Wheels (i.e., rims), automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing · Washington

Kaper Ii Inc.

Kelso, WA · ~28 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
5.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kaper Ii Inc. runs at 59% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Wheels (i.e., rims), automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Kaper Ii Inc.: 3.2 TCR = 59% of Wheels (i.e., rims), automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kaper Ii Inc. safety composite

Kaper Ii Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 17%), 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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

Kaper Ii Inc.: 0.0 → 4.2 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 4.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.31× in 2024

Kaper Ii Inc.'s TCR rose 4.2 from 0.0 in 2021 to 4.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336390 · Kelso, WA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 3.2 · 59% of ind

  • DART 4.2 DART
  • RANK #2/4
  • PHOTO Best Fender Products…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Best Fender Products OK (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kaper Ii Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kaper Ii Inc. averages 3.2 TCR (59% of the Wheels (i.e., rims), automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Kaper Ii Inc. TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=4.2 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=4.2 · BLS 5.4

Where Kaper Ii Inc. falls in its industry

772 Wheels (i.e., rims), automotiv establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 4 Wheels (i.e., rims), automotiv employers in Washington.

Kaper Ii Inc. (28 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 154 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Kaper Ii Inc.
Kaper Ii Inc. (28 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 154 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Kaper Ii Inc. has fewer employees than the Wheels (i.e., rims), automotive, truck, median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 4.2 4.2 1 0 0
2023 4.5 4.5 1 0 0
2022 4.2 4.2 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336390 · WA · Kelso

772 Wheels (i.e., rims), automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 35 employers in Kelso, WA · 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 Best Fender Products OK 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Trex Billet 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Avancez 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Franklin Ohio 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Wapatox 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Canoe Ridge Estate Vineyards #12 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Long Ranch LLC 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE SS BAILEY NURSERIES INC 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR Public Works - Parks 621 FTE
CITY-NEAR Public Works Kelso Shop 621 FTE
CITY-NEAR Admin Annex - Weeds 621 FTE
CITY-NEAR Building & Planning 621 FTE
NAT-TCR Sky Climber, LLC 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Buda TX Panel 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Matthews, MO 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Roy Rock LLC 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Louidc-B5510-Afh- Louisville Dc 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE SCEC - Vero Beach 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE 5794 - Walton Hills 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tom Bush Autoplex, Inc. 28 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. 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.