Air laid nonwoven fabrics manufacturing · Pennsylvania

First Quality Nonwovens

Name: First Quality Nonwovens Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Hazle Township, PA · ~315 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.6
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

First Quality Nonwovens runs at 78% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Air laid nonwoven fabrics manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

First Quality Nonwovens: 2.6 TCR = 78% of Air laid nonwoven fabrics manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

First Quality Nonwovens safety composite

First Quality Nonwovens scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 42%), 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).

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% 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

First Quality Nonwovens: 2.2 → 3.0 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 3.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.04× in 2017

First Quality Nonwovens's TCR rose 0.8 from 2.2 in 2016 to 3.0 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 1.04× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 313230 · Hazle Township, PA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 78% of ind

DART 2.7 DART
RANK #2/7
PHOTO Diamond Wipes Int.
BOOK 2y book
INJ 17 inj
SIZE ~315 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Diamond Wipes Int. (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.6
Diamond Wipes

2.6
Lydall Rochest

2.6
MP Global Prod

2.5
Sandler 2018

2.5

What this shows First Quality Nonwovens averages 2.6 TCR (78% of the Air laid nonwoven fabrics manufacturing BLS benchmark).

First Quality Nonwovens TCR series: 2016=2.2 · 2017=3 · BLS 3.3

Where First Quality Nonwovens falls in its industry

191 Air laid nonwoven fabrics manu establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 7 Air laid nonwoven fabrics manu employers in Pennsylvania.

First Quality Nonwovens (315 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 3.5

First Quality Nonwovens has more employees than the Air laid nonwoven fabrics manufacturing median and a lower 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	3.0	2.7	10	0	0
2016	2.2	1.9	7	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

313230 · PA · Hazle Township

191 Air laid nonwoven fabrics manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 36 employers in Hazle Township, PA · 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	Diamond Wipes Int.	BUCYRUS, OH	2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	MP Global Products	NORFOLK, NE	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Sandler 2018	PERRY, GA	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Lydall Rochester	ROCHESTER, NH	2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Welch's Food Inc. North East	NORTH EAST	315 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Giant Eagle #0072	PITTSBURGH	315 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WM 5103	PHILADELPHIA	315 FTE
STATE-SIZE	PA - Carlisle Multi-Client	CARLISLE	315 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hazleton Distribution Center	Hazle Township	972 FTE
CITY-NEAR	The Hershey Co Hazleton	Hazle Township	701 FTE
CITY-NEAR	9720	Hazle Township	633 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hershey - Hazleton Plant	Hazle Township	533 FTE
NAT-TCR	0137 - Minneapolis Mn	Minneapolis, MN	2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	0113 - Mishawaka, in	Mishawaka, IN	2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Osburn Structures	Garland, TX	2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Culpepper Cleaners, Inc.	San Antonio, TX	2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Envigo	Somerset, NJ	315 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Remote Sorting Faciltiy	Orlando, FL	315 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Sales - Grand Desert, Las Vegas	Las Vegas, NV	315 FTE
NAT-SIZE	CMS Mechanical Services LLC	Melbourne, FL	315 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.

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