Nonwoven fabrics manufacturing · Maryland
Blind Industries - Salisbury Cutting
Salisbury, MD · ~30 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Blind Industries - Salisbury Cutting runs at 160% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Nonwoven fabrics manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Blind Industries - Salisbury Cutting: 5.3 TCR = 160% of Nonwoven fabrics manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Blind Industries - Salisbury Cutting safety composite
Blind Industries - Salisbury Cutting scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 29%), 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)
- F 5.29 per 100 workers
Safer than 29% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 88% 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
−3.4
2019→2024
Blind Industries - Salisbury Cutting injury rate improved
Blind Industries - Salisbury Cutting's TCR fell 3.4 from 6.8 in 2019 to 3.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 10.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2019=6.8 · 2020=8.2 · 2021=10.2 · 2022=3.2 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=3.4
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 313230 · Salisbury, MD ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.3 · 160% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #4/4
- PHOTO The Brickle Group
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 9 inj
- SIZE ~30 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: The Brickle Group (0.0 TCR gap)
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Blind Industries - Salisbury Cutting in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Blind Industries - Salisbury Cutting
5.3 TCR
- The Brickle Gr
The Brickle Group
5.3 TCR
- Wm. T. Burnett
Wm. T. Burnett & Co., Nonwovens Division - Statesville
5.3 TCR
- Foss Manufator
Foss Manufatoring Co LLC (P-3)
5.2 TCR
- Blind Industri
Blind Industries - Salisbury Sewing
5.2 TCR
What this shows Blind Industries - Salisbury Cutting averages 5.3 TCR (160% of the Nonwoven fabrics manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Blind Industries - Salisbury Cutting TCR series: 2019=6.8 · 2020=8.2 · 2021=10.2 · 2022=3.2 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.4 · BLS 3.3
Where Blind Industries - Salisbury Cutting falls in its industry
191 Nonwoven fabrics manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 4 Nonwoven fabrics manufacturing employers in Maryland.
Blind Industries - Salisbury Cutting has fewer employees than the Nonwoven fabrics manufacturing median and a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 10.2 | 3.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 8.2 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.8 | 3.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
313230 · MD · Salisbury
191 Nonwoven fabrics manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 132 employers in Salisbury, MD · 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 | The Brickle Group | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Wm. T. Burnett & Co., Nonwovens Division - Statesville | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Foss Manufatoring Co LLC (P-3) | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Blind Industries - Salisbury Sewing | 5.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Wildcat Point Generation Facility | 30 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Oliver Homes, Inc. | 30 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 2016106 - NIST Building 245 Modernization T.O. #1 & 6 | 30 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Life Science Products, Inc | 30 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Corporate Office | 637 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Salisbury Plant | 584 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 4795-PD-SBY-SALISBURY-PD | 437 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | City of Salisbury | 430 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Medical City Fort Worth | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Nisqually Red Wind Casino | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Wenger Corp - OWA | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Manufacturing | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Global Home Improvements Inc | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | H&H Heating and Air Conditioning, Inc. | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Shin-Etsu Silicones of America, Inc. Evans 2 | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Robinson Construction, Inc. | 30 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.