Compressors (except air-conditioning, refrigeration) merchant wholesalers · Virginia

Kaeser - Headquarters

Name: Kaeser - Headquarters Workplace Safety Data
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Fredericksburg, VA · ~251 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 1.3
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Kaeser - Headquarters runs at 61% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Compressors (except air-conditioning, refrigeration) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.

Kaeser - Headquarters: 1.3 TCR = 61% of Compressors (except air-conditioning, refrigeration) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kaeser - Headquarters safety composite

Kaeser - Headquarters scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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).

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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

Kaeser - Headquarters: 0.4 → 2.3 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 2.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.16× in 2018

Kaeser - Headquarters's TCR rose 1.9 from 0.4 in 2016 to 2.3 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423830 · Fredericksburg, VA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.3 · 61% of ind

DART 1.6 DART
RANK #6/10
PHOTO Gosiger Machine Tool…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 8 inj
SIZE ~251 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gosiger Machine Tools, LLC, Solon, OH (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.3
Gosiger Machin

1.3
Sumitomo Elect

1.3
Miami

1.3
81 PP&S

1.3

What this shows Kaeser - Headquarters averages 1.3 TCR (61% of the Compressors (except air-conditioning, refrigeration) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Kaeser - Headquarters TCR series: 2016=0.4 · 2017=1.2 · 2018=2.3 · BLS 2.2

Where Kaeser - Headquarters falls in its industry

911 Compressors (except air-condit establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 10 Compressors (except air-condit employers in Virginia.

Kaeser - Headquarters (251 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Kaeser - Headquarters has more employees than the Compressors (except air-conditioning, re median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2018	2.3	1.6	6	0
2017	1.2	0.4	2	1
2016	0.4	0.0	0	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423830 · VA · Fredericksburg

911 Compressors (except air-conditioning, refrigeration) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 279 employers in Fredericksburg, VA · 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	Gosiger Machine Tools, LLC, Solon, OH	SOLON, OH	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Sumitomo Electric Carbide, Inc.	MOUNT PROSPECT, IL	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Miami	MIAMI GARDENS, FL	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	81 PP&S	CHARLOTTE, NC	1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	New Millennium Building Systems, LLC. - Salem	SALEM	251 FTE
STATE-SIZE	4378	ONLEY	251 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Backcountry.com, LLC - Virginia Fulfillment Center	CHRISTIANSBURG	251 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Virginia Beach (PSC)	NORFOLK	251 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY SCHOOLS	Fredericksburg	2,863 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MARY WASHINGTON HOSPITAL	Fredericksburg	1,476 FTE
CITY-NEAR	GERMANNA COMMUNITY COLLEGE	Fredericksburg	865 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Brookdale Fredericksburg	Fredericksburg	848 FTE
NAT-TCR	Kraton Panama City	Panama City, FL	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ryan Construction, Inc.	Walpole, MA	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	DFP Clayton	Clayton, NC	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	ISS Facility Services, Barclays Account	New York, NY	1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Lake Ellenor Marketing	Orlando, FL	251 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Heart Hospital of Lafayette	Lafayette, LA	251 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Bemis North America - Neenah	Neenah, WI	251 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Tutle and Tutle Trucking, Inc.	Cleburne, TX	251 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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