Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing · North Carolina

27 Highland Specialty

Name: 27 Highland Specialty Workplace Safety Data
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Hickory, NC · ~48 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.7
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

27 Highland Specialty runs at 83% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

27 Highland Specialty: 2.7 TCR = 83% of Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

27 Highland Specialty safety composite

27 Highland Specialty scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 37%), 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).

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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%).

Rising injury rate

27 Highland Specialty: 0.0 → 6.1 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 6.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.74× in 2020

27 Highland Specialty's TCR rose 6.1 from 0.0 in 2018 to 6.1 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 0.74× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322220 · Hickory, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 83% of ind

DART 2.0 DART
RANK #10/22
PHOTO Arclin Surfaces
BOOK 3y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Arclin Surfaces (0.0 TCR gap)

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Signode Angleb

2.8
31 Stony Point

2.8
This site

2.7
Arclin Surface

2.7
RLG - Cypress

2.7

What this shows 27 Highland Specialty averages 2.7 TCR (83% of the Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

27 Highland Specialty TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=6.1 · BLS 3.3

Where 27 Highland Specialty falls in its industry

349 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 22 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat employers in North Carolina.

27 Highland Specialty (48 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 2.8

27 Highland Specialty has fewer employees than the Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper M median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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
2020	6.1	2.0	3
2019	2.1	0.0	1
2018	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322220 · NC · Hickory

349 Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 240 employers in Hickory, NC · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Arclin Surfaces	EAST LONGMEADOW, MA	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Signode Angleboard	BAY POINT, CA	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	31 Stony Point	STONY POINT, NC	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	RLG - Cypress Multigraphics MN	BROOKLYN CENTER, MN	2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Jones Family Farms	BAILEY	48 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Bryan Wagoner Tree Farm LLC	GIBSONVILLE	48 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Statesville Breeder Operation	STATESVILLE	48 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Case Farms Morganton Hatchery	MORGANTON	48 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Catawba Valley Medical Center	Hickory	2,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Merchants Distributors LLC	Hickory	1,480 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Frye Regional Medical Center	Hickory	1,363 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hickory Manufacturing & Technology Center	Hickory	1,006 FTE
NAT-TCR	Hometown Waste LLC	Clinton, CT	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	ESJH Doctors Bldg. 5673	Atlanta, GA	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Mediacom Coastal Region	Gulf Breeze, FL	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Xanitos EVS at East Jefferson General Hospital	Metaire, LA	2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Home Care Suffolk	Suffolk, VA	48 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Detwiler's Home Office & Distribution Center	Sarasota, FL	48 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Courtyard Marriott-Sedona	Sedona, AZ	48 FTE
NAT-SIZE	DTE Electric Company - Belle River	East China Twp, MI	48 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: 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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