Automotive parts, new, merchant wholesalers · Pennsylvania

8515, 8568, 8440 KAO Exeter

Exeter, PA · ~233 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

8515, 8568, 8440 KAO Exeter runs at 36% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Automotive parts, new, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade A.

8515, 8568, 8440 KAO Exeter: 0.8 TCR = 36% of Automotive parts, new, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

8515, 8568, 8440 KAO Exeter safety composite

8515, 8568, 8440 KAO Exeter scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 97% 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).

B

82/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 97% 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

−1.1

2019→2024

8515, 8568, 8440 KAO Exeter injury rate improved

8515, 8568, 8440 KAO Exeter's TCR fell 1.1 from 1.1 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 1.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=1.1 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=1.8 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423120 · Exeter, PA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 36% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/45
  • PHOTO THE PARTS HOUSE - LO…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~233 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: THE PARTS HOUSE - LOC - 105 (0.0 TCR gap)

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8515, 8568, 8440 KAO Exeter in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 8515, 8568, 8440 KAO Exeter averages 0.8 TCR (36% 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

8515, 8568, 8440 KAO Exeter TCR series: 2019=1.1 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=1.8 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where 8515, 8568, 8440 KAO Exeter falls in its industry

950 Automotive parts, new, merchan establishments

Safer than 97% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 45 Automotive parts, new, merchan employers in Pennsylvania.

8515, 8568, 8440 KAO Exeter (233 employees, TCR 0.8) 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 8515, 8568, 8440 KAO Exeter
8515, 8568, 8440 KAO Exeter (233 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 4.7

8515, 8568, 8440 KAO Exeter has more 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 1.8 0.4 4 0 0
2020 1.8 0.5 2 2 0
2019 1.1 0.4 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423120 · PA · Exeter

950 Automotive parts, new, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 10 employers in Exeter, PA · 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 THE PARTS HOUSE - LOC - 105 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Frenchtown HVCR 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Keystone Automotive Garner 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pontiac Engineering 0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE FreeBird - West Facility 233 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lavazza North America - WCR 233 FTE
STATE-SIZE Multi-Color Corporation - York 233 FTE
STATE-SIZE Washington Operations 233 FTE
CITY-NEAR 8401/3070 KAO/Keystone Exeter 544 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pride Mobility Exeter 251 FTE
CITY-NEAR 8401, 8466, 8508 KAO Slocum Exeter 215 FTE
CITY-NEAR highland manor nursing and rehabilitation center 156 FTE
NAT-TCR Tarjac H20 LLC 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Tazewell Grants 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Olympus Surgical Technologies America 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Toledo 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Utex Industries, Inc. 233 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of Lakewood (WA) 233 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bradley Services, Inc 233 FTE
NAT-SIZE Summit Contracting Group, Inc. Jacksonville 233 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. 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.