Air laid nonwoven fabrics manufacturing · Pennsylvania
First Quality Nonwovens
Hazle Township, PA · ~315 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
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.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.6
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 17
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares First Quality Nonwovens's OSHA Total Case Rate of 2.6 to the Air laid nonwoven fabrics manufacturing BLS benchmark of 3.3 (78% of benchmark) across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
First Quality Nonwovens's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where First Quality Nonwovens falls in its industry
196 Air laid nonwoven fabrics manu establishmentsSafer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
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.
Trend analysis for First Quality Nonwovens
Between 2016 and 2017, First Quality Nonwovens's Total Case Rate worsened from 2.2 to 3.0 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 38% increase across 1 year of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2016, at a TCR of 2.2, while 2017 saw the highest rate, at 3.0, a spread of 0.8 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 2 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, First Quality Nonwovens recorded 17 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 17 injuries shown on this page for First Quality Nonwovens are sourced from its own 2 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 313230 - Air laid nonwoven fabrics manufacturing.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2017)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
9 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 672,728 hours worked = 2.68 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| First Quality Nonwovens (this establishment) | 2.57 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Nonwoven fabrics manufacturing industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 313230 |
| Pennsylvania state avg (all industries) | 5.06 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by First Quality Nonwovens to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2017: 10 reportable incidents · 10 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 7 reportable incidents · 7 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
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 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on First Quality Nonwovens's reported OSHA injury record, strong versus its Air laid nonwoven fabrics manufacturing peers, but not a guarantee about any single site today.
- At 78% of the Air laid nonwoven fabrics manufacturing benchmark, First Quality Nonwovens reports fewer injuries than typical peers, still worth asking how safety is managed day to day. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Air laid nonwoven fabrics manufacturing sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.