Other Communication and Energy Wire Manufacturing · North Carolina

Southwire Huntersville Plant

Name: Southwire Huntersville Plant Workplace Safety Data
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Huntersville Plant, NC · ~73 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.5
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Southwire Huntersville Plant runs at 75% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Other Communication and Energy Wire Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Southwire Huntersville Plant: 2.5 TCR = 75% of Other Communication and Energy Wire Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southwire Huntersville Plant safety composite

Southwire Huntersville Plant scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 44%), 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).

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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

−1.3

2017→2019

Southwire Huntersville Plant injury rate improved

Southwire Huntersville Plant's TCR fell 1.3 from 2.5 in 2017 to 1.2 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 3.6 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.5 · 2018=3.6 · 2019=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 75% of ind

DART 1.2 DART
RANK #12/18
PHOTO Location 1- Manufact…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~73 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Location 1- Manufacturing (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.5
General Cable

2.5
Prysmian Group

2.5
Nexans High Vo

2.5
Location 1- Ma

2.4

What this shows Southwire Huntersville Plant averages 2.5 TCR (75% of the Other Communication and Energy Wire Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Southwire Huntersville Plant TCR series: 2017=2.5 · 2018=3.6 · 2019=1.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Southwire Huntersville Plant falls in its industry

144 Other Communication and Energy establishments

Safer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 18 Other Communication and Energy employers in North Carolina.

Southwire Huntersville Plant (73 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 97 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Southwire Huntersville Plant has fewer employees than the Other Communication and Energy Wire Manu median and a higher 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
2019	1.2	1.2	1
2018	3.6	2.4	3
2017	2.5	2.5	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

335929 · NC · Huntersville Plant

144 Other Communication and Energy Wire Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Location 1- Manufacturing	BOLINGBROOK, IL	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	General Cable Sedalia	SEDALIA, MO	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Prysmian Group General Cable Lebanon RDC	LEBANON, IN	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Nexans High Voltage USA, Inc.	GOOSE CREEK, SC	2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Tri-State Turf of NC	NEWTON GROVE	73 FTE
STATE-SIZE	REC	AULANDER	73 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Haywood EMC-Combined Districts	WAYNESVILLE	73 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Public Utilities	ASHEBORO	73 FTE
NAT-TCR	USA Omaha 4501 Abbott Dr	Omaha, NE	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Apache Junction APA	Apache Junction, AZ	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sodexo at Ctm University Texas Medical B	Galveston, TX	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Minigrip LLC	Seguin, TX	2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Orange County (OC)	Santa Ana, CA	73 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Foodliner-S. Chicago	Chicago, IL	73 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Erie Logistics, Frozen Distribution Center	West Seneca, NY	73 FTE
NAT-SIZE	192 ABC Supply Co., Inc	Meza, AZ	73 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.

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