Windows, metal, manufacturing · California

Kairos Manufacturing Inc

San Luis Obispo, CA · ~34 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
16.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kairos Manufacturing Inc runs at 509% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Windows, metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Kairos Manufacturing Inc: 16.8 TCR = 509% of Windows, metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kairos Manufacturing Inc safety composite

Kairos Manufacturing Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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).

F

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 16.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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

−9.6

2022→2024

Kairos Manufacturing Inc injury rate improved

Kairos Manufacturing Inc's TCR fell 9.6 from 23.9 in 2022 to 14.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 23.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=23.9 · 2023=12.3 · 2024=14.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332321 · San Luis Obispo, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 16.8 · 509% of ind

  • DART 7.1 DART
  • RANK #40/42
  • PHOTO ESS Manufacturing Inc
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ESS Manufacturing Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kairos Manufacturing Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kairos Manufacturing Inc averages 16.8 TCR (509% of the Windows, metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Kairos Manufacturing Inc TCR series: 2022=23.9 · 2023=12.3 · 2024=14.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Kairos Manufacturing Inc falls in its industry

515 Windows, metal, manufacturing establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #40 safest of 42 Windows, metal, manufacturing employers in California.

Kairos Manufacturing Inc (34 employees, TCR 16.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 83 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Kairos Manufacturing Inc
Kairos Manufacturing Inc (34 employees, TCR 16.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 83 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Kairos Manufacturing Inc has fewer employees than the Windows, metal, manufacturing 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 14.3 7.1 3 1 0
2023 12.3 9.2 4 0 0
2022 23.9 17.9 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332321 · CA · San Luis Obispo

515 Windows, metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 177 employers in San Luis Obispo, CA · 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 ESS Manufacturing Inc 16.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR IOS- Kansas City- Olathe 16.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Food Makers Bakery Equipment 17.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR AJ Manufacturing, Inc. 413 Main Street 17.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ardent Mills Yuba City 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Filice Farms, L.P. 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alexander Ranch, Inc. 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE MFarms 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bella Vista Transitional Care Center 8,119 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Men's Colony - San Luis Obispo 1,599 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Men's Colony 1,482 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 279 946 FTE
NAT-TCR United Pride Dairy LLC 16.8 TCR
NAT-TCR ABF Freight 380 16.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Rapp Road 16.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Lakeside 16.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE H.T. Warehousing & Cold Storage, LLC 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE SSD Contracting LLC 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Winds at Mattern Orchard by New Perspective 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alamance Foods Rauhut 34 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. 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.