Drywall contractors · North Carolina

Shields, Inc.

Winston-Salem, NC · ~50 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Shields, Inc. runs at 39% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Drywall contractors workplace, earning a grade A.

Shields, Inc.: 1.1 TCR = 39% of Drywall contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Shields, Inc. safety composite

Shields, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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%).

Shields, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Shields, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=3.3 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238310 · Winston-Salem, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 39% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/56
  • PHOTO Bluebell Place Build…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bluebell Place Builders (0.0 TCR gap)

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Shields, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Shields, Inc. averages 1.1 TCR (39% of the Drywall contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Shields, Inc. TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=3.3 · 2019=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Shields, Inc. falls in its industry

1,613 Drywall contractors establishments

Safer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 56 Drywall contractors employers in North Carolina.

Shields, Inc. (50 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Shields, Inc.
Shields, Inc. (50 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Shields, Inc. has fewer employees than the Drywall contractors median and a lower 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
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 3.3 1.6 2 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238310 · NC · Winston-Salem

1,613 Drywall contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 234 employers in Winston-Salem, 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 Bluebell Place Builders 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Accurate Firestop 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mechanical Insulation & Technologies, LLC 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR PCI Memphis ISS 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Terrell and Johnny Williams 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wadesboro Hatchery / Transp 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northern Region Office (Cary) 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE WEMC - Youngsville 50 FTE
CITY-NEAR Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center 4,906 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Budd Group Janitorial 4,414 FTE
CITY-NEAR Reynolds American Inc. Trade Marketing Services 2,061 FTE
CITY-NEAR Reynolds Marketing Services Company 1,600 FTE
NAT-TCR GEHC : Logan UT, LS 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR LA - Criterion Catalyst 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR CN - Indian Valley 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Willowbrook IL 90-25-25-14 1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Alliance MWH - 974 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Michels Pipeline- CO 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Dearborn Heights S.D. #7 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE PMCO Medford 50 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: 2019, 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.