Aluminum die-casting foundries · Tennessee

Kawasaki Tennessee, Inc.

Morristown, TN · ~314 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kawasaki Tennessee, Inc. runs at 250% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Aluminum die-casting foundries workplace, earning a grade F.

Kawasaki Tennessee, Inc.: 8.3 TCR = 250% of Aluminum die-casting foundries BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kawasaki Tennessee, Inc. safety composite

Kawasaki Tennessee, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 19%), 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).

F

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% 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%).

Kawasaki Tennessee, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Kawasaki Tennessee, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.1 from 5.8 in 2016 to 6.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 12.2 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.8 · 2017=9.0 · 2019=12.2 · 2020=6.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331523 · Morristown, TN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.3 · 250% of ind

  • DART 4.9 DART
  • RANK #6/6
  • PHOTO Jackson Die Cast LLC
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 128 inj
  • SIZE ~314 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Jackson Die Cast LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kawasaki Tennessee, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kawasaki Tennessee, Inc. averages 8.3 TCR (250% of the Aluminum die-casting foundries BLS benchmark).

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

Kawasaki Tennessee, Inc. TCR series: 2016=5.8 · 2017=9 · 2019=12.2 · 2020=6 · BLS 3.3

Where Kawasaki Tennessee, Inc. falls in its industry

221 Aluminum die-casting foundries establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 6 Aluminum die-casting foundries employers in Tennessee.

Kawasaki Tennessee, Inc. (314 employees, TCR 8.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 97 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Kawasaki Tennessee, Inc.
Kawasaki Tennessee, Inc. (314 employees, TCR 8.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 97 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Kawasaki Tennessee, Inc. has more employees than the Aluminum die-casting foundries median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2020 6.0 4.9 45 0 0
2019 12.2 8.1 45 2 0
2017 9.0 5.4 26 4 0
2016 5.8 3.1 12 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331523 · TN · Morristown

221 Aluminum die-casting foundries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 123 employers in Morristown, TN · 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 Jackson Die Cast LLC 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ermak Foundry & Maching, Inc. 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR ADC Manufacturing 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Serv-All 7.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE ABB Electrical Installation products 314 FTE
STATE-SIZE 5057 314 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1319 314 FTE
STATE-SIZE 3829 313 FTE
CITY-NEAR MAHLE Engine Components USA, INC. - Morristown 928 FTE
CITY-NEAR Howmet - Morristown M1 892 FTE
CITY-NEAR Howmet - Morristown 1 747 FTE
CITY-NEAR Team Technologies, Inc. Morristown, TN 729 FTE
NAT-TCR Ground Effects Westlake 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #1068 BEAUFORT, SC 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 198 Gurnee, Il 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 864 Port St. Lucie, Fl 8.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Silver Creek Industries LLC 314 FTE
NAT-SIZE D8 Headquarters 314 FTE
NAT-SIZE MotivePower 314 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brethren Care Village LLC 314 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: 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.