Coffee tables, wood, manufacturing · North Carolina
Bernhardt Furniture Plant 3
Lenoir, NC · ~136 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Bernhardt Furniture Plant 3 runs at 127% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Coffee tables, wood, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Bernhardt Furniture Plant 3: 4.2 TCR = 127% of Coffee tables, wood, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Bernhardt Furniture Plant 3 safety composite
Bernhardt Furniture Plant 3 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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)
- C 4.18 per 100 workers
Safer than 58% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.38 per 100 workers
Safer than 28% 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
Bernhardt Furniture Plant 3: 2.0 → 4.4 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 7.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.05× in 2024
Bernhardt Furniture Plant 3's TCR rose 2.4 from 2.0 in 2016 to 4.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 7.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.05× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 337122 · Lenoir, NC ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 127% of ind
- DART 4.4 DART
- RANK #10/24
- PHOTO Lakeland Mills Inc
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 29 inj
- SIZE ~136 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Lakeland Mills Inc (0.0 TCR gap)
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Bernhardt Furniture Plant 3 in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Industrial Tim
Industrial Timber Hiddenite
4.3 TCR
- This site
Bernhardt Furniture Plant 3
4.2 TCR
- Lakeland Mills
Lakeland Mills Inc
4.2 TCR
- Woodley's Fact
Woodley's Factory
4.2 TCR
- Interior Craft
Interior Crafts Inc
4.1 TCR
What this shows Bernhardt Furniture Plant 3 averages 4.2 TCR (127% of the Coffee tables, wood, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Bernhardt Furniture Plant 3 TCR series: 2016=2 · 2017=4.2 · 2018=0.7 · 2019=7.9 · 2020=5.1 · 2021=5 · 2024=4.4 · BLS 3.3
Where Bernhardt Furniture Plant 3 falls in its industry
130 Coffee tables, wood, manufactu establishmentsSafer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 24 Coffee tables, wood, manufactu employers in North Carolina.
Bernhardt Furniture Plant 3 has more employees than the Coffee tables, wood, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7.9 | 3.5 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
337122 · NC · Lenoir
130 Coffee tables, wood, 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 | Lakeland Mills Inc | 4.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Woodley's Factory | 4.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Interior Crafts Inc | 4.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Industrial Timber Hiddenite | 4.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Union Power Cooperative | 136 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Saputo Cheese USA, Inc. | 136 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | NC316 Mt. Holly NC | 136 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | UFP Mid-Atlantic, LLC | 136 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 | D.I.J. Construction | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Interstate Companies, LLC | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Freedom Fire Pro, LLC | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | FREEZER | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Ocean Spray Cranberries | 136 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Malco Products, Inc. | 136 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | RES Contractors | 136 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Floyd Cherokee Medical Center | 136 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.