Nonwoven fabrics manufacturing · North Carolina
Low & Bonar Inc.
Enka, NC · ~217 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Low & Bonar Inc. runs at 75% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Nonwoven fabrics manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.
Low & Bonar Inc.: 2.5 TCR = 75% of Nonwoven fabrics manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Low & Bonar Inc. safety composite
Low & Bonar Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 66% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 47%), 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).
56/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.49 per 100 workers
Safer than 66% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.29 per 100 workers
Safer than 47% 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
Low & Bonar Inc.: 1.8 → 3.2 TCR
Peak year 2017 @ 3.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.92× in 2017
Low & Bonar Inc.'s TCR rose 1.4 from 1.8 in 2016 to 3.2 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0.92× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 313230 · Enka, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 75% of ind
- DART 2.3 DART
- RANK #17/42
- PHOTO Neenah Technical Mat…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 9 inj
- SIZE ~217 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Neenah Technical Materials AP2 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Low & Bonar Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Low & Bonar Inc.
2.5 TCR
- Neenah Technic
Neenah Technical Materials AP2
2.5 TCR
- Applied Felts,
Applied Felts, Inc.
2.5 TCR
- MP Global Prod
MP Global Products
2.5 TCR
- Sandler 2018
Sandler 2018
2.5 TCR
What this shows Low & Bonar Inc. averages 2.5 TCR (75% of the Nonwoven fabrics manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Low & Bonar Inc. TCR series: 2016=1.8 · 2017=3.2 · BLS 3.3
Where Low & Bonar Inc. falls in its industry
191 Nonwoven fabrics manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 42 Nonwoven fabrics manufacturing employers in North Carolina.
Low & Bonar Inc. has more employees than the Nonwoven fabrics manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
313230 · NC · Enka
191 Nonwoven fabrics manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 3 employers in Enka, 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 | Neenah Technical Materials AP2 | 2.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Applied Felts, Inc. | 2.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MP Global Products | 2.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sandler 2018 | 2.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Balfour Beatty Construction, LLC - Carolinas Division | 217 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Haynes Electric | 217 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Pallet Express | 217 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Penn Engineering, Winston-Salem Division | 217 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SEC NC | 124 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Jarden Applied Materials - Enka, NC | 24 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 3637 Republic Services Waycross | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Golden Valley Svc Ctr (Bldg A) MNGV | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Shelby Location | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | dd's DISCOUNTS Store 5116 | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 43131a - Summit (Chicago Metro) Dc | 217 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Vancouver (Wavan) | 217 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lubbock Center (Txlub) | 217 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Corning Pharmaceutical Glass, LLC | 217 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.