Belt conveyor systems manufacturing · Ohio

Kaufman Engineered Systems

Waterville, OH · ~126 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kaufman Engineered Systems runs at 66% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Belt conveyor systems manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Kaufman Engineered Systems: 2.2 TCR = 66% of Belt conveyor systems manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kaufman Engineered Systems safety composite

Kaufman Engineered Systems scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 66% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.4

2017→2024

Kaufman Engineered Systems injury rate improved

Kaufman Engineered Systems's TCR fell 1.4 from 2.0 in 2017 to 0.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 5.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.0 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=5.4 · 2020=3.3 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=1.5 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=0.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333922 · Waterville, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 66% of ind

  • DART 0.7 DART
  • RANK #19/40
  • PHOTO Laidig Systems, Inc.
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~126 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Laidig Systems, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kaufman Engineered Systems in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kaufman Engineered Systems averages 2.2 TCR (66% of the Belt conveyor systems manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Kaufman Engineered Systems TCR series: 2017=2 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=5.4 · 2020=3.3 · 2021=0 · 2022=1.5 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=0.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Kaufman Engineered Systems falls in its industry

361 Belt conveyor systems manufact establishments

Safer than 66% 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 #19 safest of 40 Belt conveyor systems manufact employers in Ohio.

Kaufman Engineered Systems (126 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 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 05001,0001,500 024681012 Average employees Total Case Rate Kaufman Engineered Systems
Kaufman Engineered Systems (126 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Kaufman Engineered Systems has more employees than the Belt conveyor systems manufacturing 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 0.7 0.7 1 0 0
2023 2.2 2.2 3 0 0
2022 1.5 1.5 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 3.3 1.6 4 0 0
2019 5.4 5.4 7 0 0
2018 2.4 1.6 3 0 0
2017 2.0 1.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333922 · OH · Waterville

361 Belt conveyor systems manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 19 employers in Waterville, 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 Laidig Systems, Inc. 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kice Industries, Inc 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Westfalia Technologies 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR BW Container Systems - Lynchburg, VA 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Weaver Bros. Inc. Main Plant 126 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hatchery 126 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brecon Service Center 126 FTE
STATE-SIZE Marker, Inc. 126 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waterville 1 363 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waterville 7 238 FTE
CITY-NEAR 016-00531 225 FTE
CITY-NEAR Heartland of Waterville 184 FTE
NAT-TCR Indianapolis Private Fleet in 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 4 Suns Farm Labor Service 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Maples Industries 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Home2 Suites Charles Town 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Beltsville 126 FTE
NAT-SIZE UMCasitaDelValle930 126 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brandt Packing, Co. 126 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ventura Toyota 126 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.