Ball joints (except aircraft, motor vehicle) manufacturing · North Carolina
Pioneer Motor Bearing Company
Kings Mountain, NC · ~57 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 6.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Pioneer Motor Bearing Company runs at 209% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ball joints (except aircraft, motor vehicle) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Pioneer Motor Bearing Company: 6.9 TCR = 209% of Ball joints (except aircraft, motor vehicle) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Pioneer Motor Bearing Company safety composite
Pioneer Motor Bearing Company scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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).
45/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.91 per 100 workers
Safer than 11% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 80% 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
−1.8
2016→2024
Pioneer Motor Bearing Company injury rate improved
Pioneer Motor Bearing Company's TCR fell 1.8 from 3.3 in 2016 to 1.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 31.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=3.3 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=3.8 · 2022=31.1 · 2023=6.8 · 2024=1.5
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 333613 · Kings Mountain, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 6.9 · 209% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #5/5
- PHOTO Altra Coulpings (TB …
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 9 inj
- SIZE ~57 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Altra Coulpings (TB Wood's/Ameridrives)-San Marcos (0.1 TCR gap)
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Pioneer Motor Bearing Company in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Pioneer Motor Bearing Company
6.9 TCR
- Altra Coulping
Altra Coulpings (TB Wood's/Ameridrives)-San Marcos
6.8 TCR
- BELDEN TOOLS I
BELDEN TOOLS INC
6.7 TCR
- New Hampshire
New Hampshire Industries
6.7 TCR
- Suhner Mfg., I
Suhner Mfg., Inc.
6.4 TCR
What this shows Pioneer Motor Bearing Company averages 6.9 TCR (209% of the Ball joints (except aircraft, motor vehicle) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Pioneer Motor Bearing Company TCR series: 2016=3.3 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=0 · 2021=3.8 · 2022=31.1 · 2023=6.8 · 2024=1.5 · BLS 3.3
Where Pioneer Motor Bearing Company falls in its industry
111 Ball joints (except aircraft, establishmentsSafer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 5 Ball joints (except aircraft, employers in North Carolina.
Pioneer Motor Bearing Company has fewer employees than the Ball joints (except aircraft, motor vehi median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6.8 | 3.4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 31.1 | 31.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
333613 · NC · Kings Mountain
111 Ball joints (except aircraft, motor vehicle) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 64 employers in Kings Mountain, 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 | Altra Coulpings (TB Wood's/Ameridrives)-San Marcos | 6.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | BELDEN TOOLS INC | 6.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | New Hampshire Industries | 6.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Suhner Mfg., Inc. | 6.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Corporate Division | 57 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Kirlin Builders | 57 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Cape Romain / McLean A Joint Venture | 57 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Engineered Steel Products | 57 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hanesbrands, Inc. Cleveland Distribution Center | 515 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6903_15950 | 397 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | KINGS MOUNTAIN NC | 370 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hanesbrands, Inc. Canterbury Distribution Center | 368 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Cincinnati | 6.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Lexington | 6.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | MEMS Headquarters | 6.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Springfield, VA | 6.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Price Rite Store 209 University | 57 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Human Resources | 57 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Anchor - Easton | 57 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sodexo at Wayland Baptist University | 57 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.