Harness assemblies for electronic use manufacturing · Virginia

Kauffman Engineering, Inc. VIR

Name: Kauffman Engineering, Inc. VIR Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Virginia Beach, VA · ~260 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 1.7
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Kauffman Engineering, Inc. VIR runs at 51% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Harness assemblies for electronic use manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Kauffman Engineering, Inc. VIR: 1.7 TCR = 51% of Harness assemblies for electronic use manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kauffman Engineering, Inc. VIR safety composite

Kauffman Engineering, Inc. VIR scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 37%), 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).

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 1.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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

Kauffman Engineering, Inc. VIR: 1.0 → 1.6 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 2.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.77× in 2018

Kauffman Engineering, Inc. VIR's TCR rose 0.7 from 1.0 in 2016 to 1.6 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.5 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.77× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 334419 · Virginia Beach, VA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 51% of ind

DART 1.3 DART
RANK #8/9
PHOTO Cobham Advanced Elec…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 13 inj
SIZE ~260 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Kauffman Engineering, Inc. VIR averages 1.7 TCR (51% of the Harness assemblies for electronic use manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Kauffman Engineering, Inc. VIR TCR series: 2016=1 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=1.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Kauffman Engineering, Inc. VIR falls in its industry

334 Harness assemblies for electro establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.8.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 9 Harness assemblies for electro employers in Virginia.

Kauffman Engineering, Inc. VIR (260 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 108 employees and a TCR of 1.8

Kauffman Engineering, Inc. VIR has more employees than the Harness assemblies for electronic use ma median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.8. 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
2018	1.6	1.3	5
2017	2.5	2.1	6
2016	1.0	0.0	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

334419 · VA · Virginia Beach

334 Harness assemblies for electronic use manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 486 employers in Virginia Beach, 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	Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions	SAN DIEGO, CA	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Spinnaker Contract Manufacturing INC.	TILTON, NH	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	CADDO CONNECTIONS	LAPORTE, IN	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Moog, Inc - Blacksburg Central	BLACKSBURG, VA	1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Strongwell	BRISTOL	260 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WM 2795	ASHLAND	260 FTE
STATE-SIZE	VA55AAABC	HAMPTON	260 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Patricio Enterprises	STAFFORD	260 FTE
CITY-NEAR	City of Virginia Beach	Virginia Beach	8,144 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Main Office - 01	Virginia Beach	7,774 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hii - Technical Solutions Division	Virginia Beach	4,475 FTE
CITY-NEAR	STIHL Inc.	Virginia Beach	2,399 FTE
NAT-TCR	Mt Joliet	Mt Joliet, TN	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bemis North America - Oshkosh South	Oshkosh, WI	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Thermo Fisher Scientific - Auburn, Alabama	Auburn, AL	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Tipper Tie Inc.	Apex, NC	1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	LaPorte Production Facility	Laporte, IN	260 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Southland Tube Inc.	Birmingham, AL	260 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Greensboro Jail	Greensboro, NC	260 FTE
NAT-SIZE	MPS Woodridge	Woodridge, IL	260 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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