Fire extinguishers, portable, manufacturing · North Carolina
Walter Kidde Portable Equipment (Mebane)
Mebane, NC · ~182 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Walter Kidde Portable Equipment (Mebane) runs at 11% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Fire extinguishers, portable, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
Walter Kidde Portable Equipment (Mebane): 0.4 TCR = 11% of Fire extinguishers, portable, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Walter Kidde Portable Equipment (Mebane) safety composite
Walter Kidde Portable Equipment (Mebane) scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 97% 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).
80/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.36 per 100 workers
Safer than 97% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Walter Kidde Portable Equipment (Mebane): 0.5 → 1.1 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 1.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024
Walter Kidde Portable Equipment (Mebane)'s TCR rose 0.6 from 0.5 in 2016 to 1.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 339999 · Mebane, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 0.4 · 11% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #1/11
- PHOTO Furhaven Pet Product…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 6 inj
- SIZE ~182 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Furhaven Pet Products KY (0.0 TCR gap)
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Walter Kidde Portable Equipment (Mebane) in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Procter & Gamb
Procter & Gamble Dist. Co.
0.5 TCR
- This site
Walter Kidde Portable Equipment (Mebane)
0.4 TCR
- Janus Fire Sys
Janus Fire Systems
0.4 TCR
- Furhaven Pet P 0.3
Furhaven Pet Products KY
0.3 TCR
- MPW Industrial 0.3
MPW Industrial Water Services, Inc. - Port Arthur
0.3 TCR
What this shows Walter Kidde Portable Equipment (Mebane) averages 0.4 TCR (11% of the Fire extinguishers, portable, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Walter Kidde Portable Equipment (Mebane) TCR series: 2016=0.5 · 2017=0.8 · 2018=0.4 · 2019=0.4 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=1.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Walter Kidde Portable Equipment (Mebane) falls in its industry
281 Fire extinguishers, portable, establishmentsSafer than 97% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 11 Fire extinguishers, portable, employers in North Carolina.
Walter Kidde Portable Equipment (Mebane) has more employees than the Fire extinguishers, portable, manufactur median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 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 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
339999 · NC · Mebane
281 Fire extinguishers, portable, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 71 employers in Mebane, 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 | Furhaven Pet Products KY | 0.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MPW Industrial Water Services, Inc. - Port Arthur | 0.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Janus Fire Systems | 0.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Procter & Gamble Dist. Co. | 0.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Lassonde Pappas Hendersonville | 182 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Taylor Brothers | 182 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CCL Label Charlotte | 182 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Noble Oil Services, Inc. (Corporate) | 182 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | GKN Alamance | 912 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | IS - MFG US - Mebane, NC | 642 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Industrial Solutions : IS - MFG US - Mebane, NC | 642 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Industrial Connections and Solutions LLC | 620 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Belkin International, Inc. | 0.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Forge Global Industries, LLC | 0.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | SHK Management, Inc. | 0.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Villagrana Logistics Inc | 0.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | NewBridge on the Charles Assisted Living | 182 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Giant Food Stores 6043 | 182 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Oberlander Electric Co | 182 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pratt (Wapakoneta Corrugating), LLC | 182 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.