Ball bearings manufacturing · North Carolina
Morganton - Burke Drive
Morganton, NC · ~122 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Morganton - Burke Drive runs at 99% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Ball bearings manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Morganton - Burke Drive: 3.3 TCR = 99% of Ball bearings manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Morganton - Burke Drive safety composite
Morganton - Burke Drive scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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).
38/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.26 per 100 workers
Safer than 38% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.63 per 100 workers
Safer than 29% 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
Morganton - Burke Drive: 1.7 → 4.6 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 6.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.81× in 2024
Morganton - Burke Drive's TCR rose 2.9 from 1.7 in 2016 to 4.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.81× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332991 · Morganton, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 99% of ind
- DART 2.6 DART
- RANK #7/8
- PHOTO ILJIN Slewing
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 49 inj
- SIZE ~122 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: ILJIN Slewing (0.0 TCR gap)
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Morganton - Burke Drive in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Morganton - Burke Drive
3.3 TCR
- ILJIN Slewing
ILJIN Slewing
3.3 TCR
- Schaeffler Gro
Schaeffler Group USA Inc. - Fort Mill 1
3.1 TCR
- Schaeffler Aer
Schaeffler Aerospace USA
3.1 TCR
- Heim Bearings
Heim Bearings
3 TCR
What this shows Morganton - Burke Drive averages 3.3 TCR (99% of the Ball bearings manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Morganton - Burke Drive TCR series: 2016=1.7 · 2017=2.4 · 2018=5.6 · 2019=0.4 · 2020=2.1 · 2021=3.5 · 2022=6.5 · 2023=2.4 · 2024=4.6 · BLS 3.3
Where Morganton - Burke Drive falls in its industry
125 Ball bearings manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 8 Ball bearings manufacturing employers in North Carolina.
Morganton - Burke Drive has fewer employees than the Ball bearings manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.6 | 2.6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332991 · NC · Morganton
125 Ball bearings manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 106 employers in Morganton, 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 | ILJIN Slewing | 3.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Schaeffler Group USA Inc. - Fort Mill 1 | 3.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Schaeffler Aerospace USA | 3.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Heim Bearings | 3.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Operations | 122 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | City of Concord Water Services | 122 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Utili-Serve LLC | 122 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Granite Contracting LLC | 122 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | DEX-BLUE RIDGE HOSPITAL | 3,263 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Blue Ridge HealthCare Hospitals, Inc. | 1,461 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 0090-BRHC Hospitals | 1,460 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Broughton Hospital | 1,198 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Ebner Furnaces, Inc. | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Chapin International | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Jonesboro Roofing Co., Inc. | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | E.M. Heath Supermarket | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | JUNEAU | 122 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Westhaven Community | 122 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Signature Company | 122 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Wildeck | 122 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.