Lawn and garden equipment manufacturing · North Carolina
North Carolina Manufacturing
Swepsonville, NC · ~986 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
North Carolina Manufacturing runs at 107% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Lawn and garden equipment manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
North Carolina Manufacturing: 3.5 TCR = 107% of Lawn and garden equipment manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
North Carolina Manufacturing safety composite
North Carolina Manufacturing scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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 3.53 per 100 workers
Safer than 51% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.29 per 100 workers
Safer than 14% 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%).
Rising injury rate
North Carolina Manufacturing: 2.8 → 5.6 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 5.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.5× in 2024
North Carolina Manufacturing's TCR rose 2.8 from 2.8 in 2022 to 5.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 333112 · Swepsonville, NC ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.5 · 107% of ind
- DART 5.3 DART
- RANK #4/4
- PHOTO Vergennes
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 63 inj
- SIZE ~986 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Vergennes (0.0 TCR gap)
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North Carolina Manufacturing in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Briggs & Strat
Briggs & Stratton Corp.- Turf & Consumer Products
3.7 TCR
- New Holstein,
New Holstein, WI- Plant 2
3.6 TCR
- Briggs & Strat
Briggs & Stratton - Statesboro Plant
3.6 TCR
- This site
North Carolina Manufacturing
3.5 TCR
- Vergennes
Vergennes
3.5 TCR
What this shows North Carolina Manufacturing averages 3.5 TCR (107% of the Lawn and garden equipment manufacturing BLS benchmark).
North Carolina Manufacturing TCR series: 2022=2.8 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=5.6 · BLS 3.3
Where North Carolina Manufacturing falls in its industry
91 Lawn and garden equipment manu establishmentsSafer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 4 Lawn and garden equipment manu employers in North Carolina.
North Carolina Manufacturing has more employees than the Lawn and garden equipment manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 35 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 6 | 11 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 22 | 8 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
333112 · NC · Swepsonville
91 Lawn and garden equipment manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 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 | Vergennes | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | New Holstein, WI- Plant 2 | 3.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Briggs & Stratton - Statesboro Plant | 3.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Briggs & Stratton Corp.- Turf & Consumer Products | 3.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Brunswick Nuclear Plant | 986 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Vaya Health | 988 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Barnhill Contracting Company | 982 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | HAECO Americas - GSO | 991 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Honda Power Equipment Mfg., Inc. | 1,156 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Mark Haynes Construction, Inc. | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Plant D4 | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Smyth Companies - Bedford | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Oviedo Medical Center | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Dc1 & Dc2 | 986 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | City of Elgin | 986 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ephrata Community Hospital | 986 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Avanzar Interior Technologies | 986 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.