General warehousing and storage · Ohio

Kao USA (PU)

Hamilton, OH · ~55 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
5.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kao USA (PU) runs at 22% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical General warehousing and storage workplace, earning a grade A.

Kao USA (PU): 1.3 TCR = 22% of General warehousing and storage BLS 5.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kao USA (PU) safety composite

Kao USA (PU) scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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).

B

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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%).

Kao USA (PU) held a steady TCR band

Kao USA (PU)'s TCR held near 0.0 from 1.9 in 2022 to 1.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 1.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=1.9 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 493110 · Hamilton, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 22% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #92/556
  • PHOTO Parkesburg Warehouse 1
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Parkesburg Warehouse 1 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kao USA (PU) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kao USA (PU) averages 1.3 TCR (22% of the General warehousing and storage BLS benchmark).

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

Kao USA (PU) TCR series: 2022=1.9 · 2023=0 · 2024=1.9 · BLS 5.8

Where Kao USA (PU) falls in its industry

9,477 General warehousing and storag establishments

Safer than 85% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #92 safest of 556 General warehousing and storag employers in Ohio.

Kao USA (PU) (55 employees, TCR 1.3) 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 Kao USA (PU)
Kao USA (PU) (55 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Kao USA (PU) has fewer employees than the General warehousing and storage median and a lower 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
2024 1.9 0.0 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 1.9 1.9 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

493110 · OH · Hamilton

9,477 General warehousing and storage employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 153 employers in Hamilton, OH · 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 Parkesburg Warehouse 1 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2189 Young Drive 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Branch 3263 - WP Charlotte 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR MESSI 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE IGS Solar 6100 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dolan Lab 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Backbone Power Systems LLC 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Columbus NE Service Center 55 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fort Hamilton Hospital 1,011 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3638-F 890 FTE
CITY-NEAR thyssenkrupp Bilstein of America 657 FTE
CITY-NEAR thyssenkrupp Bilstein Main Plant 653 FTE
NAT-TCR Wildman Business Group - Griffith 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Watson Bowman Acme 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Laserweld Inc 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Crossnore Communities for Children - Hendersonville Campus 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE McNamara's Pub and Eatery 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Allied Waste Services of North America, LLC 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE 563008-Washington | VT | ACY-200 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE SIFW 55 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.