Alkaline cell primary batteries manufacturing · North Carolina
Saft America Inc.
Valdese, NC · ~258 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Saft America Inc. runs at 62% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Alkaline cell primary batteries manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.
Saft America Inc.: 2.0 TCR = 62% of Alkaline cell primary batteries manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Saft America Inc. safety composite
Saft America Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).
38/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 2.03 per 100 workers
Safer than 45% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.7 per 100 workers
Safer than 20% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Saft America Inc.: 1.4 → 2.7 TCR
Peak year 2018 @ 2.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.33× in 2018
Saft America Inc.'s TCR rose 1.4 from 1.4 in 2017 to 2.7 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 335912 · Valdese, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 62% of ind
- DART 2.7 DART
- RANK #5/6
- PHOTO Energizer Manufactur…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 8 inj
- SIZE ~258 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Energizer Manufacturing Inc. Plant 1 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Saft America Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Lithium Divisi
Lithium Division
2.2 TCR
- Integer
Integer
2.1 TCR
- This site
Saft America Inc.
2 TCR
- Energizer Manu
Energizer Manufacturing Inc. Plant 1
2 TCR
- Duracell Manuf
Duracell Manufacturing
2 TCR
What this shows Saft America Inc. averages 2.0 TCR (62% of the Alkaline cell primary batteries manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Saft America Inc. TCR series: 2017=1.4 · 2018=2.7 · BLS 3.3
Where Saft America Inc. falls in its industry
42 Alkaline cell primary batterie establishmentsSafer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 6 Alkaline cell primary batterie employers in North Carolina.
Saft America Inc. has more employees than the Alkaline cell primary batteries manufact median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
335912 · NC · Valdese
42 Alkaline cell primary batteries manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 20 employers in Valdese, 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 | Energizer Manufacturing Inc. Plant 1 | 2.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Duracell Manufacturing | 2.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Integer | 2.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lithium Division | 2.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Southeast Connections LLc- Greensboro, NC | 258 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Milkco, Inc | 258 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sanford 1 | 258 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 1498 | 258 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Perkins Plant | 449 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Valdese Weavers (Main) | 371 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | VALDESE NC PLANT | 203 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Saft America Inc. , Valdese, NC | 181 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Ross store 73 | 2.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | West Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation Center | 2.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 0932 - Laredo Tx (Dry) Depot | 2.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sodexo at South Plainfield School Dist. | 2.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | VF Jeanswear | 258 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | West Columbia Air Ramp (Sccae) | 258 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | JFK Gateway | 258 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | APS Four Corners - Sundt Construction | 258 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.