Chemical Manufacturing · North Carolina

Southern Region : Morganton

Morganton, NC · ~31 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Southern Region : Morganton runs at 42% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Chemical Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Southern Region : Morganton: 1.4 TCR = 42% of Chemical Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southern Region : Morganton safety composite

Southern Region : Morganton scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Southern Region : Morganton: 0.0 → 2.7 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 2.7 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2023

Southern Region : Morganton's TCR rose 2.7 from 0.0 in 2022 to 2.7 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325211 · Morganton, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 42% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK #18/39
  • PHOTO Arkema Inc. Torrance…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Arkema Inc. Torrance plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Southern Region : Morganton in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Southern Region : Morganton averages 1.4 TCR (42% of the Chemical Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Southern Region : Morganton TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=2.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Southern Region : Morganton falls in its industry

644 Chemical Manufacturing establishments

Safer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 39 Chemical Manufacturing employers in North Carolina.

Southern Region : Morganton (31 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 05001,0001,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Southern Region : Morganton
Southern Region : Morganton (31 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Southern Region : Morganton has fewer employees than the Chemical Manufacturing median and a lower 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
2023 2.7 2.7 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325211 · NC · Morganton

644 Chemical Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 106 employers in Morganton, 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 Arkema Inc. Torrance plant 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lawter, Inc. 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR PolyOne Corporation 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hexcel Corporation - Salt Lake City Matrix 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Todd Glover Farms Inc 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sunny Creek Farm Inc. 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rowan 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE CPI USA NC LLC - Roxboro 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR DEX-BLUE RIDGE HOSPITAL 3,263 FTE
CITY-NEAR Blue Ridge HealthCare Hospitals, Inc. 1,461 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0090-BRHC Hospitals 1,460 FTE
CITY-NEAR Broughton Hospital 1,198 FTE
NAT-TCR St. Louis (S142) 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR North Campus 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Cayey 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #1798 Dublin, GA 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Stonehaven Senior Living 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Qualtech Technologies, Inc. 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Northeast Elmira-Plant and Branch 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Banner Towing & Transport Specialists, Inc dba: Allen's Towing Service 31 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.