Socks knitting or knitting and finishing · North Carolina

Plant 3

Newton, NC · ~173 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Plant 3 runs at 108% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Socks knitting or knitting and finishing workplace, earning a grade C.

Plant 3: 3.6 TCR = 108% of Socks knitting or knitting and finishing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Plant 3 safety composite

Plant 3 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 24%), 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

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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

−3.1

2016→2023

Plant 3 injury rate improved

Plant 3's TCR fell 3.1 from 4.3 in 2016 to 1.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 11.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.3 · 2017=2.7 · 2018=4.6 · 2019=11.0 · 2020=3.9 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=1.1 · 2023=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 315110 · Newton, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.6 · 108% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #11/12
  • PHOTO Fairfield
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 48 inj
  • SIZE ~173 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fairfield (0.5 TCR gap)

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Plant 3 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Plant 3 averages 3.6 TCR (108% of the Socks knitting or knitting and finishing BLS benchmark).

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

Plant 3 TCR series: 2016=4.3 · 2017=2.7 · 2018=4.6 · 2019=11 · 2020=3.9 · 2021=0 · 2022=1.1 · 2023=1.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Plant 3 falls in its industry

25 Socks knitting or knitting and establishments

Safer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 12 Socks knitting or knitting and employers in North Carolina.

Plant 3 (173 employees, TCR 3.6) among 19 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 79 employees and a TCR of 2.5 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 20 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 0200400600800 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Plant 3
Plant 3 (173 employees, TCR 3.6) among 19 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 79 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Plant 3 has more employees than the Socks knitting or knitting and finishing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2023 1.2 0.0 1 0 0
2022 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 3.9 3.9 2 0 0
2019 11.0 5.9 13 0 0
2018 4.6 4.2 12 0 0
2017 2.7 2.3 7 0 0
2016 4.3 3.9 12 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

315110 · NC · Newton

25 Socks knitting or knitting and finishing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 83 employers in Newton, 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 Fairfield 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Thorneburg Hosiery Mills 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Therafirm 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Star America, Inc. 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Baucom's Nursery Company 173 FTE
STATE-SIZE Samet Corporation 173 FTE
STATE-SIZE Michaels Artistree 6612 173 FTE
STATE-SIZE TC Transcontinental Thomasville 173 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3811 - Newton NC DC 1,644 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3811 - Newton DC 1,303 FTE
CITY-NEAR GKN ePowertrain Newton 1,129 FTE
CITY-NEAR GKN Driveline Newton LLC 920 FTE
NAT-TCR Northeast Asphalt, Inc. - Fond Du Lac 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR AU Medical Center, Inc. 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Agile Staffing Inc. 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR AZZ Galvanizing - Canton 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cr2 - Community & Workforce Development 173 FTE
NAT-SIZE Danfoss Power Solutions 173 FTE
NAT-SIZE Radial Rialto 3 173 FTE
NAT-SIZE Schenectady 173 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 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.