Manufacturing · Virginia

Nordson Xaloy Pulaski

Pulaski, VA · ~132 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Nordson Xaloy Pulaski runs at 156% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Nordson Xaloy Pulaski: 5.2 TCR = 156% of Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nordson Xaloy Pulaski safety composite

Nordson Xaloy Pulaski scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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).

F

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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

Nordson Xaloy Pulaski: 4.5 → 5.8 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 5.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.48× in 2017

Nordson Xaloy Pulaski's TCR rose 1.3 from 4.5 in 2016 to 5.8 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333514 · Pulaski, VA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 156% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK P25
  • PHOTO Thumb Tool & Enginee…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~132 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Thumb Tool & Engineering (0.0 TCR gap)

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Nordson Xaloy Pulaski in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Nordson Xaloy Pulaski averages 5.2 TCR (156% of the Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Nordson Xaloy Pulaski TCR series: 2016=4.5 · 2017=5.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Nordson Xaloy Pulaski falls in its industry

387 Manufacturing establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Nordson Xaloy Pulaski (132 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.4 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Nordson Xaloy Pulaski
Nordson Xaloy Pulaski (132 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Nordson Xaloy Pulaski has more employees than the Manufacturing median and a higher 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 5.8 2.5 7 0 0
2016 4.5 1.3 0 7 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333514 · VA · Pulaski

387 Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 28 employers in Pulaski, VA · 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 Thumb Tool & Engineering 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Widell Industries Michigan 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Carr Lane Manufacturing - Texas 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR THE CAPITAL TOOL COMPANY 5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Infrastructure US Offices 132 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cleveland Cement Contractors, Inc 132 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fredericksburg VA Truss 132 FTE
STATE-SIZE BC Wood Products 132 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pulaski County 500 FTE
CITY-NEAR James Hardie North America 433 FTE
CITY-NEAR James Hardie Building Products-Pulaski VA 369 FTE
CITY-NEAR County of Pulaski 355 FTE
NAT-TCR Knight Heating and Air Conditioning, Inc 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Middleburg Heights (Ohmid) 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Scs - 1655 Worldwide (Kywrw) 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Drake-Williams Steel 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE NAPP Lowell 132 FTE
NAT-SIZE 5472-Swy 0035 4205 132 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sales - Section 21 - Charlotte, NC 132 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sales - Section 31 - Indianapolis, IN 132 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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