Pads and wadding, nonwoven, manufacturing · North Carolina
Norafin Americas
Mills River, NC · ~39 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Norafin Americas runs at 96% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Pads and wadding, nonwoven, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Norafin Americas: 3.2 TCR = 96% of Pads and wadding, nonwoven, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Norafin Americas safety composite
Norafin Americas scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).
65/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.16 per 100 workers
Safer than 54% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 88% 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
−7.6
2020→2024
Norafin Americas injury rate improved
Norafin Americas's TCR fell 7.6 from 7.6 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 8.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2020=7.6 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=8.2 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 313230 · Mills River, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.2 · 96% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #22/42
- PHOTO Top Brass Inc
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 5 inj
- SIZE ~39 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Top Brass Inc (0.0 TCR gap)
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Norafin Americas in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Norafin Americas
3.2 TCR
- Top Brass Inc
Top Brass Inc
3.2 TCR
- HS Fibers
HS Fibers
3.2 TCR
- National Wiper
National Wiper Alliance a business of Ecolab
3.1 TCR
- Freudenberg Pe
Freudenberg Performance Materials LP Durham
3.1 TCR
What this shows Norafin Americas averages 3.2 TCR (96% of the Pads and wadding, nonwoven, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Norafin Americas TCR series: 2020=7.6 · 2021=0 · 2022=8.2 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3
Where Norafin Americas falls in its industry
191 Pads and wadding, nonwoven, ma establishmentsSafer than 54% 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 #22 safest of 42 Pads and wadding, nonwoven, ma employers in North Carolina.
Norafin Americas has fewer employees than the Pads and wadding, nonwoven, manufacturin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
313230 · NC · Mills River
191 Pads and wadding, nonwoven, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 33 employers in Mills River, 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 | Top Brass Inc | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | HS Fibers | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | National Wiper Alliance a business of Ecolab | 3.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Freudenberg Performance Materials LP Durham | 3.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Taylor's Nursery-Louisburg | 39 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | B & S Farming, Inc. | 39 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Jeffery C Lee Farms, INC | 39 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sullivan Farms Inc. | 39 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Linamar Light Metals-MR | 566 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mills River | 372 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UPM Raflatac Mills River | 280 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UPM Raflatac, Inc | 259 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 2692 Hornbacher's Express - Fargo, ND | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 2002 Coborn's Foley | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Worthington-Samuel Coil Processing Twinsburg | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Weeks Medical Center | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | New Jersey | 39 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Nexus on Grand | 39 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Brookdale Orange Park | 39 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Northeast Traffic Control | 39 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.