Acrylic fibers and filaments manufacturing · North Carolina

Fiber-line

Hickory, NC · ~61 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fiber-line runs at 201% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Acrylic fibers and filaments manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Fiber-line: 6.6 TCR = 201% of Acrylic fibers and filaments manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fiber-line safety composite

Fiber-line scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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).

F

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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

−4.7

2017→2019

Fiber-line injury rate improved

Fiber-line's TCR fell 4.7 from 6.2 in 2017 to 1.4 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 12.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.2 · 2018=12.3 · 2019=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325220 · Hickory, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.6 · 201% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #6/6
  • PHOTO Futamura USA, Inc.
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~61 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Futamura USA, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Fiber-line in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fiber-line averages 6.6 TCR (201% of the Acrylic fibers and filaments manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

Fiber-line TCR series: 2017=6.2 · 2018=12.3 · 2019=1.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Fiber-line falls in its industry

68 Acrylic fibers and filaments m establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

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 6 Acrylic fibers and filaments m employers in North Carolina.

Fiber-line (61 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 167 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 02,0004,0006,0008,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Fiber-line
Fiber-line (61 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 167 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Fiber-line has fewer employees than the Acrylic fibers and filaments manufacturi median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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
2019 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2018 12.3 9.2 6 2 0
2017 6.2 4.6 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325220 · NC · Hickory

68 Acrylic fibers and filaments 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 Futamura USA, Inc. 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Great Lakes Polymer Technologies LLC 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fiber Innovation Technologies, Inc 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Drake Extrusion 5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Woodland Hill Center 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE CY-HHH2-SPRING ARBOR CARY 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cadence at Mooresville 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE Johnson Brothers Mutual Distributing - Kernersville 61 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 Rehabilitation Hospital, Navicent Health 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Warm Springs Sawmill 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Foley Products Company 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Ground Effects Sterling Heights 6.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Parkside Elementary School 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE Armedica 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Allenmore AL 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stevenson Family Health Center 61 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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