Nuts (e.g., canned, roasted, salted) merchant wholesalers · Michigan

Kar's Nuts Distributors (KND)

Name: Kar's Nuts Distributors (KND) Workplace Safety Data
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Madison Heights, MI · ~37 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.6
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Kar's Nuts Distributors (KND) runs at 117% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Nuts (e.g., canned, roasted, salted) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

Kar's Nuts Distributors (KND): 2.6 TCR = 117% of Nuts (e.g., canned, roasted, salted) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kar's Nuts Distributors (KND) safety composite

Kar's Nuts Distributors (KND) scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 11%), 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).

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers
DART rate: F 5.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Kar's Nuts Distributors (KND): 2.4 → 5.3 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 5.3 TCR · DART/TCR 2.07× in 2024

Kar's Nuts Distributors (KND)'s TCR rose 2.9 from 2.4 in 2022 to 5.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2.07× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424450 · Madison Heights, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.6 · 117% of ind

DART 5.3 DART
RANK #11/23
PHOTO 43481C - HOUSTON GUL…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 43481C - HOUSTON GULFCOAST ZONE (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.6
43481C - HOUST

2.6
42131J - OAKLA

2.6
42521C - BURLI

2.6
HARAHAN DC E

2.6

What this shows Kar's Nuts Distributors (KND) averages 2.6 TCR (117% of the Nuts (e.g., canned, roasted, salted) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Kar's Nuts Distributors (KND) TCR series: 2022=2.4 · 2023=0 · 2024=5.3 · BLS 2.2

Where Kar's Nuts Distributors (KND) falls in its industry

773 Nuts (e.g., canned, roasted, s establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 23 Nuts (e.g., canned, roasted, s employers in Michigan.

Kar's Nuts Distributors (KND) (37 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Kar's Nuts Distributors (KND) has fewer employees than the Nuts (e.g., canned, roasted, salted) mer median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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
2024	5.3	5.3	2
2023	0.0	0.0	0
2022	2.4	2.4	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424450 · MI · Madison Heights

773 Nuts (e.g., canned, roasted, salted) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 107 employers in Madison Heights, MI · 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	43481C - HOUSTON GULFCOAST ZONE	WEBSTER, TX	2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	42131J - OAKLAND	OAKLAND, ME	2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	42521C - BURLINGTON BIN	S BURLINGTON, VT	2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	HARAHAN DC EmpWorkCtrCd 30000751	HARAHAN, LA	2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Full Circle Dairy	GRAND RAPIDS	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Dakota Plains Dairy	GRAND RAPIDS	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	East River Genetic Services LLC	GRAND RAPIDS	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Iron Mountain Hydro	IRON MOUNTAIN	37 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MADISON HEIGHTS (MIMAD)	Madison Heights	774 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MIMAD - MADISON HEIGHTS	Madison Heights	749 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1855-MIDET183	Madison Heights	668 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MIDET183 ASCENSION MACOMB-OAKLAND HOSP - MADISON HEIGHTS	Madison Heights	509 FTE
NAT-TCR	Gradex Construction Company	Reno, NV	2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Commerce	Tyler, TX	2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Plant 2	Birmingham, AL	2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	700-DREES-AUSTIN	Austin, TX	2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Airport Bargain Store And Warehouse	Mobile, AL	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Famo Feeds, Inc.	Freeport, MN	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Christopherson Plumbing	Lavista, NE	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	The Dynamic Group Inc - Foley	Ramsey, MN	37 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.

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