Thread finishing · North Carolina

Hickory Dyeing

Hickory, NC · ~25 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hickory Dyeing runs at 216% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Thread finishing workplace, earning a grade F.

Hickory Dyeing: 7.1 TCR = 216% of Thread finishing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hickory Dyeing safety composite

Hickory Dyeing scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 16%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−13.6

2016→2019

Hickory Dyeing injury rate improved

Hickory Dyeing's TCR fell 13.6 from 13.6 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 14.9 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=13.6 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=14.9 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 313310 · Hickory, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.1 · 216% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #27/32
  • PHOTO Oregon Screen Impres…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Oregon Screen Impressions (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hickory Dyeing in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hickory Dyeing averages 7.1 TCR (216% of the Thread finishing BLS benchmark).

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

Hickory Dyeing TCR series: 2016=13.6 · 2017=0 · 2018=14.9 · 2019=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Hickory Dyeing falls in its industry

166 Thread finishing establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 32 Thread finishing employers in North Carolina.

Hickory Dyeing (25 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 78 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Hickory Dyeing
Hickory Dyeing (25 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 78 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Hickory Dyeing has fewer employees than the Thread finishing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 14.9 10.0 3 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 13.6 13.6 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

313310 · NC · Hickory

166 Thread finishing 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 Oregon Screen Impressions 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR OTC 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR JAEWEON LEE 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wolfe Dye and Bleach Works, Inc. 6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fair View Nursery, Inc. 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE John William Carter III 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hill of Berry's 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Andrew Tyson Farms 25 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 Tops 222 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR GA - 1846 Montreal 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Arbys #631 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR The Arthur Corporation 7.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE TMP Technologies, Inc. 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Maintainer Corporation of Iowa Inc. 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Faf Iad 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cleveland Corporation 25 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, 2016. 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.