Culvert pipe, concrete, manufacturing · North Carolina

Smith Setzer & Sons, Inc.

Catawba, NC · ~43 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Smith Setzer & Sons, Inc. runs at 209% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Culvert pipe, concrete, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Smith Setzer & Sons, Inc.: 6.9 TCR = 209% of Culvert pipe, concrete, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Smith Setzer & Sons, Inc. safety composite

Smith Setzer & Sons, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

D

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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%).

TCR Δ

−14.3

2020→2024

Smith Setzer & Sons, Inc. injury rate improved

Smith Setzer & Sons, Inc.'s TCR fell 14.3 from 14.3 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 14.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=14.3 · 2021=6.2 · 2022=14.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327332 · Catawba, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.9 · 209% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/9
  • PHOTO Rib Falls
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Rib Falls (0.0 TCR gap)

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Smith Setzer & Sons, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Smith Setzer & Sons, Inc. averages 6.9 TCR (209% of the Culvert pipe, concrete, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Smith Setzer & Sons, Inc. TCR series: 2020=14.3 · 2021=6.2 · 2022=14 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Smith Setzer & Sons, Inc. falls in its industry

145 Culvert pipe, concrete, manufa establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 9 Culvert pipe, concrete, manufa employers in North Carolina.

Smith Setzer & Sons, Inc. (43 employees, TCR 6.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 41 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Smith Setzer & Sons, Inc.
Smith Setzer & Sons, Inc. (43 employees, TCR 6.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 41 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Smith Setzer & Sons, Inc. has more employees than the Culvert pipe, concrete, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 14.0 9.3 3 0 0
2021 6.2 0.0 2 0 0
2020 14.3 0.0 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327332 · NC · Catawba

145 Culvert pipe, concrete, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 7 employers in Catawba, 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 Rib Falls 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR RINKER - HOUCP2 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lino Lakes/ Field 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Welch Bros.., Inc. 7.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE LEWIS NURSERY 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Little Man Farming INC 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE NC Grow Out 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE New Bern Complex 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR Catawba 667 FTE
CITY-NEAR 27 Catawba 51 FTE
CITY-NEAR HNCCT01 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR 30 Distribution 36 FTE
NAT-TCR Virginia Frame Builders & Supply, Inc. 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Greenville S 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 1326 - Castle Rock 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Clinton Tractor & Implement Company, Inc 6.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE ML Taggares Inc dba Arete Vineyards 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Deming Excavating, Inc. 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Doubleback Transportation, LLC 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wiese Eden Prairie 43 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. 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.