Wallboard, gypsum, manufacturing · Indiana

NGC- Shoals Plant

Shoals, IN · ~73 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

NGC- Shoals Plant runs at 47% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Wallboard, gypsum, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

NGC- Shoals Plant: 1.6 TCR = 47% of Wallboard, gypsum, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

NGC- Shoals Plant safety composite

NGC- Shoals Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% 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

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

2016→2020

NGC- Shoals Plant injury rate improved

NGC- Shoals Plant's TCR fell 2.3 from 3.4 in 2016 to 1.1 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.4 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.4 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=1.1 · 2020=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327420 · Shoals, IN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 47% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/8
  • PHOTO TX405 McQueeney Gypsum
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~73 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TX405 McQueeney Gypsum (0.0 TCR gap)

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NGC- Shoals Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows NGC- Shoals Plant averages 1.6 TCR (47% of the Wallboard, gypsum, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

NGC- Shoals Plant TCR series: 2016=3.4 · 2017=0 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=1.1 · 2020=1.1 · BLS 3.3

Where NGC- Shoals Plant falls in its industry

123 Wallboard, gypsum, manufacturi establishments

Safer than 71% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 8 Wallboard, gypsum, manufacturi employers in Indiana.

NGC- Shoals Plant (73 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 050100150200250300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate NGC- Shoals Plant
NGC- Shoals Plant (73 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 employees and a TCR of 2.3

NGC- Shoals Plant has fewer employees than the Wallboard, gypsum, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2020 1.1 0.0 1 0 0
2019 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2018 2.2 2.2 2 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 3.4 1.1 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327420 · IN · Shoals

123 Wallboard, gypsum, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 7 employers in Shoals, IN · 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 TX405 McQueeney Gypsum 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR US Gypsum Rainier 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Calcium Products- Fort Dodge, IA Plant 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR ProForm Finishing Products 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE phil's fishing 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE Noblesville Office 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE Empire Contractors, Inc. 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE Town of Bargersville 73 FTE
CITY-NEAR US Gypsum Shoals 233 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gold Bond Building Products, LLC- Shoals Plant 73 FTE
CITY-NEAR P&S Transportation Shoals, IN 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR IN - Shoals 39 FTE
NAT-TCR Michigan Department of Corrections - Macomb Probation 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Naws China Lake, Ca Vx-9 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Hyde Condo Association 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Armstrong World Industries - Millwood 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Villa at the Lake 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE NOG Heller, LLC 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE Moreno Trencing, Ltd. 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE Joseph Companies (IQHC) 1750 Commerce 73 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.