Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · North Carolina

VC Plant

Gastonia, NC · ~37 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

VC Plant runs at 142% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

VC Plant: 4.7 TCR = 142% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

VC Plant safety composite

VC Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 49%), 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

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−4.3

2016→2022

VC Plant injury rate improved

VC Plant's TCR fell 4.3 from 9.7 in 2016 to 5.4 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2016 at 9.7 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.7 · 2017=3.8 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=4.9 · 2020=4.6 · 2021=4.4 · 2022=5.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Gastonia, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.7 · 142% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #25/41
  • PHOTO Covenant Steel
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Covenant Steel (0.0 TCR gap)

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VC Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows VC Plant averages 4.7 TCR (142% of the Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

VC Plant TCR series: 2016=9.7 · 2017=3.8 · 2018=0 · 2019=4.9 · 2020=4.6 · 2021=4.4 · 2022=5.4 · BLS 3.3

Where VC Plant falls in its industry

1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 41 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in North Carolina.

VC Plant (37 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate VC Plant
VC Plant (37 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

VC Plant has fewer employees than the Fabricated structural metal manufacturin median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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
2022 5.4 0.0 1 0 0
2021 4.4 4.4 1 0 0
2020 4.6 4.6 1 0 0
2019 4.9 2.4 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 3.8 0.0 2 0 0
2016 9.7 4.9 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · NC · Gastonia

1,491 Fabricated structural metal manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 182 employers in Gastonia, 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 Covenant Steel 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Associated Steel Fabricators, Inc. 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR CMC Rebar Glendale 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR SWF Industrial 4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE CAR Greenhouse LLC 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Statesville Breeders 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dan River CT/CC 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE hep Petra, LLC 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gaston Memorial Hospital, Incorporated d/b/a CaroMont Regional Medical Center 3,156 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gaston County Government 1,711 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wix Allen Plant 931 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gastonia Components and Logistics - Tulip 912 FTE
NAT-TCR Original Mattress Factory - Virginia Beach 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Nulite Lighting, Inc 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 2253-H4635 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 411272-Chalfont Po 4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Chamblee 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE HG859 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2904-ASLLC-FL 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cocan - Canon City Center 37 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.