Furniture, household-type, upholstered on frames of any material, manufacturing · North Carolina
King Hickory Furniture Company
Hickory, NC · ~195 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
King Hickory Furniture Company runs at 82% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Furniture, household-type, upholstered on frames of any material, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
King Hickory Furniture Company: 2.7 TCR = 82% of Furniture, household-type, upholstered on frames of any material, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
King Hickory Furniture Company safety composite
King Hickory Furniture Company scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% 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).
70/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 2.72 per 100 workers
Safer than 78% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.81 per 100 workers
Safer than 74% 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
King Hickory Furniture Company: 2.4 → 3.2 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 3.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.3× in 2024
King Hickory Furniture Company's TCR rose 0.9 from 2.4 in 2016 to 3.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 337121 · Hickory, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 82% of ind
- DART 0.8 DART
- RANK #26/114
- PHOTO Creative Leather fru…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 40 inj
- SIZE ~195 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Creative Leather frurniture INC. (0.0 TCR gap)
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King Hickory Furniture Company in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Plant 9
Plant 9
2.8 TCR
- This site
King Hickory Furniture Company
2.7 TCR
- Creative Leath
Creative Leather frurniture INC.
2.7 TCR
- Plant # 5
Plant # 5
2.7 TCR
- Delta Furnitur
Delta Furniture Manufacturing
2.7 TCR
What this shows King Hickory Furniture Company averages 2.7 TCR (82% of the Furniture, household-type, upholstered on frames of any material, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
King Hickory Furniture Company TCR series: 2016=2.4 · 2017=1.1 · 2018=0.5 · 2019=3.4 · 2020=2.3 · 2021=3.9 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=3.9 · 2024=3.2 · BLS 3.3
Where King Hickory Furniture Company falls in its industry
300 Furniture, household-type, uph establishmentsSafer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #26 safest of 114 Furniture, household-type, uph employers in North Carolina.
King Hickory Furniture Company has more employees than the Furniture, household-type, upholstered o median and a lower 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 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.9 | 1.7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
337121 · NC · Hickory
300 Furniture, household-type, upholstered on frames of any material, 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 | Creative Leather frurniture INC. | 2.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Plant # 5 | 2.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Delta Furniture Manufacturing | 2.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Plant 9 | 2.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | BE&K Building Group, LLC | 195 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | LJ Electrical Inc. | 195 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Commercial Park | 195 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Vanguard Main VGM | 195 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 | Corrado Construction Company LLC | 2.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hampstead | 2.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 30230-Capstone Kroger Keller Tx | 2.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Highwood USA LLC | 2.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Children's Hospital Colorado - Briargate | 195 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Kilbourn | 195 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Caro Factory | 195 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Menasha Packaging Company - MFC | 195 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.