Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing · North Carolina

W&W|AFCO Steel Colfax

Colfax, NC · ~143 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

W&W|AFCO Steel Colfax runs at 64% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

W&W|AFCO Steel Colfax: 2.1 TCR = 64% of Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

W&W|AFCO Steel Colfax safety composite

W&W|AFCO Steel Colfax scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% 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).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% 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

−2.3

2019→2024

W&W|AFCO Steel Colfax injury rate improved

W&W|AFCO Steel Colfax's TCR fell 2.3 from 4.2 in 2019 to 1.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=4.2 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=2.4 · 2022=1.2 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Colfax, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 64% of ind

  • DART 0.6 DART
  • RANK #14/41
  • PHOTO Thorp Equipment Inc
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~143 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Thorp Equipment Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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W&W|AFCO Steel Colfax in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows W&W|AFCO Steel Colfax averages 2.1 TCR (64% of the Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

W&W|AFCO Steel Colfax TCR series: 2019=4.2 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=2.4 · 2022=1.2 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=1.9 · BLS 3.3

Where W&W|AFCO Steel Colfax falls in its industry

1,491 Structural steel, fabricated, establishments

Safer than 78% 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 #14 safest of 41 Structural steel, fabricated, employers in North Carolina.

W&W|AFCO Steel Colfax (143 employees, TCR 2.1) 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 W&W|AFCO Steel Colfax
W&W|AFCO Steel Colfax (143 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

W&W|AFCO Steel Colfax has more employees than the Structural steel, fabricated, manufactur median and a lower 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
2024 1.9 0.6 3 0 0
2023 1.4 0.7 2 0 0
2022 1.2 0.6 2 0 0
2021 2.4 1.8 4 0 0
2020 1.6 0.5 3 0 0
2019 4.2 1.9 8 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · NC · Colfax

1,491 Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 29 employers in Colfax, 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 Thorp Equipment Inc 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Padgett Inc. 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Steward Machine Company - Plant 1 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR CMC Rebar Nashville South 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Elkin 143 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pike Kentucky Statewide Operations 143 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bernhard MCC L.L.C. CNC 143 FTE
STATE-SIZE prestige farms 143 FTE
CITY-NEAR Riverlanding 510 FTE
CITY-NEAR River Landing at Sandy Ridge 440 FTE
CITY-NEAR Phillips Corporation - Commercial Division 170 FTE
CITY-NEAR Foster-Caviness Company Inc 161 FTE
NAT-TCR Dakota Electric Association 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Lankford Construction Company 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Edgewood Manor of Greenfield 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Chamberlin Oklahoma LLC 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Integrity Tree Services LLC 143 FTE
NAT-SIZE Simplex Inc 143 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shippers Automotive Group 143 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bloomington Acura Subaru 143 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.