Agricultural machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers · North Carolina

Daedong-USA dba KIOTI Tractor

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Wendell, NC · ~177 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 2.8
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Daedong-USA dba KIOTI Tractor runs at 129% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Agricultural machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Daedong-USA dba KIOTI Tractor: 2.8 TCR = 129% of Agricultural machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Daedong-USA dba KIOTI Tractor safety composite

Daedong-USA dba KIOTI Tractor scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 45%), 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).

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Daedong-USA dba KIOTI Tractor: 1.7 → 4.0 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 4.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.47× in 2023

Daedong-USA dba KIOTI Tractor's TCR rose 2.3 from 1.7 in 2021 to 4.0 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423820 · Wendell, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 2.8 · 129% of ind

DART 1.3 DART
RANK #4/8
PHOTO KTC - Western Division
BOOK 2y book
INJ 8 inj
SIZE ~177 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: KTC - Western Division (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Daedong-USA dba KIOTI Tractor averages 2.8 TCR (129% of the Agricultural machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Daedong-USA dba KIOTI Tractor TCR series: 2021=1.7 · 2023=4 · BLS 2.2

Where Daedong-USA dba KIOTI Tractor falls in its industry

700 Agricultural machinery and equ establishments

Safer than 71% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 8 Agricultural machinery and equ employers in North Carolina.

Daedong-USA dba KIOTI Tractor (177 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 32 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Daedong-USA dba KIOTI Tractor has more employees than the Agricultural machinery and equipment mer median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2023	4.0	1.3	6	0	0
2021	1.7	0.8	2	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423820 · NC · Wendell

700 Agricultural machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 11 employers in Wendell, NC · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	KTC - Western Division	LODI, CA	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Plymouth IN - PiRod (SitePro 1)	PLYMOUTH, IN	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Lindstrom Equipment, Inc.	MONDOVI, WI	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Davis Equipment Inc	REEDLEY, CA	2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Jones-Onslow Electric Membership Corporation	JACKSONVILLE	177 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Acme Smoked Fish of NC	WILMINGTON	177 FTE
STATE-SIZE	MARSHALL	MARSHALL	177 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Supply Chain : Asheville Rotating Parts	ASHEVILLE	177 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Wendell	Wendell	633 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Siemens Wendell	Wendell	371 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Micro-Measurements Wendell	Wendell	171 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Store 1744	Wendell	136 FTE
NAT-TCR	Henkel LaGrange	Lagrange, GA	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Eubanks Produce, Inc.	Lucedale, MS	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Riverview Regional Medical Center	Carthage, TN	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	QSI Enterprise	Enterprise, AL	2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Caterpillar Pontiac - VSI	Pontiac, IL	177 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Superior Farms	Denver, CO	177 FTE
NAT-SIZE	SAO : Hartsville	Mcbee, SC	177 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Lasell Village	Auburndale, MA	177 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: 2023, 2021. 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.