Hardware, transmission pole and line, manufacturing · North Carolina

Preformed Line Products

Albemarle, NC · ~246 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Preformed Line Products runs at 102% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Hardware, transmission pole and line, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Preformed Line Products: 3.4 TCR = 102% of Hardware, transmission pole and line, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Preformed Line Products safety composite

Preformed Line Products scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 25%), 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

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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%).

TCR Δ

−4.0

2016→2024

Preformed Line Products injury rate improved

Preformed Line Products's TCR fell 4.0 from 7.0 in 2016 to 3.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.9× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.0 · 2017=4.8 · 2019=2.0 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=3.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 335932 · Albemarle, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.4 · 102% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK P38
  • PHOTO VTE Inc
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 68 inj
  • SIZE ~246 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: VTE Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Preformed Line Products in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Preformed Line Products averages 3.4 TCR (102% of the Hardware, transmission pole and line, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Preformed Line Products TCR series: 2016=7 · 2017=4.8 · 2019=2 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=3 · BLS 3.3

Where Preformed Line Products falls in its industry

71 Hardware, transmission pole an establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Preformed Line Products (246 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 110 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 02004006008001,000 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Preformed Line Products
Preformed Line Products (246 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 110 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Preformed Line Products has more employees than the Hardware, transmission pole and line, ma median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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 3.0 3.0 8 0 0
2023 2.9 2.9 9 1 0
2022 2.8 2.8 9 0 0
2021 2.5 1.8 7 0 0
2020 1.8 1.1 5 0 0
2019 2.0 1.6 5 0 0
2017 4.8 4.8 12 0 0
2016 7.0 5.0 13 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

335932 · NC · Albemarle

71 Hardware, transmission pole and line, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 55 employers in Albemarle, 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 VTE Inc 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Champion Fiberglass 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Midlite Corporation 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Delfingen US - NY 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fairfax 246 FTE
STATE-SIZE American & Efird Gastonia Plant 56 246 FTE
STATE-SIZE North America : North Wilkesboro 246 FTE
STATE-SIZE Milton Roy LLC 246 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1113-Atrium Health Stanly (1113) 555 FTE
CITY-NEAR County of Stanly 546 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0040-CHS Stanly 542 FTE
CITY-NEAR Michelin Aircraft Tire Company 406 FTE
NAT-TCR DeKalb County Packing Company 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Community Care Center of Vicksburg 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Snaptron Inc 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Reichard Industries 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Park Ridge Living Center 246 FTE
NAT-SIZE To-Jo Mushrooms Inc. 246 FTE
NAT-SIZE IKEA #462 Las Vegas 246 FTE
NAT-SIZE Troy 246 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, 2017, 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.