Household-type furniture, upholstered, manufacturing · North Carolina
LT Designs Plant # 7
Hickory, NC · ~127 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
LT Designs Plant # 7 runs at 114% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Household-type furniture, upholstered, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
LT Designs Plant # 7: 3.8 TCR = 114% of Household-type furniture, upholstered, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
LT Designs Plant # 7 safety composite
LT Designs Plant # 7 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 61% 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).
54/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 3.75 per 100 workers
Safer than 61% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.5 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
LT Designs Plant # 7: 1.1 → 2.5 TCR
Peak year 2017 @ 5.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.67× in 2023
LT Designs Plant # 7's TCR rose 1.4 from 1.1 in 2016 to 2.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 337121 · Hickory, NC ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 114% of ind
- DART 2.5 DART
- RANK #49/114
- PHOTO Upholstery
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 22 inj
- SIZE ~127 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Upholstery (0.0 TCR gap)
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LT Designs Plant # 7 in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
LT Designs Plant # 7
3.8 TCR
- Hallagan Mfg.
Hallagan Mfg. Co., Inc.
3.8 TCR
- Vanguard BR
Vanguard BR
3.8 TCR
- Upholstery
Upholstery
3.7 TCR
- Hancock & Moor
Hancock & Moore Plant 3
3.7 TCR
What this shows LT Designs Plant # 7 averages 3.8 TCR (114% of the Household-type furniture, upholstered, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
LT Designs Plant # 7 TCR series: 2016=1.1 · 2017=5.3 · 2018=5.1 · 2019=4.7 · 2023=2.5 · BLS 3.3
Where LT Designs Plant # 7 falls in its industry
300 Household-type furniture, upho establishmentsSafer than 61% 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 #49 safest of 114 Household-type furniture, upho employers in North Carolina.
LT Designs Plant # 7 has fewer employees than the Household-type furniture, upholstered, m 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5.3 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
337121 · NC · Hickory
300 Household-type furniture, upholstered, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 240 employers in Hickory, 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 | Upholstery | 3.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hallagan Mfg. Co., Inc. | 3.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hancock & Moore Plant 3 | 3.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Vanguard BR | 3.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Brunswick Electric Membership Cooperative - 1 | 127 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mooresboro | 127 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Crowder Construction Company - Heavy Civil Division | 127 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Emory Electric, LLC | 127 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Catawba Valley Medical Center | 2,012 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Merchants Distributors LLC | 1,480 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Frye Regional Medical Center | 1,363 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hickory Manufacturing & Technology Center | 1,006 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Fs2 - Fleet Services | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Kingspan Insulated Panels Modesto | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Master Plastics | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mesquite Prs Auto | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Baily International of Atlanta | 127 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Rowe Ford Sales | 127 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Harbor Health Services, Inc ESP Mattapan | 127 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Reliable Castings Corporation | 127 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.