Nonwoven fabrics manufacturing · Tennessee
Sontara Old Hickory Inc
Old Hickory, TN · ~156 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
Sontara Old Hickory Inc runs at 48% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Nonwoven fabrics manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
Sontara Old Hickory Inc: 1.6 TCR = 48% of Nonwoven fabrics manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Sontara Old Hickory Inc safety composite
Sontara Old Hickory Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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).
64/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.59 per 100 workers
Safer than 82% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 88% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- F 1
Safer than 1% 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
−1.1
2016→2021
Sontara Old Hickory Inc injury rate improved
Sontara Old Hickory Inc's TCR fell 1.1 from 1.1 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 2.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=1.1 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 313230 · Old Hickory, TN AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 48% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #2/5
- PHOTO Fitesa Carded
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 16 inj
- SIZE ~156 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Fitesa Carded (0.0 TCR gap)
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Sontara Old Hickory Inc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Sontara Old Hickory Inc
1.6 TCR
- Fitesa Carded
Fitesa Carded
1.6 TCR
- Berkshire Corp
Berkshire Corporation NC Campus
1.6 TCR
- Berry Global -
Berry Global - Statesville, NC
1.6 TCR
- Valley
Valley
1.6 TCR
What this shows Sontara Old Hickory Inc averages 1.6 TCR (48% of the Nonwoven fabrics manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Sontara Old Hickory Inc TCR series: 2016=1.1 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.3
Where Sontara Old Hickory Inc falls in its industry
191 Nonwoven fabrics manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 5 Nonwoven fabrics manufacturing employers in Tennessee.
Sontara Old Hickory Inc has more employees than the Nonwoven fabrics manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
313230 · TN · Old Hickory
191 Nonwoven fabrics manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 19 employers in Old Hickory, TN · 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 | Fitesa Carded | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Berkshire Corporation NC Campus | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Berry Global - Statesville, NC | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Valley | 1.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Funderburk Electrical Services LLC | 156 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Schick Manufacturing Inc. - Knoxville | 156 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Beretta USA - Tennessee Campus | 156 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Dometic Corp - Greenbrier | 156 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | FiberWeb | 360 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | First Call Ambulance | 301 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Life Care Center of Old Hickory Village | 191 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Doodleco, Incorporated | 130 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Weatherpanel, Inc. | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Kelly Construction of Indiana, Inc. | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | DIS-TRAN Packaged Substations LLC Warehouse | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 7181-Enphg-Saint Francis University | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Ken Batchelor Cadillac | 156 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Western Integrated Technologies | 156 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | St. Clair County Sheriff's Department and Jail | 156 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | California Pacific Medical Center (274-CC-VNC) | 156 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.