Automotive Parts · Pennsylvania

DC 30 - Kutztown, PA

Kutztown, PA · ~521 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
5.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DC 30 - Kutztown, PA runs at 69% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Automotive Parts workplace, earning a grade B.

DC 30 - Kutztown, PA: 4.0 TCR = 69% of Automotive Parts BLS 5.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DC 30 - Kutztown, PA safety composite

DC 30 - Kutztown, PA scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 43%), 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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

−4.1

2018→2023

DC 30 - Kutztown, PA injury rate improved

DC 30 - Kutztown, PA's TCR fell 4.1 from 7.2 in 2018 to 3.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=7.2 · 2022=1.7 · 2023=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 493110 · Kutztown, PA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 4.0 · 69% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #331/650
  • PHOTO 30422 CAPSTONE - SMI…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 69 inj
  • SIZE ~521 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 30422 CAPSTONE - SMITHFIELD TAR HEEL NC (0.0 TCR gap)

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DC 30 - Kutztown, PA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DC 30 - Kutztown, PA averages 4.0 TCR (69% of the Automotive Parts BLS benchmark).

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

DC 30 - Kutztown, PA TCR series: 2018=7.2 · 2022=1.7 · 2023=3.1 · BLS 5.8

Where DC 30 - Kutztown, PA falls in its industry

9,477 Automotive Parts establishments

Safer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #331 safest of 650 Automotive Parts employers in Pennsylvania.

DC 30 - Kutztown, PA (521 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate DC 30 - Kutztown, PA
DC 30 - Kutztown, PA (521 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 3.5

DC 30 - Kutztown, PA has more employees than the Automotive Parts median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 3.1 2.1 16 0 0
2022 1.7 1.3 8 0 0
2018 7.2 3.8 45 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

493110 · PA · Kutztown

9,477 Automotive Parts employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 43 employers in Kutztown, 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 30422 CAPSTONE - SMITHFIELD TAR HEEL NC 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 50088 CAPSTONE - UNFI YORK PA 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR KLS MCS CA PERRIS 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - DFW7 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE VEKA Inc. 521 FTE
STATE-SIZE Morgan Truck Body LLC 521 FTE
STATE-SIZE Thermo Fisher Scientific - Millersburg, PA 522 FTE
STATE-SIZE ASC Engineered Solutions - (FKA Anvil Int.), Columbia Plant 522 FTE
CITY-NEAR Advance Auto Parts DC 30 478 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jetson Specialty Marketing Services Inc 413 FTE
CITY-NEAR WIRE AND CABLE 253 FTE
CITY-NEAR 000005268 - KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY 243 FTE
NAT-TCR Luther Brookdale Mazda Mitsubishi 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR JPS Graphics Corporation 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR eTEC Fire Protection 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Tom's Mechanical Inc. 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Montage Deer Valley 521 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lakeland Care Inc 521 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southwire Bremen 521 FTE
NAT-SIZE Primrose Candy Company 521 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, 2022, 2018. 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.