Motor vehicle parts, used, merchant wholesalers · Maine

1350,3270,8489 Kao

Gorham, ME · ~39 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.5
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

1350,3270,8489 Kao runs at 341% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Motor vehicle parts, used, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

1350,3270,8489 Kao: 7.5 TCR = 341% of Motor vehicle parts, used, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

1350,3270,8489 Kao safety composite

1350,3270,8489 Kao scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 37%), 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).

D

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 7.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−7.4

2016→2019

1350,3270,8489 Kao injury rate improved

1350,3270,8489 Kao's TCR fell 7.4 from 14.3 in 2016 to 6.9 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 14.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=14.3 · 2017=4.7 · 2018=4.1 · 2019=6.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423140 · Gorham, ME ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.5 · 341% of ind

  • DART 4.6 DART
  • RANK P41
  • PHOTO 1502 LKQ
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~39 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 1502 LKQ (0.0 TCR gap)

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1350,3270,8489 Kao in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 1350,3270,8489 Kao averages 7.5 TCR (341% of the Motor vehicle parts, used, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

1350,3270,8489 Kao TCR series: 2016=14.3 · 2017=4.7 · 2018=4.1 · 2019=6.9 · BLS 2.2

Where 1350,3270,8489 Kao falls in its industry

235 Motor vehicle parts, used, mer establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
1350,3270,8489 Kao (39 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 6.9 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 050100150200 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate 1350,3270,8489 Kao
1350,3270,8489 Kao (39 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 6.9

1350,3270,8489 Kao has more employees than the Motor vehicle parts, used, merchant whol median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.9. 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
2019 6.9 4.6 3 0 0
2018 4.1 4.1 2 0 0
2017 4.7 0.0 2 0 0
2016 14.3 14.3 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423140 · ME · Gorham

235 Motor vehicle parts, used, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,397 rated employers in Maine with headcount on file · 34 employers in Gorham, ME · 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 1502 LKQ 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1143 LKQ East Carolina 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1340 LKQ 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1137 LKQ North Florida 7.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE TNT Road Company, Inc. 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE Auburn Manufacturing, Inc. MF 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE Purestat Eng. 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE GILMAN ELECTRICAL SUPPLY (PC4997) 39 FTE
CITY-NEAR Brock Auburn Gorham Area 492 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nappi Distributors 213 FTE
CITY-NEAR Shaw Brothers Construction, Inc. 211 FTE
CITY-NEAR 08350 - Store # 8350 Gorham - Main St 175 FTE
NAT-TCR Monaco3, Inc 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR HFC - Clarksville 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR TCH 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Catskill Regional Medical Center 7.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Vapor Technologies, Inc. 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ellenville Family Health Center 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rmax - Greer 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE 51RF 39 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: 2019, 2018, 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.