Ducts, sheet metal, manufacturing · North Carolina

US Metal Crafters

Archdale, NC · ~41 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

US Metal Crafters runs at 270% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ducts, sheet metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

US Metal Crafters: 8.9 TCR = 270% of Ducts, sheet metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

US Metal Crafters safety composite

US Metal Crafters scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

−12.8

2023→2024

US Metal Crafters injury rate improved

US Metal Crafters's TCR fell 12.8 from 15.3 in 2023 to 2.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 15.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=15.3 · 2024=2.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332322 · Archdale, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.9 · 270% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #33/37
  • PHOTO Contech ABIMP
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~41 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Contech ABIMP (0.0 TCR gap)

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US Metal Crafters in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows US Metal Crafters averages 8.9 TCR (270% of the Ducts, sheet metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

US Metal Crafters TCR series: 2023=15.3 · 2024=2.5 · BLS 3.3

Where US Metal Crafters falls in its industry

1,158 Ducts, sheet metal, manufactur establishments

Safer than 17% 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 #33 safest of 37 Ducts, sheet metal, manufactur employers in North Carolina.

US Metal Crafters (41 employees, TCR 8.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate US Metal Crafters
US Metal Crafters (41 employees, TCR 8.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5

US Metal Crafters has fewer employees than the Ducts, sheet metal, manufacturing 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 2.5 0.0 1 0 0
2023 15.3 4.4 5 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332322 · NC · Archdale

1,158 Ducts, sheet metal, 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 Contech ABIMP 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR APX Enclosures Inc 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR JERO 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR F3 Metalworx- Erie 8.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Jeff Barnes LLC 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sandhill Turf 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lewiston NC Operation 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hendersonville Operations Center 41 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 Hyatt House San Ramon 8.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Journeyman Hotel 8.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Sweetwater Authority 8.9 TCR
NAT-TCR RBP Chemical Technology INC 8.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Delaware River Stevedores - Port of Wilmington 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Business Office 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE ABF Freight 548 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE ABF Freight 134 41 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.