Other Communication and Energy Wire Manufacturing · North Carolina

Southwire DCN

Youngsville, NC · ~31 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Southwire DCN runs at 34% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Other Communication and Energy Wire Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Southwire DCN: 1.1 TCR = 34% of Other Communication and Energy Wire Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southwire DCN safety composite

Southwire DCN scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.3

2017→2019

Southwire DCN injury rate improved

Southwire DCN's TCR fell 3.3 from 3.3 in 2017 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).

2017=3.3 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 335929 · Youngsville, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 34% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/18
  • PHOTO Draka Elevator Produ…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Draka Elevator Products, Inc. - Rocy Mount (0.0 TCR gap)

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Southwire DCN in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Southwire DCN averages 1.1 TCR (34% of the Other Communication and Energy Wire Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Southwire DCN TCR series: 2017=3.3 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Southwire DCN falls in its industry

144 Other Communication and Energy establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

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 18 Other Communication and Energy employers in North Carolina.

Southwire DCN (31 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 97 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 0100200300 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Southwire DCN
Southwire DCN (31 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 97 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Southwire DCN has fewer employees than the Other Communication and Energy Wire Manu median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 3.3 3.3 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

335929 · NC · Youngsville

144 Other Communication and Energy Wire Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 37 employers in Youngsville, 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 Draka Elevator Products, Inc. - Rocy Mount 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR South Bay Cable Corp. - Temecula 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR South Bay Cable Corp. - Idyllwild 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR General Cable Corporation 1.1 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 K-Flex USA, L.L.C. 270 FTE
CITY-NEAR K-Flex USA LLC 264 FTE
CITY-NEAR Xerium Technologies Corporate 154 FTE
CITY-NEAR YOUNGSVILLE RALEIGH NC 149 FTE
NAT-TCR Nestle Direct Store Delivery - Portland 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR East Tennessee State University 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR IL - Riviana Foods 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Erland Construction, Inc. Main Office 1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE iFLY DCVA 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE iFLY Dallas 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE iFLY Atlanta 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Foodliner-Kenosha 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.