Fabrics, nonwoven, manufacturing · North Carolina

Dalco Nonwovens LLC

Conover, NC · ~69 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dalco Nonwovens LLC runs at 125% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fabrics, nonwoven, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Dalco Nonwovens LLC: 4.1 TCR = 125% of Fabrics, nonwoven, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dalco Nonwovens LLC safety composite

Dalco Nonwovens LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 43%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% 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

−3.2

2016→2017

Dalco Nonwovens LLC injury rate improved

Dalco Nonwovens LLC's TCR fell 3.2 from 5.7 in 2016 to 2.5 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.7 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.7 · 2017=2.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 313230 · Conover, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 125% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #26/42
  • PHOTO Horn Textile
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~69 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Horn Textile (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dalco Nonwovens LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dalco Nonwovens LLC averages 4.1 TCR (125% of the Fabrics, nonwoven, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Dalco Nonwovens LLC TCR series: 2016=5.7 · 2017=2.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Dalco Nonwovens LLC falls in its industry

191 Fabrics, nonwoven, manufacturi establishments

Safer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #26 safest of 42 Fabrics, nonwoven, manufacturi employers in North Carolina.

Dalco Nonwovens LLC (69 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Dalco Nonwovens LLC
Dalco Nonwovens LLC (69 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Dalco Nonwovens LLC has fewer employees than the Fabrics, nonwoven, 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
2017 2.5 1.3 2 0 0
2016 5.7 5.7 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

313230 · NC · Conover

191 Fabrics, nonwoven, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 95 employers in Conover, 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 Horn Textile 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fitesa 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Walk On Products 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vistech Manufacturing Solutions, LLC - Jasper 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE APEX OPERATIONS 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE SOUTH RALEIGH OPERATIONS 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brunswick Regional Water & Sewer H2GO 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lendlease - Charlotte Office 69 FTE
CITY-NEAR Zenith - Conover 409 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 4224 369 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4224 327 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2510 Conover Folding 309 FTE
NAT-TCR Land Jet Inc 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 0073 - Shreveport, LA 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Oscar Renda Contracting, Inc. 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR IAD - Airport United Airlines Offices 4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Comfort 1 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Independence LLC 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of St James LLC 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of North Columbia LLC 69 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.