Couch springs, assembled, manufacturing · North Carolina

Snyder Paper - Hickory Cushion

Hickory, Nc, NC · ~152 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Snyder Paper - Hickory Cushion runs at 104% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Couch springs, assembled, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Snyder Paper - Hickory Cushion: 3.4 TCR = 104% of Couch springs, assembled, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Snyder Paper - Hickory Cushion safety composite

Snyder Paper - Hickory Cushion scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 68% 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).

C

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.25 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.8

2023→2024

Snyder Paper - Hickory Cushion injury rate improved

Snyder Paper - Hickory Cushion's TCR fell 0.8 from 3.8 in 2023 to 3.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=3.8 · 2024=3.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 337121 · Hickory, Nc, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.4 · 104% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #41/114
  • PHOTO Vanguard - Morganton
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~152 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Vanguard - Morganton (0.0 TCR gap)

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Snyder Paper - Hickory Cushion in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Snyder Paper - Hickory Cushion averages 3.4 TCR (104% of the Couch springs, assembled, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Snyder Paper - Hickory Cushion TCR series: 2023=3.8 · 2024=3 · BLS 3.3

Where Snyder Paper - Hickory Cushion falls in its industry

300 Couch springs, assembled, manu establishments

Safer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #41 safest of 114 Couch springs, assembled, manu employers in North Carolina.

Snyder Paper - Hickory Cushion (152 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 05001,0001,5002,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Snyder Paper - Hickory Cushion
Snyder Paper - Hickory Cushion (152 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Snyder Paper - Hickory Cushion has more employees than the Couch springs, assembled, manufacturing 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 Fatalities
2024 3.0 2.3 4 0 0
2023 3.8 0.6 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

337121 · NC · Hickory, Nc

300 Couch springs, assembled, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 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 Vanguard - Morganton 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Plant 5 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kaasco Inc. d.b.a. Kaas Tailored 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Flexsteel Industries- Dublin Division 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Deriva Energy, LLC (Caldwell) 152 FTE
STATE-SIZE D.R. Horton, Inc. - Charlotte North 152 FTE
STATE-SIZE Essentra HPC Charlotte 152 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bemis Manufacturing Southeast 152 FTE
NAT-TCR Apostolic Christian Home 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR SOFIE - Gilroy 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Wells Construction Inc 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR AFX Inc 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Loveland Embassy Suites 152 FTE
NAT-SIZE Palm Gardens Health and Rehabilitation, LLC 152 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pacific Tomato Growers , Ltd. - Midway TN PH 152 FTE
NAT-SIZE Twin Oaks Nursing Home 152 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: 2024, 2023. 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.