Upholstered furniture, household-type, on frames of any material, manufacturing · North Carolina

Plant # 2

Name: Plant # 2 Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Newton, NC · ~194 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Plant # 2 runs at 115% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Upholstered furniture, household-type, on frames of any material, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Plant # 2: 3.8 TCR = 115% of Upholstered furniture, household-type, on frames of any material, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Plant # 2 safety composite

Plant # 2 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 50%), 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 3.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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

Plant # 2: 3.8 → 5.0 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 5.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.59× in 2020

Plant # 2's TCR rose 1.3 from 3.8 in 2016 to 5.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.9 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.59× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 337121 · Newton, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 115% of ind

DART 2.2 DART
RANK #50/114
PHOTO Church Chairs of Ame…
BOOK 5y book
INJ 32 inj
SIZE ~194 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Church Chairs of America (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Plant # 2 averages 3.8 TCR (115% of the Upholstered furniture, household-type, on frames of any material, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Plant # 2 TCR series: 2016=3.8 · 2017=2.6 · 2018=5.9 · 2019=1.7 · 2020=5 · BLS 3.3

Where Plant # 2 falls in its industry

300 Upholstered furniture, househo establishments

Safer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #50 safest of 114 Upholstered furniture, househo employers in North Carolina.

Plant # 2 (194 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Plant # 2 has more employees than the Upholstered furniture, household-type, o 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
2020	5.0	2.2	7	2
2019	1.7	1.2	3	0
2018	5.9	4.8	11	0
2017	2.6	1.6	5	0
2016	3.8	2.7	6	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

337121 · NC · Newton

300 Upholstered furniture, household-type, on frames of any material, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 83 employers in Newton, 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	Church Chairs of America	ROME, GA	3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Burton James	CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA	3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Best Home Furnishings/County Line	CANNELTON, IN	3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Overman USA, Inc.	DANDRIDGE, TN	3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Charlotte Asphalt	CHARLOTTE	194 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Complex 46 Plants 1 and 2	MCADENVILLE	194 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Asheboro	RANDLEMAN	194 FTE
STATE-SIZE	PCX Holding, LLC, wholly owned subsid of Hubbell Industrial Controls, Knightdale, NC	KNIGHTDALE	194 FTE
CITY-NEAR	3811 - Newton NC DC	Newton	1,644 FTE
CITY-NEAR	3811 - Newton DC	Newton	1,303 FTE
CITY-NEAR	GKN ePowertrain Newton	Newton	1,129 FTE
CITY-NEAR	GKN Driveline Newton LLC	Newton	920 FTE
NAT-TCR	Topre America Corporation- AL	Cullman, AL	3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	TTI- Portage, IN	Portage, IN	3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Book Fairs - Philly	Robinsville, NJ	3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Chelan County PUD (Overall Organization Totals)	Wenatchee, WA	3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Baker Georgia	Garden City, GA	194 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Sanders Wood Products	Molalla, OR	194 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Pacific Star Seafoods	Kenai, AK	194 FTE
NAT-SIZE	HCI Management Services	Winnebago, NE	194 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.