Urethane and Other Foam Product (except Polystyrene) Manufacturing · North Carolina
Lenoir
Lenoir, NC · ~105 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Lenoir runs at 151% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Urethane and Other Foam Product (except Polystyrene) Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Lenoir: 5.0 TCR = 151% of Urethane and Other Foam Product (except Polystyrene) Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Lenoir safety composite
Lenoir scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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)
- F 4.97 per 100 workers
Safer than 26% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.3 per 100 workers
Safer than 22% 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
Lenoir: 2.6 → 13.2 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 13.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.66× in 2023
Lenoir's TCR rose 10.6 from 2.6 in 2016 to 13.2 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 326150 · Lenoir, NC ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 151% of ind
- DART 3.3 DART
- RANK #33/39
- PHOTO Ralph S. Alberts Co.…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 30 inj
- SIZE ~105 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Ralph S. Alberts Co., Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Lenoir in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Lenoir
5 TCR
- Ralph S. Alber
Ralph S. Alberts Co., Inc.
5 TCR
- Eagle Industri
Eagle Industries, Inc.
5 TCR
- Sekisui Voltek
Sekisui Voltek, LLC, Coldwater
5 TCR
- Perma-Pipe, In
Perma-Pipe, Inc. -- New Iberia, LA
4.9 TCR
What this shows Lenoir averages 5.0 TCR (151% of the Urethane and Other Foam Product (except Polystyrene) Manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Lenoir TCR series: 2016=2.6 · 2017=3.9 · 2019=6 · 2020=4.7 · 2021=0 · 2022=4.4 · 2023=13.2 · BLS 3.3
Where Lenoir falls in its industry
474 Urethane and Other Foam Produc establishmentsSafer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #33 safest of 39 Urethane and Other Foam Produc employers in North Carolina.
Lenoir has more employees than the Urethane and Other Foam Product (except median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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 | 13.2 | 3.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.4 | 1.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.9 | 0.8 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
326150 · NC · Lenoir
474 Urethane and Other Foam Product (except Polystyrene) Manufacturing 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 | Ralph S. Alberts Co., Inc. | 5.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Eagle Industries, Inc. | 5.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sekisui Voltek, LLC, Coldwater | 5.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Perma-Pipe, Inc. -- New Iberia, LA | 4.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | UFO-Utilities | 105 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Omega Construction, Inc. | 105 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Curtin Trucking and Drainage Inc. | 105 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Advance Concrete | 105 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 | New Britain Transitional Center | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Amazon.com Services LLC - DBL8 | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Norwesco - St. Bonifacius | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | CoLinx, LLC. Industrial Boulvard Facility | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Bear Mountain at Reading | 105 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Voss Manufacturing Inc | 105 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Binghamton, NY | 105 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Health Express | 105 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.