Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing · North Carolina

Kernersville Adhesive Plant

Name: Kernersville Adhesive Plant Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Kernersville, NC · ~23 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.6
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Kernersville Adhesive Plant runs at 79% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Kernersville Adhesive Plant: 2.6 TCR = 79% of Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kernersville Adhesive Plant safety composite

Kernersville Adhesive Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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%).

TCR Δ

−6.2

2016→2020

Kernersville Adhesive Plant injury rate improved

Kernersville Adhesive Plant's TCR fell 6.2 from 6.2 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.2 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.2 · 2017=3.9 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325520 · Kernersville, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 79% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #6/12
PHOTO Worthen Industries N…
BOOK 5y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Worthen Industries Nashua South (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.6
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2.6
Henkel US Oper

2.6

What this shows Kernersville Adhesive Plant averages 2.6 TCR (79% of the Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Kernersville Adhesive Plant TCR series: 2016=6.2 · 2017=3.9 · 2018=0 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Kernersville Adhesive Plant falls in its industry

287 Adhesives (except asphalt, den establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 12 Adhesives (except asphalt, den employers in North Carolina.

Kernersville Adhesive Plant (23 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Kernersville Adhesive Plant has fewer employees than the Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsu median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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
2020	0.0	0.0	0
2019	2.9	2.9	1
2018	0.0	0.0	0
2017	3.9	0.0	1
2016	6.2	0.0	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325520 · NC · Kernersville

287 Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 93 employers in Kernersville, 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	Worthen Industries Nashua South	NASHUA, NH	2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	E-Z Weld	RIVIERA BEACH, FL	2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Novagard Solutions LLC	CLEVELAND, OH	2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Henkel US Operations Corporation - Mentor	MENTOR, OH	2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Farm	HIDDENITE	23 FTE
STATE-SIZE	SOUTHERN PINES 1 SOW -EST	GARLAND	23 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Cotton Gin	LEWISTON	23 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Monroe Growout	MONROE	23 FTE
CITY-NEAR	6458-GRNB	Kernersville	1,399 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Amazon.com Services LLC - GSO1	Kernersville	968 FTE
CITY-NEAR	274	Kernersville	797 FTE
CITY-NEAR	John Deere Kernersville	Kernersville	782 FTE
NAT-TCR	Micro 100	Somerset, NJ	2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	White Bear Lake Service Center	White Bear Lake, MN	2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Home Care Harrisonburg	Harrisonburg, VA	2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	DGS Aviation Services : CAK - Akron	Akron, OH	2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Peninsula Hotel Group-Staybridge Suites - Kalamazoo	Kalamazoo, MI	23 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Clear Vue	Springfield, OR	23 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Mustang Pass	Aurora, SD	23 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Quincy QRP	Quincy, IL	23 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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