Household-type furniture, upholstered, manufacturing · North Carolina
Century Upholstery Plant # 2
Hickory, NC · ~130 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Century Upholstery Plant # 2 runs at 97% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Household-type furniture, upholstered, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Century Upholstery Plant # 2: 3.2 TCR = 97% of Household-type furniture, upholstered, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Century Upholstery Plant # 2 safety composite
Century Upholstery Plant # 2 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% 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).
63/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 3.19 per 100 workers
Safer than 72% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.61 per 100 workers
Safer than 62% 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
−2.6
2016→2023
Century Upholstery Plant # 2 injury rate improved
Century Upholstery Plant # 2's TCR fell 2.6 from 5.8 in 2016 to 3.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=5.8 · 2017=2.4 · 2018=3.1 · 2019=1.5 · 2023=3.2
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 337121 · Hickory, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.2 · 97% of ind
- DART 1.6 DART
- RANK #36/114
- PHOTO Bernhardt Furniture …
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 17 inj
- SIZE ~130 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Bernhardt Furniture Company Plant #7 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Century Upholstery Plant # 2 in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Century Upholstery Plant # 2
3.2 TCR
- Bernhardt Furn
Bernhardt Furniture Company Plant #7
3.2 TCR
- La-Z-Boy South
La-Z-Boy South
3.2 TCR
- Vanguard Main
Vanguard Main VGM
3.2 TCR
- Baker Interior
Baker Interiors Furniture Company
3.2 TCR
What this shows Century Upholstery Plant # 2 averages 3.2 TCR (97% of the Household-type furniture, upholstered, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Century Upholstery Plant # 2 TCR series: 2016=5.8 · 2017=2.4 · 2018=3.1 · 2019=1.5 · 2023=3.2 · BLS 3.3
Where Century Upholstery Plant # 2 falls in its industry
300 Household-type furniture, 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 #36 safest of 114 Household-type furniture, upho employers in North Carolina.
Century Upholstery Plant # 2 has more employees than the Household-type furniture, 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 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.8 | 4.2 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
337121 · NC · Hickory
300 Household-type furniture, upholstered, 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 | Bernhardt Furniture Company Plant #7 | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | La-Z-Boy South | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Vanguard Main VGM | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Baker Interiors Furniture Company | 3.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Starr Electric Company, Inc Raleigh | 130 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Bonitz Flooring and Contracting Charlotte | 130 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Novo Nordisk Pharmaceutical Industries, LP Oral Finished Products | 130 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SC Johnson Professional - Corporate office and sales | 130 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 | T&D | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Fm2 - Facilities Management | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | IGHL | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Marine Biological Laboratory | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Omni Royal Orleans | 130 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Heimes Corporation | 130 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Formrite Companies | 130 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Clayton Supply of Winfield | 130 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.