Felts, nonwoven, manufacturing · Virginia

Applied Felts, Inc.

Martinsville, VA · ~165 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Applied Felts, Inc. runs at 75% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Felts, nonwoven, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Applied Felts, Inc.: 2.5 TCR = 75% of Felts, nonwoven, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Applied Felts, Inc. safety composite

Applied Felts, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 67% 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% 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

−2.0

2021→2023

Applied Felts, Inc. injury rate improved

Applied Felts, Inc.'s TCR fell 2.0 from 3.0 in 2021 to 1.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 3.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=3.0 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 313230 · Martinsville, VA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 75% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #4/8
  • PHOTO Neenah Technical Mat…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~165 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Neenah Technical Materials AP2 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Applied Felts, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Applied Felts, Inc. averages 2.5 TCR (75% of the Felts, nonwoven, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Applied Felts, Inc. TCR series: 2021=3 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=1.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Applied Felts, Inc. falls in its industry

191 Felts, nonwoven, manufacturing establishments

Safer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 8 Felts, nonwoven, manufacturing employers in Virginia.

Applied Felts, Inc. (165 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Applied Felts, Inc.
Applied Felts, Inc. (165 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Applied Felts, Inc. has more employees than the Felts, nonwoven, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 1.1 1.1 2 0 0
2022 3.3 2.2 6 0 0
2021 3.0 1.8 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

313230 · VA · Martinsville

191 Felts, nonwoven, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 73 employers in Martinsville, VA · 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 Neenah Technical Materials AP2 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Low & Bonar Inc. 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR CertainTeed 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR MP Global Products 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sagres Construction Corporation 165 FTE
STATE-SIZE Extreme Steel Inc. 165 FTE
STATE-SIZE Spark Tribble Electric LLC 165 FTE
STATE-SIZE EMC Mechanical Services LLC 165 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sovah Health Martinsville 673 FTE
CITY-NEAR Monogram Snacks Martinsville LLC 634 FTE
CITY-NEAR Monogram Food Solutions - Martinsville 542 FTE
CITY-NEAR Martinsville VSC 500 FTE
NAT-TCR Shiloh Acquisition LLC/ Shiloh's Hope 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Overton Chicago Gear - Addison 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Chris Mullins Co., LLC 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Sunwest Electric Inc 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Speer Mechanical 165 FTE
NAT-SIZE Phoenix EMS 165 FTE
NAT-SIZE Neat Companies 165 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southern Felt Co North Augusta 165 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: 2023, 2022, 2021. 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.