Ducting, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing · North Carolina

US Duct, Archdale

Archdale, NC · ~75 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

US Duct, Archdale runs at 333% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ducting, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

US Duct, Archdale: 11.0 TCR = 333% of Ducting, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

US Duct, Archdale safety composite

US Duct, Archdale scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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).

F

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% 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

−1.6

2023→2024

US Duct, Archdale injury rate improved

US Duct, Archdale's TCR fell 1.6 from 11.8 in 2023 to 10.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 11.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=11.8 · 2024=10.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332313 · Archdale, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.0 · 333% of ind

  • DART 4.5 DART
  • RANK #8/8
  • PHOTO Broadway Welding Inc…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~75 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Broadway Welding Inc SD (0.1 TCR gap)

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US Duct, Archdale in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows US Duct, Archdale averages 11.0 TCR (333% of the Ducting, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

US Duct, Archdale TCR series: 2023=11.8 · 2024=10.2 · BLS 3.3

Where US Duct, Archdale falls in its industry

449 Ducting, fabricated metal plat establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

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 8 Ducting, fabricated metal plat employers in North Carolina.

US Duct, Archdale (75 employees, TCR 11.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 0100200300400 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate US Duct, Archdale
US Duct, Archdale (75 employees, TCR 11.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 4.5

US Duct, Archdale has more employees than the Ducting, fabricated metal plate work, ma median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 10.2 4.5 8 1 0
2023 11.8 3.0 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332313 · NC · Archdale

449 Ducting, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 28 employers in Archdale, 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 Broadway Welding Inc SD 11.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR General Technologies, Inc. 10.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Especial T HVAC Sheet Metal Fittings Inc. 10.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Minneapolis Plate Division 10.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE FARM 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE AGRICULTURAL-FARMING 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE Electric Systems 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE D.R. Horton, Inc. - Raleigh South 75 FTE
CITY-NEAR AceAvant Concrete Const. Co. Inc 315 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hafele America Co. 304 FTE
CITY-NEAR WHSE 30 174 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jowat Corporation 170 FTE
NAT-TCR Arrow Admin 11.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Northglenn 10141 11.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - DCL9 11.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Ace Manufacturing Industries, Inc. 11.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Neotiss, Inc. 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ludlow Manufacturing Inc. 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lancaster Electric Inc 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Farmington ISD #192-Farmington Elementary 75 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.