Sofa beds and chair beds, upholstered, manufacturing · North Carolina
Bernhardt Furniture Company Plant #7
Lenoir, NC · ~170 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Bernhardt Furniture Company Plant #7 runs at 97% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Sofa beds and chair beds, upholstered, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Bernhardt Furniture Company Plant #7: 3.2 TCR = 97% of Sofa beds and chair beds, upholstered, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Bernhardt Furniture Company Plant #7 safety composite
Bernhardt Furniture Company Plant #7 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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).
55/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 3.21 per 100 workers
Safer than 72% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.92 per 100 workers
Safer than 39% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Bernhardt Furniture Company Plant #7: 1.2 → 5.3 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 5.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.91× in 2023
Bernhardt Furniture Company Plant #7's TCR rose 4.1 from 1.2 in 2022 to 5.3 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.91× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 337121 · Lenoir, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.2 · 97% of ind
- DART 2.9 DART
- RANK #37/114
- PHOTO La-Z-Boy South
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 9 inj
- SIZE ~170 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: La-Z-Boy South (0.0 TCR gap)
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Bernhardt Furniture Company Plant #7 in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Bernhardt Furniture Company Plant #7
3.2 TCR
- La-Z-Boy South
La-Z-Boy South
3.2 TCR
- Century Uphols
Century Upholstery Plant # 2
3.2 TCR
- Vanguard Main
Vanguard Main VGM
3.2 TCR
- Baker Interior
Baker Interiors Furniture Company
3.2 TCR
What this shows Bernhardt Furniture Company Plant #7 averages 3.2 TCR (97% of the Sofa beds and chair beds, upholstered, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Bernhardt Furniture Company Plant #7 TCR series: 2022=1.2 · 2023=5.3 · BLS 3.3
Where Bernhardt Furniture Company Plant #7 falls in its industry
300 Sofa beds and chair beds, upho establishmentsSafer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #37 safest of 114 Sofa beds and chair beds, upho employers in North Carolina.
Bernhardt Furniture Company Plant #7 has more employees than the Sofa beds and chair beds, upholstered, m median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 | 5.3 | 2.9 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
337121 · NC · Lenoir
300 Sofa beds and chair beds, upholstered, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 86 employers in Lenoir, 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 | La-Z-Boy South | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Century Upholstery Plant # 2 | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Vanguard Main VGM | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Baker Interiors Furniture Company | 3.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Sullivan Eastern, Inc | 170 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Clement Pappas NC LLC | 170 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Jacob Holm | 170 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Auria Albemarle | 170 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Caldwell Memorial Hospital | 781 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | HHG Lenoir Upholstery Plant | 500 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Exela Pharma Sciences, LLC. | 494 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Caldwell County Government | 451 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Ford Meter Box | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Armor Metal | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 100830 Apg Del Dc | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Walter R Dorn Estate Inc | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | WHSE-Appling, GA-USA | 170 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Spokeo Inc. | 170 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | The Cottage Gardens, Inc. | 170 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Battle House Hotel and Spa | 170 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.