisville Operations Center	CLEMMONS	45 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Meritor Fletcher	Fletcher	622 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Wilsonart LLC	Fletcher	613 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Continental Automotive Systems	Fletcher	610 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Wilsonart Fletcher NC	Fletcher	581 FTE
NAT-TCR	Accurate Home Care, LLC	Otsego, MN	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Zeigler Downers Grove	Downers Grove, IL	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Wiwat - Watertown	Watertown, WI	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Horseshoe Council Bluffs	Council Bluffs, IA	2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	AmeriKen Die Supply, Inc	Wood Dale, IL	45 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Morin West	Fontana, CA	45 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Jurupa Valley	Jurupa Valley, CA	45 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Central Education Center	Richfield, MN	45 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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