Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing · North Carolina
33 Hickory Tape
Hickory, NC · ~206 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
33 Hickory Tape runs at 92% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
33 Hickory Tape: 3.0 TCR = 92% of Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
33 Hickory Tape safety composite
33 Hickory Tape scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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).
44/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.04 per 100 workers
Safer than 45% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.95 per 100 workers
Safer than 38% 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%).
TCR Δ
−2.5
2018→2023
33 Hickory Tape injury rate improved
33 Hickory Tape's TCR fell 2.5 from 4.9 in 2018 to 2.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.64× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2018=4.9 · 2019=3.3 · 2020=3.3 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=2.4
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 322220 · Hickory, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 92% of ind
- DART 1.9 DART
- RANK #13/22
- PHOTO Ecological Fibers, I…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 31 inj
- SIZE ~206 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Ecological Fibers, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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33 Hickory Tape in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
33 Hickory Tape
3 TCR
- Ecological Fib
Ecological Fibers, Inc.
3 TCR
- Budnick Headqu
Budnick Headquarters
3 TCR
- Leavenworth Pr
Leavenworth Production Center
3 TCR
- Tulsa (formerl
Tulsa (formerly Tulsack Inc.)
3 TCR
What this shows 33 Hickory Tape averages 3.0 TCR (92% of the Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing BLS benchmark).
33 Hickory Tape TCR series: 2018=4.9 · 2019=3.3 · 2020=3.3 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=2.4 · BLS 3.3
Where 33 Hickory Tape falls in its industry
349 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat establishmentsSafer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 22 Paper Bag and Coated and Treat employers in North Carolina.
33 Hickory Tape has more employees than the Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper M median and a higher 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 | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.9 | 3.1 | 11 | 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 | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | Ecological Fibers, Inc. | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Budnick Headquarters | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Leavenworth Production Center | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Tulsa (formerly Tulsack Inc.) | 3.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Sanford 2 | 206 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 2520 Claremont Folding | 206 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | NCFI Polyurethanes - A Division of Barnhardt Manufacturing | 206 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SV | 206 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Catawba Valley Medical Center | 2,012 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Merchants Distributors LLC | 1,480 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Frye Regional Medical Center | 1,363 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hickory Manufacturing & Technology Center | 1,006 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Far Rockaway Center | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Deer Creek Lodge | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cooper Surgical, Inc- Stafford TX | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Kuehne + Nagel Inc. (PIL-6468) | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Sentry Electrical Group Inc. | 206 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Torrington #156 | 206 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | E-Coat Facility | 206 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | AHS Management Services of OK | 206 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.