Sofas, upholstered, manufacturing · North Carolina

Kellex Seating

Valdese, NC · ~153 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kellex Seating runs at 173% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Sofas, upholstered, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Kellex Seating: 5.7 TCR = 173% of Sofas, upholstered, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kellex Seating safety composite

Kellex Seating scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 34%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% 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

−0.5

2016→2024

Kellex Seating injury rate improved

Kellex Seating's TCR fell 0.5 from 4.5 in 2016 to 4.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 9.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.5 · 2018=8.3 · 2019=7.9 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=5.9 · 2022=9.0 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=4.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 337121 · Valdese, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.7 · 173% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #87/114
  • PHOTO Plant # 9
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 67 inj
  • SIZE ~153 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Plant # 9 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kellex Seating in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kellex Seating averages 5.7 TCR (173% of the Sofas, upholstered, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Kellex Seating TCR series: 2016=4.5 · 2018=8.3 · 2019=7.9 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=5.9 · 2022=9 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=4 · BLS 3.3

Where Kellex Seating falls in its industry

300 Sofas, upholstered, manufactur establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #87 safest of 114 Sofas, upholstered, manufactur employers in North Carolina.

Kellex Seating (153 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 05001,0001,5002,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Kellex Seating
Kellex Seating (153 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Kellex Seating has more employees than the Sofas, upholstered, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 4.0 1.6 5 0 0
2023 3.3 3.3 5 0 0
2022 9.0 7.1 14 0 0
2021 5.9 5.2 8 0 0
2020 2.8 1.4 4 0 0
2019 7.9 7.2 10 1 0
2018 8.3 6.5 14 0 0
2016 4.5 3.2 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

337121 · NC · Valdese

300 Sofas, upholstered, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 20 employers in Valdese, 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 Plant # 9 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kellex Seating Tupelo 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR GAR PRODUCTS 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kolcraft Enterprises Inc 5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE 6728-00030023-13 153 FTE
STATE-SIZE Landmark Builders, Inc. 153 FTE
STATE-SIZE Benitez Electrician LLC 153 FTE
STATE-SIZE Starr Electric Company, Inc Charlotte 153 FTE
CITY-NEAR Perkins Plant 449 FTE
CITY-NEAR Valdese Weavers (Main) 371 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saft America Inc. 258 FTE
CITY-NEAR VALDESE NC PLANT 203 FTE
NAT-TCR CGS Machine and Tool Inc. 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Tecta America WeatherGuard 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Associated Contracting, Inc. 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Suwanee Distribution Center #1000 5.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Essity 153 FTE
NAT-SIZE XCL 153 FTE
NAT-SIZE Springfield Mechanical Services, Inc 153 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Grove Health & Rehabilitation Center 153 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.