Extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goods manufacturing · North Carolina

Steele Rubber Products Inc

Denver, NC · ~64 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Steele Rubber Products Inc runs at 30% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goods manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Steele Rubber Products Inc: 1.0 TCR = 30% of Extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goods manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Steele Rubber Products Inc safety composite

Steele Rubber Products Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 91% 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

79/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1 per 100 workers

Safer than 91% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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

−3.2

2017→2024

Steele Rubber Products Inc injury rate improved

Steele Rubber Products Inc's TCR fell 3.2 from 3.2 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.2 · 2018=1.5 · 2019=3.3 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326291 · Denver, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 30% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/4
  • PHOTO RPP LLC / Emerson
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~64 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: RPP LLC / Emerson (0.0 TCR gap)

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Steele Rubber Products Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Steele Rubber Products Inc averages 1.0 TCR (30% of the Extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goods manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Steele Rubber Products Inc TCR series: 2017=3.2 · 2018=1.5 · 2019=3.3 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Steele Rubber Products Inc falls in its industry

266 Extruded, molded or lathe-cut establishments

Safer than 91% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 4 Extruded, molded or lathe-cut employers in North Carolina.

Steele Rubber Products Inc (64 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Steele Rubber Products Inc
Steele Rubber Products Inc (64 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Steele Rubber Products Inc has fewer employees than the Extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goo median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 3.3 1.7 2 0 0
2018 1.5 1.5 1 0 0
2017 3.2 3.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326291 · NC · Denver

266 Extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goods manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 39 employers in Denver, 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 RPP LLC / Emerson 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southeastern Rubber Co., Inc. 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Longwood Elastomers Inc. W2 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Newact Incorporated 1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Agrarian Inc 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wilmington Eastern Region Office 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE Randolph Electric Membership Corporation 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE Apex Operations Center 64 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4274 392 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 4274 385 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2636 LOWE S OF E. LINCOLN COUNTY NC 202 FTE
CITY-NEAR Husky Rack and Wire 180 FTE
NAT-TCR A-1 Fence 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Rouses Store Support Office 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Springhill Suites Hillsboro 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Omnistone Masonry, Inc. 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Custom California Craft Beer LLC dba Golden Road Brewing 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE John M Frank Construction Inc 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Northern Technologies HQ 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Northfield Hospital + Clinics- Rehabilitation Services Northfield 64 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, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.