Upholstered furniture, household-type, custom, manufacturing · North Carolina
Lee Industries Plant 1
Newton, NC · ~84 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 10.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Lee Industries Plant 1 runs at 327% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Upholstered furniture, household-type, custom, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Lee Industries Plant 1: 10.8 TCR = 327% of Upholstered furniture, household-type, custom, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Lee Industries Plant 1 safety composite
Lee Industries Plant 1 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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).
16/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 10.79 per 100 workers
Safer than 8% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 17.79 per 100 workers
Safer than 1% 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
Lee Industries Plant 1: 3.8 → 17.8 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 17.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.65× in 2023
Lee Industries Plant 1's TCR rose 14.0 from 3.8 in 2022 to 17.8 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 337121 · Newton, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 10.8 · 327% of ind
- DART 17.8 DART
- RANK #112/114
- PHOTO Plant 1
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 6 inj
- SIZE ~84 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Plant 1 (0.2 TCR gap)
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Lee Industries Plant 1 in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Lee Industries Plant 1
10.8 TCR
- Plant 1
Plant 1
10.6 TCR
- Michael Thomas
Michael Thomas Furniture, Inc.
10.5 TCR
- Woodhaven Furn
Woodhaven Furniture Industries - Cairo
10.4 TCR
- Ashley Furnitu
Ashley Furniture Industries - Pottsville
10.3 TCR
What this shows Lee Industries Plant 1 averages 10.8 TCR (327% of the Upholstered furniture, household-type, custom, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Lee Industries Plant 1 TCR series: 2022=3.8 · 2023=17.8 · BLS 3.3
Where Lee Industries Plant 1 falls in its industry
300 Upholstered furniture, househo establishmentsSafer than 8% 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 #112 safest of 114 Upholstered furniture, househo employers in North Carolina.
Lee Industries Plant 1 has fewer employees than the Upholstered furniture, household-type, c 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 17.8 | 17.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
337121 · NC · Newton
300 Upholstered furniture, household-type, custom, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 83 employers in Newton, 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 1 | 10.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Michael Thomas Furniture, Inc. | 10.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Woodhaven Furniture Industries - Cairo | 10.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ashley Furniture Industries - Pottsville | 10.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Lark Maintenance Facility | 84 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corp. Corporate Office | 84 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Weaver Cooke Construction, LLC | 84 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lendlease Charlotte | 84 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 3811 - Newton NC DC | 1,644 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 3811 - Newton DC | 1,303 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | GKN ePowertrain Newton | 1,129 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | GKN Driveline Newton LLC | 920 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Vallarta Supermarkets #5 | 10.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Police Department | 10.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bloomer Healthcare, LLC | 10.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | CSL Green Bay LLC dba Brookview Meadows | 10.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | SJ Transportation Co., Inc. | 84 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Positronic Campbell Facility | 84 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Napa Memphis DC | 84 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Atlantic Specialty Care | 84 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.