Automotive parts, new, merchant wholesalers · Indiana

8424 Kao

Richmond, IN · ~31 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

8424 Kao runs at 151% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Automotive parts, new, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

8424 Kao: 3.3 TCR = 151% of Automotive parts, new, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

8424 Kao safety composite

8424 Kao scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% 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

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−18.0

2016→2024

8424 Kao injury rate improved

8424 Kao's TCR fell 18.0 from 18.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 18.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=18.0 · 2017=3.0 · 2018=2.8 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=3.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=3.2 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423120 · Richmond, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.3 · 151% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #12/33
  • PHOTO Parts Authority CT- …
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Parts Authority CT- Ansonia (0.0 TCR gap)

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8424 Kao in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 8424 Kao averages 3.3 TCR (151% of the Automotive parts, new, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

8424 Kao TCR series: 2016=18 · 2017=3 · 2018=2.8 · 2019=0 · 2020=3 · 2021=0 · 2022=3.2 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where 8424 Kao falls in its industry

950 Automotive parts, new, merchan establishments

Safer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 33 Automotive parts, new, merchan employers in Indiana.

8424 Kao (31 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 0200400600800 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate 8424 Kao
8424 Kao (31 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 4.7

8424 Kao has fewer employees than the Automotive parts, new, merchant wholesal median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 3.2 3.2 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2017 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2016 18.0 15.0 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423120 · IN · Richmond

950 Automotive parts, new, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 131 employers in Richmond, IN · 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 Parts Authority CT- Ansonia 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR PWI 1 - Little Rock 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Acme Truck Brake & Supply 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR All Balls Racing 3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Black Gold Farms - INW 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Midwest Pullet Farm 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Whitestown, IN 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sullivan Service Center 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR City Of Richmond 535 FTE
CITY-NEAR Belden, Inc. 399 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1745 369 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1745 361 FTE
NAT-TCR LAS Las Vegas Airport 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR ProTrition Jackson Feed mill 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Marathon Courtyard 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Detex 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE 3195 Keystone 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1770 Lkq 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store #101 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mapleton Facility 31 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 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.