Wood framed furniture, upholstered, household-type, manufacturing · North Carolina
Century Furniture Chair Plant # 3
Hickory, NC · ~172 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Century Furniture Chair Plant # 3 runs at 122% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Wood framed furniture, upholstered, household-type, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Century Furniture Chair Plant # 3: 4.0 TCR = 122% of Wood framed furniture, upholstered, household-type, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Century Furniture Chair Plant # 3 safety composite
Century Furniture Chair Plant # 3 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 55% 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).
53/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 4.01 per 100 workers
Safer than 55% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.11 per 100 workers
Safer than 53% 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
−5.5
2016→2023
Century Furniture Chair Plant # 3 injury rate improved
Century Furniture Chair Plant # 3's TCR fell 5.5 from 7.6 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=7.6 · 2017=4.3 · 2018=3.6 · 2019=2.3 · 2023=2.1
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 337121 · Hickory, NC ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 122% of ind
- DART 2.1 DART
- RANK #57/114
- PHOTO Lee Industries Plant 5
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 27 inj
- SIZE ~172 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Lee Industries Plant 5 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Century Furniture Chair Plant # 3 in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Century Furniture Chair Plant # 3
4 TCR
- Lee Industries
Lee Industries Plant 5
4 TCR
- TNFOAMPLANT
TNFOAMPLANT
4 TCR
- WHSE 14
WHSE 14
4 TCR
- Klaussner Plan
Klaussner Plant 20
4 TCR
What this shows Century Furniture Chair Plant # 3 averages 4.0 TCR (122% of the Wood framed furniture, upholstered, household-type, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Century Furniture Chair Plant # 3 TCR series: 2016=7.6 · 2017=4.3 · 2018=3.6 · 2019=2.3 · 2023=2.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Century Furniture Chair Plant # 3 falls in its industry
300 Wood framed furniture, upholst establishmentsSafer than 55% 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 #57 safest of 114 Wood framed furniture, upholst employers in North Carolina.
Century Furniture Chair Plant # 3 has more employees than the Wood framed furniture, upholstered, hous 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 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.3 | 1.9 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 7.6 | 4.4 | 11 | 3 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
337121 · NC · Hickory
300 Wood framed furniture, upholstered, household-type, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 240 employers in Hickory, 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 | Lee Industries Plant 5 | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | TNFOAMPLANT | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | WHSE 14 | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Klaussner Plant 20 | 4.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Little Rock Operations Center | 172 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | West Fraser Inc - Armour Lumber Mill | 172 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Teijin Automotive Technologies North Carolina Composites, LLC | 172 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | The Budd Group Production | 172 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Catawba Valley Medical Center | 2,012 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Merchants Distributors LLC | 1,480 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Frye Regional Medical Center | 1,363 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hickory Manufacturing & Technology Center | 1,006 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Trayer Engineering Corporation | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Crystal Distribution Services | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Oak Brook Park District | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Jamison Home Services, LLC | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Arrow Gear Company | 172 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cosette Pharmaceuticals Inc | 172 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | uniQure, Inc | 172 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sysco Idaho | 172 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.