Cotton ginning · Mississippi

Grundfest and Klaus Gin, Inc.

Cary, MS · ~27 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Grundfest and Klaus Gin, Inc. runs at 137% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cotton ginning workplace, earning a grade D.

Grundfest and Klaus Gin, Inc.: 6.2 TCR = 137% of Cotton ginning BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Grundfest and Klaus Gin, Inc. safety composite

Grundfest and Klaus Gin, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32%), 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

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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

−30.2

2016→2024

Grundfest and Klaus Gin, Inc. injury rate improved

Grundfest and Klaus Gin, Inc.'s TCR fell 30.2 from 30.2 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 30.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=30.2 · 2017=10.3 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=15.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115111 · Cary, MS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.2 · 137% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/12
  • PHOTO WEST ISLAND COTTON G…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: WEST ISLAND COTTON GROWERS, INC. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Grundfest and Klaus Gin, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Grundfest and Klaus Gin, Inc. averages 6.2 TCR (137% of the Cotton ginning BLS benchmark).

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

Grundfest and Klaus Gin, Inc. TCR series: 2016=30.2 · 2017=10.3 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=15 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Grundfest and Klaus Gin, Inc. falls in its industry

194 Cotton ginning establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Mississippi alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 12 Cotton ginning employers in Mississippi.

Grundfest and Klaus Gin, Inc. (27 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 27 employees and a TCR of 4.1 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 102030405060 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Grundfest and Klaus Gin, Inc.
Grundfest and Klaus Gin, Inc. (27 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 27 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Grundfest and Klaus Gin, Inc. has more employees than the Cotton ginning median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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 15.0 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 10.3 10.3 1 0 0
2016 30.2 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115111 · MS · Cary

194 Cotton ginning employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,083 rated employers in Mississippi with headcount on file · 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 WEST ISLAND COTTON GROWERS, INC. 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cotton Growers Cooperative 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lonestar Gin, LP 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Liberty Coop Gin 6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Purvis Forest Products, Inc. 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Farmers Gin, Inc. 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Vicksburg Network 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE General Meter Shop 27 FTE
NAT-TCR BNG Phoebe, LLC 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Kramer Tree Specialists, Inc. 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Magic Circle 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Foodservice Somerset - 0800 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tiff's Treats - D4 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stark Truss Co., Inc. Whitesboro, NY 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hilo 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Etw Cambridge 27 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.