Manufacturing · North Carolina

Nordson Xaloy Hickory

Name: Nordson Xaloy Hickory Workplace Safety Data
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Hickory, NC · ~39 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.3
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Nordson Xaloy Hickory runs at 38% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Nordson Xaloy Hickory: 1.3 TCR = 38% of Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nordson Xaloy Hickory safety composite

Nordson Xaloy Hickory scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% 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).

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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

−2.5

2016→2017

Nordson Xaloy Hickory injury rate improved

Nordson Xaloy Hickory's TCR fell 2.5 from 2.5 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.5 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.5 · 2017=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333514 · Hickory, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 38% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #1/14
PHOTO SJD Machining
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~39 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SJD Machining (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.3
SJD Machining

1.3
Northwestern T

1.3
Praet Tool & E

1.3
Ultimate Gagin

1.2

What this shows Nordson Xaloy Hickory averages 1.3 TCR (38% of the Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Nordson Xaloy Hickory TCR series: 2016=2.5 · 2017=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Nordson Xaloy Hickory falls in its industry

387 Manufacturing establishments

Safer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 14 Manufacturing employers in North Carolina.

Nordson Xaloy Hickory (39 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Nordson Xaloy Hickory has fewer employees than the Manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2016	2.5	0.0	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333514 · NC · Hickory

387 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	SJD Machining	MEADVILLE, PA	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Northwestern Tools Inc	KETTERING, OH	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Praet Tool & Engineering	MACOMB, MI	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ultimate Gaging Systems	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Taylor's Nursery-Louisburg	LOUISBURG	39 FTE
STATE-SIZE	B & S Farming, Inc.	NASHVILLE	39 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Jeffery C Lee Farms, INC	BENSON	39 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Sullivan Farms Inc.	LUCAMA	39 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Catawba Valley Medical Center	Hickory	2,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Merchants Distributors LLC	Hickory	1,480 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Frye Regional Medical Center	Hickory	1,363 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hickory Manufacturing & Technology Center	Hickory	1,006 FTE
NAT-TCR	Piper Plastics, Chandler	Chandler, AZ	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Conroe Office ENB4	Conroe, TX	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Grid Solutions : GA - PHX - Phoenix, AZ, USA	Phoenix, AZ	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Antioch RMFG	Dalton, GA	1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Rai Mx Ewr	Newark, NJ	39 FTE
NAT-SIZE	N and R of Gerald Inc	Gerald, MO	39 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Textron Specialized Vehicles - Premier De-icers	Marinette, WI	39 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Russ Darrow LLC	West Bend, WI	39 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.