Folding Paperboard Box Manufacturing · North Carolina

2580 McDowell Folding

Marion, NC · ~74 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

2580 McDowell Folding runs at 71% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Folding Paperboard Box Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

2580 McDowell Folding: 2.3 TCR = 71% of Folding Paperboard Box Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

2580 McDowell Folding safety composite

2580 McDowell Folding scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 47%), 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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%).

2580 McDowell Folding held a steady TCR band

2580 McDowell Folding's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 7.1 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=0.0 · 2020=2.3 · 2021=7.1 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322212 · Marion, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 71% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #15/18
  • PHOTO F. M. Howell & Compa…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~74 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: F. M. Howell & Company-Folding Carton Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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2580 McDowell Folding in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 2580 McDowell Folding averages 2.3 TCR (71% of the Folding Paperboard Box Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

2580 McDowell Folding TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=2.3 · 2021=7.1 · 2022=0 · BLS 3.3

Where 2580 McDowell Folding falls in its industry

205 Folding Paperboard Box Manufac establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 18 Folding Paperboard Box Manufac employers in North Carolina.

2580 McDowell Folding (74 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 133 employees and a TCR of 2.2 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 2580 McDowell Folding
2580 McDowell Folding (74 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 133 employees and a TCR of 2.2

2580 McDowell Folding has fewer employees than the Folding Paperboard Box Manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.2. 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 7.1 4.3 5 0 0
2020 2.3 2.3 2 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322212 · NC · Marion

205 Folding Paperboard Box Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 49 employers in Marion, 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 F. M. Howell & Company-Folding Carton Plant 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Folding Carton Plant 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR McLean Packaging- Moorestown 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hamel MN 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Worthington Farms 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE BLUE VIEW INC 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6271-508 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Baker Residential 74 FTE
CITY-NEAR North Cove, NC 2,895 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baxter, North Cove, NC, USA - MFG 2,475 FTE
CITY-NEAR MH Mission Hospital McDowell, LLLP 492 FTE
CITY-NEAR Coats North America - Sevier Plant 376 FTE
NAT-TCR Delta Rigging and Tools, Inc - Grand Junction 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR La Perla Verde Inc 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Ved Heritage Properties Ltd 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Cotati Ca Depot 2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE 5472-NAI-0034-0034-02774 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE 5472-NAI-0034-0034-02675 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE 5472-NAI-0034-0034-00849 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Essendant: Carol Stream (Lies) IE 74 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. 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.