Refractories (e.g., block, brick, mortar, tile), nonclay, manufacturing · Kentucky
Hickory manufacturing plant
Hickory, KY · ~34 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Hickory manufacturing plant runs at 163% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Refractories (e.g., block, brick, mortar, tile), nonclay, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Hickory manufacturing plant: 5.4 TCR = 163% of Refractories (e.g., block, brick, mortar, tile), nonclay, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Hickory manufacturing plant safety composite
Hickory manufacturing plant scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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).
32/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.39 per 100 workers
Safer than 28% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.26 per 100 workers
Safer than 23% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Hickory manufacturing plant: 4.4 → 6.4 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 6.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.79× in 2024
Hickory manufacturing plant's TCR rose 2.0 from 4.4 in 2023 to 6.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.79× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 327120 · Hickory, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.4 · 163% of ind
- DART 4.3 DART
- RANK #6/9
- PHOTO Perla Brick Plants
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 3 inj
- SIZE ~34 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Perla Brick Plants (0.0 TCR gap)
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Hickory manufacturing plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Hickory manufacturing plant
5.4 TCR
- Perla Brick Pl
Perla Brick Plants
5.4 TCR
- San Felipe Bri
San Felipe Brick Plant
5.4 TCR
- Texas Clay Bri
Texas Clay Brick Plants
5.4 TCR
- Red River Bric
Red River Brick Elgin
5.4 TCR
What this shows Hickory manufacturing plant averages 5.4 TCR (163% of the Refractories (e.g., block, brick, mortar, tile), nonclay, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Hickory manufacturing plant TCR series: 2023=4.4 · 2024=6.4 · BLS 3.3
Where Hickory manufacturing plant falls in its industry
307 Refractories (e.g., block, bri establishmentsSafer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.
Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 9 Refractories (e.g., block, bri employers in Kentucky.
Hickory manufacturing plant has fewer employees than the Refractories (e.g., block, brick, mortar median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.4 | 4.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
327120 · KY · Hickory
307 Refractories (e.g., block, brick, mortar, tile), nonclay, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 7 employers in Hickory, KY · 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 | Perla Brick Plants | 5.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | San Felipe Brick Plant | 5.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Texas Clay Brick Plants | 5.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Red River Brick Elgin | 5.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Energy Transmission & Substation | 34 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | City Utilities Commission | 34 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Brett Construction | 34 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Haydon Materials, LLC | 34 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Processing Plant Poultry | 1,221 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mayfield Consumer Products | 400 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | PSSI - 1061 Pilgrim's Pride Inc. - Mayfield | 88 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Centrifugal Technologies, Inc | 43 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Abbott Machine company | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | The Chefs Warehouse West Coast, LLC. Las Vegas | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Giant Food Stores 6330 | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | AIM Recycling Cleveland, LLC | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | TN Warehouse | 34 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | American International Tooling Inc | 34 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Regency Village at Prineville | 34 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Brutsche Concrete Products | 34 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.