Flexible Packaging · North Carolina

Hickory - Flexible Packaging - E025

Name: Hickory - Flexible Packaging - E025 Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Hickory, NC · ~123 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.1
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Hickory - Flexible Packaging - E025 runs at 32% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Flexible Packaging workplace, earning a grade A.

Hickory - Flexible Packaging - E025: 1.1 TCR = 32% of Flexible Packaging BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hickory - Flexible Packaging - E025 safety composite

Hickory - Flexible Packaging - E025 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 46%), 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).

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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%).

Hickory - Flexible Packaging - E025 held a steady TCR band

Hickory - Flexible Packaging - E025's TCR held near 0.1 from 1.6 in 2018 to 1.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 1.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=1.6 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=1.6 · 2022=0.0 · 2024=1.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326112 · Hickory, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 32% of ind

DART 1.5 DART
RANK #4/23
PHOTO Sealed Air
BOOK 6y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~123 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sealed Air (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.1
Sealed Air

1.1
HFM PPC Flexib

1.1
Charter NEXT G

1.1
Charter NEX Fi

1.1

What this shows Hickory - Flexible Packaging - E025 averages 1.1 TCR (32% of the Flexible Packaging BLS benchmark).

Hickory - Flexible Packaging - E025 TCR series: 2018=1.6 · 2019=0 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=1.6 · 2022=0 · 2024=1.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Hickory - Flexible Packaging - E025 falls in its industry

396 Flexible Packaging establishments

Safer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 23 Flexible Packaging employers in North Carolina.

Hickory - Flexible Packaging - E025 (123 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 90 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Hickory - Flexible Packaging - E025 has more employees than the Flexible Packaging median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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
2024	1.5	1.5	2	0
2022	0.0	0.0	0	0
2021	1.6	1.6	2	0
2020	1.6	1.6	2	0
2019	0.0	0.0	0	0
2018	1.6	0.8	1	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326112 · NC · Hickory

396 Flexible Packaging 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Sealed Air	HOLYOKE, MA	1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	HFM PPC Flexible Packaging LLC	PEWAUKEE, WI	1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Charter NEXT Generation - TF	TURNERS FALLS, MA	1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Charter NEX Films	BLYTHEWOOD, SC	1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	The Hamlin Companies	GARNER	123 FTE
STATE-SIZE	USA NC High Point	HIGH POINT	123 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Evergreen Packaging - Raleigh	RALEIGH	123 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Sealed air Lenoir	LENOIR	123 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Catawba Valley Medical Center	Hickory	2,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Merchants Distributors LLC	Hickory	1,480 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Frye Regional Medical Center	Hickory	1,363 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hickory Manufacturing & Technology Center	Hickory	1,006 FTE
NAT-TCR	Johnson-Peltier	Santa Fe Springs, CA	1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	SUMCO	Phoenix, AZ	1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Tracy Grading and Paving Inc.	Tracy, CA	1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Simon - McAtee / Sterling	Sterling, CO	1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Lane's End Farm	Versailles, KY	123 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Factor Sales, Inc. Del Sol 12	San Luis, AZ	123 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Stupp Bridge Co	Bowling Green, KY	123 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Trecora Hydrocarbons LLC	Silsbee, TX	123 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: 2024, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.