Air bag assemblies manufacturing · Kentucky

Kayser Automotive Systems

Fulton, KY · ~109 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.7
Avg TCR
5.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kayser Automotive Systems runs at 87% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Air bag assemblies manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Kayser Automotive Systems: 4.7 TCR = 87% of Air bag assemblies manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kayser Automotive Systems safety composite

Kayser Automotive Systems scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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

−2.3

2018→2024

Kayser Automotive Systems injury rate improved

Kayser Automotive Systems's TCR fell 2.3 from 9.7 in 2018 to 7.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 9.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.79× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=9.7 · 2019=1.9 · 2020=2.3 · 2022=2.3 · 2024=7.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336390 · Fulton, KY AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 4.7 · 87% of ind

  • DART 3.7 DART
  • RANK #39/55
  • PHOTO Airtek Inc.
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~109 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Airtek Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kayser Automotive Systems in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kayser Automotive Systems averages 4.7 TCR (87% of the Air bag assemblies manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Kayser Automotive Systems TCR series: 2018=9.7 · 2019=1.9 · 2020=2.3 · 2022=2.3 · 2024=7.4 · BLS 5.4

Where Kayser Automotive Systems falls in its industry

772 Air bag assemblies manufacturi establishments

Safer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #39 safest of 55 Air bag assemblies manufacturi employers in Kentucky.

Kayser Automotive Systems (109 employees, TCR 4.7) 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 Kayser Automotive Systems
Kayser Automotive Systems (109 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 154 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Kayser Automotive Systems has fewer employees than the Air bag assemblies manufacturing 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 7.4 3.7 7 1 0
2022 2.3 2.3 2 0 0
2020 2.3 2.3 2 0 0
2019 1.9 1.9 2 0 0
2018 9.7 4.3 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336390 · KY · Fulton

772 Air bag assemblies manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 12 employers in Fulton, KY · 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 Airtek Inc. 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3239 Keystone 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC - Plymouth 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR EnovaPremier of Alabama LLC 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Messer Construction - Louisville, KY 109 FTE
STATE-SIZE A&K Construction 109 FTE
STATE-SIZE Landmark Sprinkler Inc. 109 FTE
STATE-SIZE Green Mechanical Construction, Inc - Glasgow 109 FTE
CITY-NEAR Letica - Kentucky 158 FTE
CITY-NEAR Letica-Kentucky 155 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 106 150 FTE
CITY-NEAR 106 144 FTE
NAT-TCR Bradley Services, Inc 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Charles Hampton's A-1 Signs, Inc 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR TXS014 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Villa Park Riverside 4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE ORBIS Menasha 109 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kls P&G Dc Ca 109 FTE
NAT-SIZE Worthen Industries Nashua North 109 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lockheed Martin Corporation US NJ Moorestown Centrtn 300 (5201) 109 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, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.