Rubber tubing manufacturing · North Carolina

K-Flex USA, L.L.C.

Youngsville, NC · ~270 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

K-Flex USA, L.L.C. runs at 108% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Rubber tubing manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

K-Flex USA, L.L.C.: 3.6 TCR = 108% of Rubber tubing manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

K-Flex USA, L.L.C. safety composite

K-Flex USA, L.L.C. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 50%), 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)
D 3.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.62 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

−0.6

2023→2024

K-Flex USA, L.L.C. injury rate improved

K-Flex USA, L.L.C.'s TCR fell 0.6 from 3.9 in 2023 to 3.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=3.9 · 2024=3.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326299 · Youngsville, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.6 · 108% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #6/8
  • PHOTO Industrial Engraving…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~270 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Industrial Engraving LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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K-Flex USA, L.L.C. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows K-Flex USA, L.L.C. averages 3.6 TCR (108% of the Rubber tubing manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

K-Flex USA, L.L.C. TCR series: 2023=3.9 · 2024=3.2 · BLS 3.3

Where K-Flex USA, L.L.C. falls in its industry

257 Rubber tubing manufacturing establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 8 Rubber tubing manufacturing employers in North Carolina.

K-Flex USA, L.L.C. (270 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 79 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 0100200300400500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate K-Flex USA, L.L.C.
K-Flex USA, L.L.C. (270 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 79 employees and a TCR of 3.6

K-Flex USA, L.L.C. has more employees than the Rubber tubing manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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 3.2 1.6 7 3 0
2023 3.9 1.3 11 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326299 · NC · Youngsville

257 Rubber tubing manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 37 employers in Youngsville, NC · 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 Industrial Engraving LLC 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hexpol Huntingdon 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Valmet Aiken Roll Shop 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR INGA - Madison 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pickles Manufacturing LLC 270 FTE
STATE-SIZE Burlington Industries Richmond 270 FTE
STATE-SIZE Legrand 270 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2247 270 FTE
CITY-NEAR K-Flex USA LLC 264 FTE
CITY-NEAR Xerium Technologies Corporate 154 FTE
CITY-NEAR YOUNGSVILLE RALEIGH NC 149 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amcor Rigid Packaging 148 FTE
NAT-TCR Rochester Industrial Control 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Morris Hospital 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR MOR Manufacturing 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Genesee County 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Wesley Enhanced Living at Stapeley 270 FTE
NAT-SIZE On Your Mark Inc 270 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kybow - Bowling Green 270 FTE
NAT-SIZE Barnum & Celillo Electric Inc. 270 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. 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.