Natural abrasives (e.g., emery, grindstones, hones, pumice) (except sand) mining and/or beneficiating · North Carolina

KLINGSPOR Abrasives, Inc.

Hickory, NC · ~374 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
1.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

KLINGSPOR Abrasives, Inc. runs at 241% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Natural abrasives (e.g., emery, grindstones, hones, pumice) (except sand) mining and/or beneficiating workplace, earning a grade F.

KLINGSPOR Abrasives, Inc.: 4.6 TCR = 241% of Natural abrasives (e.g., emery, grindstones, hones, pumice) (except sand) mining and/or beneficiating BLS 1.9 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Rising injury rate

KLINGSPOR Abrasives, Inc.: 0.6 → 1.6 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 18.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.35× in 2024

KLINGSPOR Abrasives, Inc.'s TCR rose 1.1 from 0.6 in 2018 to 1.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 18.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 212399 · Hickory, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 4.6 · 241% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK -
  • PHOTO Reed Minerals - Drak…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 71 inj
  • SIZE ~374 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Reed Minerals - Drakesboro (1.3 TCR gap)

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KLINGSPOR Abrasives, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows KLINGSPOR Abrasives, Inc. averages 4.6 TCR (241% of the Natural abrasives (e.g., emery, grindstones, hones, pumice) (except sand) mining and/or beneficiating BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

KLINGSPOR Abrasives, Inc. TCR series: 2018=0.6 · 2019=3.3 · 2020=2.3 · 2021=3.4 · 2022=18.4 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 1.9

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2024 1.6 1.6 5 0 0
2023 2.6 2.6 8 1 0
2022 18.4 6.1 6 0 0
2021 3.4 3.4 12 0 0
2020 2.3 2.3 8 0 0
2019 3.3 3.3 12 0 0
2018 0.6 0.4 20 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

212399 · NC · Hickory

5 Natural abrasives (e.g., emery, grindstones, hones, pumice) (except sand) mining and/or beneficiating 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 Reed Minerals - Drakesboro 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR West Plant 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR United States Gypsum 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cargill Hersey Michigan 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE DSM Protective Materials 374 FTE
STATE-SIZE Craftmaster Furniture, Inc. 373 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 1662 375 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1298 375 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 polymet Corporation 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Aloha Air Cargo - HNL 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Palestine Regional Medical Center - EVS 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Point Blank Distributing Eugene 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE EMCO Enterprises LLC, Andersen Storm Door Division 374 FTE
NAT-SIZE Relyant Global, LLC 374 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aerojet Rocketdyne - Orange 374 FTE
NAT-SIZE Calvert City 374 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. 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.