Casings, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing · North Carolina

Norwood Manufacturing, Inc.

Norwood, NC · ~49 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Norwood Manufacturing, Inc. runs at 241% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Casings, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Norwood Manufacturing, Inc.: 7.9 TCR = 241% of Casings, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Norwood Manufacturing, Inc. safety composite

Norwood Manufacturing, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 20%), 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

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

Norwood Manufacturing, Inc.: 0.0 → 3.4 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 19.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Norwood Manufacturing, Inc.'s TCR rose 3.4 from 0.0 in 2016 to 3.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 19.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332322 · Norwood, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.9 · 241% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #31/37
  • PHOTO Matthews Industries …
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~49 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Matthews Industries Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Norwood Manufacturing, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Norwood Manufacturing, Inc. averages 7.9 TCR (241% of the Casings, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Norwood Manufacturing, Inc. TCR series: 2016=0 · 2018=19.9 · 2019=19.9 · 2020=5.7 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=10.7 · 2023=2 · 2024=3.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Norwood Manufacturing, Inc. falls in its industry

1,158 Casings, sheet metal (except s establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #31 safest of 37 Casings, sheet metal (except s employers in North Carolina.

Norwood Manufacturing, Inc. (49 employees, TCR 7.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Norwood Manufacturing, Inc.
Norwood Manufacturing, Inc. (49 employees, TCR 7.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Norwood Manufacturing, Inc. has fewer employees than the Casings, sheet metal (except stampings), median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 3.4 0.0 1 0 0
2023 2.0 0.0 1 0 0
2022 10.7 3.6 6 0 0
2021 1.9 0.0 1 0 0
2020 5.7 3.8 3 0 0
2019 19.9 0.0 2 0 0
2018 19.9 10.0 2 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332322 · NC · Norwood

1,158 Casings, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 4 employers in Norwood, 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 Matthews Industries Inc 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Steelhead Metal Corp 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR EPSM, LLC 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR General Metal Company, Inc. 8.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Zackly Rite Farms 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Taylor's Nursery-Raleigh 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Butterball Hatchery # 3 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Matthews Operations Center 49 FTE
CITY-NEAR Michelin Aircraft Tire Co 465 FTE
CITY-NEAR 445 63 FTE
CITY-NEAR 00445 - STORE # 445 NORWOOD 62 FTE
NAT-TCR Area Disposal Service Inc. Morton HC 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Henry Ford Cottage Hospital 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR COMBDRIN-IndyNorth 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Heaven Hill Bernheim Distillery 7.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Irwin Electric Membership Corporation 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Permian Plastics, LLC 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Venecia Logistica, LLC 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Metal-Tech Industrial, LLC 49 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, 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.