Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers · North Carolina
Lenoir (Marlin)
Lenoir, NC · ~24 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 2.7
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Lenoir (Marlin) runs at 124% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.
Lenoir (Marlin): 2.7 TCR = 124% of Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Lenoir (Marlin) safety composite
Lenoir (Marlin) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 11%), 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).
31/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 2.72 per 100 workers
Safer than 36% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.55 per 100 workers
Safer than 11% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Lenoir (Marlin): 0.0 → 9.1 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 9.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.67× in 2024
Lenoir (Marlin)'s TCR rose 9.1 from 0.0 in 2020 to 9.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424690 · Lenoir, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 2.7 · 124% of ind
- DART 4.5 DART
- RANK #15/22
- PHOTO Hillyard Co. - Kentu…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 3 inj
- SIZE ~24 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Hillyard Co. - Kentucky (0.0 TCR gap)
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Lenoir (Marlin) in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Lenoir (Marlin)
2.7 TCR
- Hillyard Co. -
Hillyard Co. - Kentucky
2.7 TCR
- Colonial Chemi
Colonial Chemical Solutions, Charlotte
2.7 TCR
- Carteret 0131
Carteret 0131
2.7 TCR
- LG&E Dallas, T
LG&E Dallas, TX
2.7 TCR
What this shows Lenoir (Marlin) averages 2.7 TCR (124% of the Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Lenoir (Marlin) TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=4.5 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=9.1 · BLS 2.2
Where Lenoir (Marlin) falls in its industry
766 Chemicals (except agriculture) establishmentsSafer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 22 Chemicals (except agriculture) employers in North Carolina.
Lenoir (Marlin) has fewer employees than the Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., au median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 | 9.1 | 4.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424690 · NC · Lenoir
766 Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 86 employers in Lenoir, 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 | Hillyard Co. - Kentucky | 2.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Colonial Chemical Solutions, Charlotte | 2.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Carteret 0131 | 2.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | LG&E Dallas, TX | 2.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Open Grounds Farm, Inc. | 24 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Super-Sod Charlotte | 24 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Holland Farms, Inc | 24 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CENTRAL LNM-EST | 24 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Caldwell Memorial Hospital | 781 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | HHG Lenoir Upholstery Plant | 500 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Exela Pharma Sciences, LLC. | 494 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Caldwell County Government | 451 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Traeger Pellet Grills, LLC | 2.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Gristedes #601 | 2.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Kilstrom Center | 2.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cullum Mechanical Construction, INC | 2.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Store 1247 | 24 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Heartthrob Exhaust, Inc | 24 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Leevers Foods Cavalier | 24 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Store 1463 | 24 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.