Cups, polystyrene foam, manufacturing · North Carolina

Darnel, INc.

Name: Darnel, INc. Workplace Safety Data
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Monroe, NC · ~132 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

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

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The verdict

Darnel, INc. runs at 124% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cups, polystyrene foam, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Darnel, INc.: 4.1 TCR = 124% of Cups, polystyrene foam, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Darnel, INc. safety composite

Darnel, INc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 10%), 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).

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 4.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers
DART rate: F 5.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% 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

Darnel, INc.: 3.3 → 7.1 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 7.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.3× in 2021

Darnel, INc.'s TCR rose 3.8 from 3.3 in 2016 to 7.1 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326140 · Monroe, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 124% of ind

DART 5.3 DART
RANK #6/9
PHOTO Charlotte Foam
BOOK 4y book
INJ 25 inj
SIZE ~132 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Charlotte Foam (0.0 TCR gap)

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4.1
Charlotte Foam

4.1
RAPAC LP

4.1
Woodbridge Gro

4.1
Anderson Foam

4.1

What this shows Darnel, INc. averages 4.1 TCR (124% of the Cups, polystyrene foam, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Darnel, INc. TCR series: 2016=3.3 · 2018=1.4 · 2019=4.5 · 2021=7.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Darnel, INc. falls in its industry

260 Cups, polystyrene foam, manufa establishments

Safer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 9 Cups, polystyrene foam, manufa employers in North Carolina.

Darnel, INc. (132 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Darnel, INc. has more employees than the Cups, polystyrene foam, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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
2021	7.1	5.3	12
2019	4.5	4.5	6
2018	1.4	0.7	2
2016	3.3	2.0	5

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326140 · NC · Monroe

260 Cups, polystyrene foam, 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Charlotte Foam	CHARLOTTE, NC	4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	RAPAC LP	OAKLAND, TN	4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Woodbridge Group	ROMULUS, MI	4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Anderson Foam Fab	ANDERSON, SC	4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Charlotte, NC Office	CHARLOTTE	132 FTE
STATE-SIZE	US150: Charlotte 260 - SG	CHARLOTTE	132 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Lenoir Site	LENOIR	132 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Iron Horse Contractors	RALEIGH	132 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Monroe Plant	Monroe	1,584 FTE
CITY-NEAR	0060-CHS Union	Monroe	1,214 FTE
CITY-NEAR	0060-Atrium Health Union	Monroe	1,147 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1108-Atrium Health Union (1108)	Monroe	1,041 FTE
NAT-TCR	Duggans Trucking Inc	Linden, NJ	4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Wyckoff farms inc	Grandview, WA	4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Vista Medical Center	Waukegan, IL	4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Highway Signing Inc.	Council Bluffs, IA	4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	TRANSPORTATION	Fairview, OR	132 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Saint-Gobain Aerospace- Ravenna	Ravanna, OH	132 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Seljan Company	Lake Mills, WI	132 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Eads Distribution	Stafford, TX	132 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, 2016. 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.