Cold forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished · North Carolina

Newton Instrument Company, Inc.

Butner, NC · ~100 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Newton Instrument Company, Inc. runs at 219% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cold forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished workplace, earning a grade F.

Newton Instrument Company, Inc.: 7.2 TCR = 219% of Cold forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Newton Instrument Company, Inc. safety composite

Newton Instrument Company, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 27%), 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

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−14.2

2016→2024

Newton Instrument Company, Inc. injury rate improved

Newton Instrument Company, Inc.'s TCR fell 14.2 from 14.2 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 14.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=14.2 · 2017=4.0 · 2018=7.5 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=13.7 · 2021=4.9 · 2022=5.2 · 2023=11.2 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332111 · Butner, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.2 · 219% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/5
  • PHOTO Kentucky Mountain In…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 57 inj
  • SIZE ~100 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kentucky Mountain Industries, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Newton Instrument Company, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Newton Instrument Company, Inc. averages 7.2 TCR (219% of the Cold forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished BLS benchmark).

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

Newton Instrument Company, Inc. TCR series: 2016=14.2 · 2017=4 · 2018=7.5 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=13.7 · 2021=4.9 · 2022=5.2 · 2023=11.2 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Newton Instrument Company, Inc. falls in its industry

241 Cold forgings made from purcha establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 5 Cold forgings made from purcha employers in North Carolina.

Newton Instrument Company, Inc. (100 employees, TCR 7.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.0 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Newton Instrument Company, Inc.
Newton Instrument Company, Inc. (100 employees, TCR 7.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.0

Newton Instrument Company, Inc. has more employees than the Cold forgings made from purchased iron o median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.0. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 11.2 11.2 7 0 0
2022 5.2 3.5 3 0 0
2021 4.9 3.2 3 0 0
2020 13.7 10.7 9 0 0
2019 4.5 3.6 5 0 0
2018 7.5 6.7 9 0 0
2017 4.0 2.4 4 1 0
2016 14.2 10.2 17 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332111 · NC · Butner

241 Cold forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 24 employers in Butner, 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 Kentucky Mountain Industries, Inc. 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Medico Industries, Inc. Hanover 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cornell Forge 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ameribolt Sycamore, Al 7.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Carolina Egg Company INC 100 FTE
STATE-SIZE PHRG CLT 100 FTE
STATE-SIZE Samet Corporation - Raleigh 100 FTE
STATE-SIZE WIMCO Corp. 100 FTE
CITY-NEAR Central Regional Hospital 1,567 FTE
CITY-NEAR Murdoch Developmental Center 1,548 FTE
CITY-NEAR Murdoch Developmental Center/DHHS 1,229 FTE
CITY-NEAR ADUSA Dist DC 09 Butner NC 1,098 FTE
NAT-TCR SAV 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Franklin County 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Cedar Point 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Prospect International Airport Services TUS 7.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Liberty Electronics Inc - Reno 100 FTE
NAT-SIZE BioMerieux - Lombard 100 FTE
NAT-SIZE Parkview Healthcare Facility 100 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pennington Health Services dba Thief River Care Center 100 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.