Couch springs, assembled, manufacturing · North Carolina

Snyder Paper - Newton Cushion

Conover, NC · ~61 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Snyder Paper - Newton Cushion runs at 81% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Couch springs, assembled, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Snyder Paper - Newton Cushion: 2.7 TCR = 81% of Couch springs, assembled, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Snyder Paper - Newton Cushion safety composite

Snyder Paper - Newton Cushion scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% 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).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% 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

Snyder Paper - Newton Cushion: 1.8 → 3.6 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.67× in 2024

Snyder Paper - Newton Cushion's TCR rose 1.8 from 1.8 in 2023 to 3.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 337121 · Conover, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 81% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #24/114
  • PHOTO H.M. Richards, Inc.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~61 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: H.M. Richards, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Snyder Paper - Newton Cushion in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Snyder Paper - Newton Cushion averages 2.7 TCR (81% 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 - Newton Cushion TCR series: 2023=1.8 · 2024=3.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Snyder Paper - Newton Cushion falls in its industry

300 Couch springs, assembled, manu establishments

Safer than 80% 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 #24 safest of 114 Couch springs, assembled, manu employers in North Carolina.

Snyder Paper - Newton Cushion (61 employees, TCR 2.7) 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 - Newton Cushion
Snyder Paper - Newton Cushion (61 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Snyder Paper - Newton Cushion has fewer 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 3.6 1.8 2 0 0
2023 1.8 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

337121 · NC · Conover

300 Couch springs, assembled, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 95 employers in Conover, 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 H.M. Richards, Inc. 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR LCI - 079 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Heritage Home Group 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Delta Furniture Manufacturing 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE H. F. Lee Energy Complex 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE Winston Salem Resource Center - PNG 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE Charlotte Division 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE WESTFIELD REHABILITATION AND HEALTH CENTER 61 FTE
CITY-NEAR Zenith - Conover 409 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 4224 369 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4224 327 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2510 Conover Folding 309 FTE
NAT-TCR Lyons Magnus East 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Otis Elevator Company-Des Moines 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Cucamonga Traffic Center 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Oliver Sprinkler Co Inc 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Benton House of Woodstock 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE Laurens 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE USA Norfolk 3462 N Military Hwy 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE USA Dallas 7020 Cedar Spgs Rd 61 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.