Upholstered furniture, household-type, custom, manufacturing · North Carolina
Lee Industries Plant 5
Conover, NC · ~264 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Lee Industries Plant 5 runs at 121% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Upholstered furniture, household-type, custom, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Lee Industries Plant 5: 4.0 TCR = 121% of Upholstered furniture, household-type, custom, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Lee Industries Plant 5 safety composite
Lee Industries Plant 5 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 67% 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).
59/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 4 per 100 workers
Safer than 56% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.17 per 100 workers
Safer than 67% 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
−6.6
2021→2024
Lee Industries Plant 5 injury rate improved
Lee Industries Plant 5's TCR fell 6.6 from 8.2 in 2021 to 1.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 8.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2021=8.2 · 2022=4.6 · 2023=1.7 · 2024=1.6
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 337121 · Conover, NC ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 121% of ind
- DART 1.2 DART
- RANK #56/114
- PHOTO Century Furniture Ch…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 32 inj
- SIZE ~264 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Century Furniture Chair Plant # 3 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Lee Industries Plant 5 in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Lee Industries Plant 5
4 TCR
- Century Furnit
Century Furniture Chair Plant # 3
4 TCR
- TNFOAMPLANT
TNFOAMPLANT
4 TCR
- WHSE 14
WHSE 14
4 TCR
- Klaussner Plan
Klaussner Plant 20
4 TCR
What this shows Lee Industries Plant 5 averages 4.0 TCR (121% of the Upholstered furniture, household-type, custom, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Lee Industries Plant 5 TCR series: 2021=8.2 · 2022=4.6 · 2023=1.7 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 3.3
Where Lee Industries Plant 5 falls in its industry
300 Upholstered furniture, househo establishmentsSafer than 56% 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 #56 safest of 114 Upholstered furniture, househo employers in North Carolina.
Lee Industries Plant 5 has more employees than the Upholstered furniture, household-type, c 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 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
337121 · NC · Conover
300 Upholstered furniture, household-type, custom, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 95 employers in Conover, 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 | Century Furniture Chair Plant # 3 | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | TNFOAMPLANT | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | WHSE 14 | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Klaussner Plant 20 | 4.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Lennar Charlotte/Greenville | 264 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Brakebush Mocksville | 264 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Bakkavor Charlotte | 264 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Bekaert Deslee | 264 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Zenith - Conover | 409 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 4224 | 369 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 4224 | 327 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 2510 Conover Folding | 309 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 1050 - Tullahoma Production | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | ILDE | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 8027528 RPS Temp to Hire Projects | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Nature's Flavors | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Champion Carrier Corp | 264 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mwc, LLC | 264 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Independence Oilfield Chemicals, LLC | 264 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 171 - Cadillac | 264 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.