Thread, all fibers, manufacturing · North Carolina

Coats American, Inc.

Name: Coats American, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
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Marion, NC · ~351 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.1
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Coats American, Inc. runs at 93% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Thread, all fibers, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Coats American, Inc.: 3.1 TCR = 93% of Thread, all fibers, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Coats American, Inc. safety composite

Coats American, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 3.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Coats American, Inc.: 1.8 → 4.3 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 4.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.18× in 2023

Coats American, Inc.'s TCR rose 2.5 from 1.8 in 2017 to 4.3 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 313110 · Marion, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 93% of ind

DART 3.6 DART
RANK #41/74
PHOTO Plant 07
BOOK 2y book
INJ 19 inj
SIZE ~351 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Plant 07 (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Coats American, Inc. averages 3.1 TCR (93% of the Thread, all fibers, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Coats American, Inc. TCR series: 2017=1.8 · 2023=4.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Coats American, Inc. falls in its industry

195 Thread, all fibers, manufactur establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #41 safest of 74 Thread, all fibers, manufactur employers in North Carolina.

Coats American, Inc. (351 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 137 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Coats American, Inc. has more employees than the Thread, all fibers, 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
2023	4.3	3.6	11	1	0
2017	1.8	0.7	8	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

313110 · NC · Marion

195 Thread, all fibers, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 49 employers in Marion, NC · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Plant 07	GAFFNEY, SC	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	EF	CALHOUN, GA	3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Advance Fiber Technologies Corp. (AFT)	HACKENSACK, NJ	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Lexlawn	DALTON, GA	3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	DOT-Transportation	CHARLOTTE	351 FTE
STATE-SIZE	RPM Wood Finishes Group, Inc., Hudson, NC	HUDSON	351 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Wieland Copper Products LLC	PINE HALL	351 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WM 1337	ELKIN	351 FTE
CITY-NEAR	North Cove, NC	Marion	2,895 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Baxter, North Cove, NC, USA - MFG	Marion	2,475 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MH Mission Hospital McDowell, LLLP	Marion	492 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Coats North America - Sevier Plant	Marion	376 FTE
NAT-TCR	Barbco Inc	East Canton, OH	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Green Bay Packaging De Pere Shipping Container	De Pere, WI	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Big Ass Fans-Indy	Fortville, IN	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Georgia	Suwanee, GA	3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Northern Region : Tgu	Red Bluff, CA	351 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Milbank Manufacturing - Kansas City	Kansas City, MO	351 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hillcrest Hospital Claremore	Claremore, OK	351 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Absolute Pipeline Integrity, LLC	Carthage, TX	351 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: 2023, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.