Rubber and plastics hoses and belting manufacturin · Kentucky

Bando USA, Inc

Bowling Green, KY · ~166 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bando USA, Inc runs at 220% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Rubber and plastics hoses and belting manufacturin workplace, earning a grade F.

Bando USA, Inc: 7.3 TCR = 220% of Rubber and plastics hoses and belting manufacturin BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bando USA, Inc safety composite

Bando USA, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 16%), 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).

F

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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

−2.6

2016→2021

Bando USA, Inc injury rate improved

Bando USA, Inc's TCR fell 2.6 from 7.9 in 2016 to 5.4 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 13.9 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.9 · 2017=13.9 · 2018=9.5 · 2019=6.9 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=5.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326220 · Bowling Green, KY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.3 · 220% of ind

  • DART 4.7 DART
  • RANK #7/8
  • PHOTO ContiTech USA Inc. M…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 63 inj
  • SIZE ~166 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ContiTech USA Inc. Marysville (0.3 TCR gap)

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Bando USA, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bando USA, Inc averages 7.3 TCR (220% of the Rubber and plastics hoses and belting manufacturin BLS benchmark).

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

Bando USA, Inc TCR series: 2016=7.9 · 2017=13.9 · 2018=9.5 · 2019=6.9 · 2020=0 · 2021=5.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Bando USA, Inc falls in its industry

160 Rubber and plastics hoses and establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 8 Rubber and plastics hoses and employers in Kentucky.

Bando USA, Inc (166 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 132 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Bando USA, Inc
Bando USA, Inc (166 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 132 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Bando USA, Inc has more employees than the Rubber and plastics hoses and belting ma median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 5.4 4.7 8 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 6.9 4.0 12 0 0
2018 9.5 6.5 14 2 0
2017 13.9 10.6 17 4 0
2016 7.9 6.6 12 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326220 · KY · Bowling Green

160 Rubber and plastics hoses and belting manufacturin employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 331 employers in Bowling Green, KY · 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 ContiTech USA Inc. Marysville 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR KFH Industries 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Flexaust NC 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Piranha Hose Products 6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bowlin Energy LLC 166 FTE
STATE-SIZE Louisville Plantside 166 FTE
STATE-SIZE Precision Metal Works - Preston 166 FTE
STATE-SIZE National Office Furniture 166 FTE
CITY-NEAR Western Kentucky University-Bowling Green 2,237 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Medical Center at Bowling Green 1,872 FTE
CITY-NEAR Magna Bowling Green Metalforming 1,441 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bowling Green Metalforming 1,344 FTE
NAT-TCR Sam's Furniture 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Washington DC 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Temps Plus Inc. 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Utica Glass Company 7.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Symphony of Crown Point 166 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wentworth Rehabilitation and Healthcare 166 FTE
NAT-SIZE JSM and Associates 166 FTE
NAT-SIZE Greens Bayou Plant 166 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: 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.