Switchgear and switchgear accessories manufacturing · North Carolina

NexGear (DI)

Durham, NC · ~448 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

NexGear (DI) runs at 31% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Switchgear and switchgear accessories manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

NexGear (DI): 1.0 TCR = 31% of Switchgear and switchgear accessories manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

NexGear (DI) safety composite

NexGear (DI) scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% 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).

C

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% 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

−1.7

2017→2024

NexGear (DI) injury rate improved

NexGear (DI)'s TCR fell 1.7 from 2.0 in 2017 to 0.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.15× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.0 · 2018=0.3 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=1.0 · 2021=1.8 · 2022=0.3 · 2023=0.8 · 2024=0.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 335313 · Durham, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 31% of ind

  • DART 0.1 DART
  • RANK #5/12
  • PHOTO SE Cedar Rapids IA
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 31 inj
  • SIZE ~448 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SE Cedar Rapids IA (0.0 TCR gap)

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NexGear (DI) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows NexGear (DI) averages 1.0 TCR (31% of the Switchgear and switchgear accessories manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

NexGear (DI) TCR series: 2017=2 · 2018=0.3 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=1 · 2021=1.8 · 2022=0.3 · 2023=0.8 · 2024=0.3 · BLS 3.3

Where NexGear (DI) falls in its industry

226 Switchgear and switchgear acce establishments

Safer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

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 12 Switchgear and switchgear acce employers in North Carolina.

NexGear (DI) (448 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 115 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 0200400600 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate NexGear (DI)
NexGear (DI) (448 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 115 employees and a TCR of 1.9

NexGear (DI) has more employees than the Switchgear and switchgear accessories ma median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 0.3 0.1 2 0 0
2023 0.8 0.2 5 0 0
2022 0.3 0.3 2 0 0
2021 1.8 1.4 8 0 0
2020 1.0 1.0 4 0 0
2019 1.4 1.2 5 0 0
2018 0.3 0.3 1 0 0
2017 2.0 1.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

335313 · NC · Durham

226 Switchgear and switchgear accessories manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 530 employers in Durham, 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 SE Cedar Rapids IA 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Gund Company Dallas 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pomona (Siemens Industry, Inc.) 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Electronauts LLC 1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Panthers Football LLC 448 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corporate Office PNG 447 FTE
STATE-SIZE SPC Mechanical Corporation 447 FTE
STATE-SIZE T5 447 FTE
CITY-NEAR Duke University 23,871 FTE
CITY-NEAR Duke University Hospital 11,048 FTE
CITY-NEAR BCBSNC Telecommuters 3,033 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wolfspeed - Durham, NC 3,013 FTE
NAT-TCR Tarlton Corporation 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR EST Group 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Starcon @ Ingredion Bedford Park 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Zachry Construction Corporation 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Royal Hawaiian, A Luxury Collection 448 FTE
NAT-SIZE R+L Carriers - DLS 448 FTE
NAT-SIZE 30 Georgia Ave. 448 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lear Corporation - Building 300 448 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. 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.