Manufacturing · North Carolina
Hickory Spring Plant
Hickory, NC · ~180 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Hickory Spring Plant runs at 95% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Hickory Spring Plant: 3.1 TCR = 95% of Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Hickory Spring Plant safety composite
Hickory Spring Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 68% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 25%), 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).
49/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 3.13 per 100 workers
Safer than 68% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.01 per 100 workers
Safer than 25% 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
Hickory Spring Plant: 2.8 → 4.0 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 4.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.28× in 2020
Hickory Spring Plant's TCR rose 1.2 from 2.8 in 2016 to 4.0 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 1.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332613 · Hickory, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 95% of ind
- DART 4.0 DART
- RANK #4/12
- PHOTO Master Spring and Wi…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 23 inj
- SIZE ~180 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Master Spring and Wire Form, Co. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Hickory Spring Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Associated Spr
Associated Spring Syracuse Division
3.2 TCR
- This site
Hickory Spring Plant
3.1 TCR
- Master Spring
Master Spring and Wire Form, Co.
3.1 TCR
- FOX Factory -
FOX Factory - Watsonville
3.1 TCR
- Cimarron Machi
Cimarron Machine Services, Inc.
3.1 TCR
What this shows Hickory Spring Plant averages 3.1 TCR (95% of the Manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Hickory Spring Plant TCR series: 2016=2.8 · 2017=3.5 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=4 · BLS 3.3
Where Hickory Spring Plant falls in its industry
189 Manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 12 Manufacturing employers in North Carolina.
Hickory Spring Plant has more employees than the Manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332613 · NC · Hickory
189 Manufacturing 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 | Master Spring and Wire Form, Co. | 3.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | FOX Factory - Watsonville | 3.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Associated Spring Syracuse Division | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Cimarron Machine Services, Inc. | 3.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Aqua North Carolina | 180 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Textron Specialized Vehicles - Charlotte | 180 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Statesville Mold Plant | 180 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Plant 6 | 180 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 | Casey`S Pond-Capella | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ross store 1673 | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ross store 1844 | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ross store 1198 | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Morton Grove - LRS | 180 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | LSI Technology | 180 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Concordia at Sumner | 180 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | General Cable | 180 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.