Varnishes manufacturing · North Carolina

Bona US

Monroe, NC · ~51 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bona US runs at 170% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Varnishes manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Bona US: 5.6 TCR = 170% of Varnishes manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bona US safety composite

Bona US scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 16%), 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).

D

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−8.6

2016→2021

Bona US injury rate improved

Bona US's TCR fell 8.6 from 8.6 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 11.0 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.6 · 2017=6.4 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=11.0 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325510 · Monroe, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.6 · 170% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #19/23
  • PHOTO Watson Industries Inc.
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~51 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Watson Industries Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bona US in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bona US averages 5.6 TCR (170% of the Varnishes manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Bona US TCR series: 2016=8.6 · 2017=6.4 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=11 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Bona US falls in its industry

530 Varnishes manufacturing establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 23 Varnishes manufacturing employers in North Carolina.

Bona US (51 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Bona US
Bona US (51 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Bona US has fewer employees than the Varnishes manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 11.0 0.0 4 0 0
2018 2.2 2.2 1 0 0
2017 6.4 4.3 3 0 0
2016 8.6 2.1 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325510 · NC · Monroe

530 Varnishes manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 163 employers in Monroe, 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 Watson Industries Inc. 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lanco & Harris Corp. - Orlando Plant 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Americoats 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Keystone Cherry Hill Facility 5.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hawksridge Farms, Inc 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Burlington Operations Center 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE DRB Group North Carolina LLC - Charlotte Division 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE All other sites Gastonia 51 FTE
CITY-NEAR Monroe Plant 1,584 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0060-CHS Union 1,214 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0060-Atrium Health Union 1,147 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1108-Atrium Health Union (1108) 1,041 FTE
NAT-TCR Wiley Creek Community 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Courtenay Springs Village 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 6795-86080B0199 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Bickel's Snack Foods, WEGE 5.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Aqua Chempacs, LLC 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE US101: Des Moines 320 - SG 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Portland/Medford, OR HVAC 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Emery Place 51 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: 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.