Yarn spinning mills · North Carolina
Meridian Specialty Yarn Group, Inc. Valdese
Valdese, NC · ~139 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Meridian Specialty Yarn Group, Inc. Valdese runs at 174% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Yarn spinning mills workplace, earning a grade D.
Meridian Specialty Yarn Group, Inc. Valdese: 5.7 TCR = 174% of Yarn spinning mills BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Meridian Specialty Yarn Group, Inc. Valdese safety composite
Meridian Specialty Yarn Group, Inc. Valdese scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 12%), 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).
38/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.74 per 100 workers
Safer than 12% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.94 per 100 workers
Safer than 57% 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
−4.2
2016→2024
Meridian Specialty Yarn Group, Inc. Valdese injury rate improved
Meridian Specialty Yarn Group, Inc. Valdese's TCR fell 4.2 from 5.1 in 2016 to 0.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 10.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=5.1 · 2017=8.1 · 2018=6.4 · 2019=10.6 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=8.6 · 2022=6.6 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=0.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 313110 · Valdese, NC ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 5.7 · 174% of ind
- DART 0.9 DART
- RANK #68/74
- PHOTO Harrisville Designs,…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 59 inj
- SIZE ~139 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Harrisville Designs, Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)
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Meridian Specialty Yarn Group, Inc. Valdese in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Miller Waste M
Miller Waste Mills d/b/a Crescent Woolen Mills/Owen Glove Lining
6 TCR
- Aquafil USA- 1
Aquafil USA- 101 Fiber Drive
5.9 TCR
- This site
Meridian Specialty Yarn Group, Inc. Valdese
5.7 TCR
- Harrisville De
Harrisville Designs, Inc.
5.6 TCR
- PR Industries,
PR Industries, Inc
5.5 TCR
What this shows Meridian Specialty Yarn Group, Inc. Valdese averages 5.7 TCR (174% of the Yarn spinning mills BLS benchmark).
Meridian Specialty Yarn Group, Inc. Valdese TCR series: 2016=5.1 · 2017=8.1 · 2018=6.4 · 2019=10.6 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=8.6 · 2022=6.6 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=0.9 · BLS 3.3
Where Meridian Specialty Yarn Group, Inc. Valdese falls in its industry
195 Yarn spinning mills establishmentsSafer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #68 safest of 74 Yarn spinning mills employers in North Carolina.
Meridian Specialty Yarn Group, Inc. Valdese has more employees than the Yarn spinning mills median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6.6 | 2.8 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8.6 | 5.2 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 10.6 | 7.7 | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 8.1 | 3.7 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
313110 · NC · Valdese
195 Yarn spinning mills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 20 employers in Valdese, 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 | Harrisville Designs, Inc. | 5.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Aquafil USA- 101 Fiber Drive | 5.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | PR Industries, Inc | 5.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Miller Waste Mills d/b/a Crescent Woolen Mills/Owen Glove Lining | 6.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Bullington Construction, Inc. | 139 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Precision Walls Inc-Greensboro | 139 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hawkins Corp Ofc | 139 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | The Hammock Source | 139 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Perkins Plant | 449 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Valdese Weavers (Main) | 371 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Saft America Inc. | 258 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | VALDESE NC PLANT | 203 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | MOWI USA, LLC - Arlington | 5.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Jeffords Steel and Engineering Company - Potsdam | 5.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mt. Laurel Supermarket Inc. | 5.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Valu Home Center #12 | 5.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Select Specialty Hospital - Erie, Inc | 139 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Omaha Office | 139 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Chem Link | 139 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mid America Pet Food LLC | 139 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.