Acetal resins manufacturing · North Carolina

HK Research

Hickory, NC · ~53 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

HK Research runs at 52% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Acetal resins manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

HK Research: 1.7 TCR = 52% of Acetal resins manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

HK Research safety composite

HK Research scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.4

2023→2024

HK Research injury rate improved

HK Research's TCR fell 3.4 from 3.4 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=3.4 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325211 · Hickory, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 52% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #20/39
  • PHOTO Saint-Gobain Perform…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics (0.0 TCR gap)

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HK Research in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows HK Research averages 1.7 TCR (52% of the Acetal resins manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

HK Research TCR series: 2023=3.4 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where HK Research falls in its industry

644 Acetal resins manufacturing establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 39 Acetal resins manufacturing employers in North Carolina.

HK Research (53 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 05001,0001,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate HK Research
HK Research (53 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.0

HK Research has fewer employees than the Acetal resins manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 3.4 1.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325211 · NC · Hickory

644 Acetal resins 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 Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mexichem Specialty Resin 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Textiles Coated Inc. 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Reichhold Valley Park 1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sanderson Farms St. Pauls Hatchery 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE CPI USA NC LLC - Southport 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Goldsboro Resource Center - PNG 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Master Telecommunications 53 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 730 Savoy 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR AmeriKen Die Supply, Inc 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Kybow - Bowling Green 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR STR0398 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hibbs ElectroMechanical Inc 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Smf Sacramento International Airport 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chatham 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Summerford Pallet Company - AL 53 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, 2023. 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.