Iron castings, unfinished, manufacturing · Iowa

Kcng LLC

Cedar Falls, IA · ~51 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
24.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kcng LLC runs at 756% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Iron castings, unfinished, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Kcng LLC: 24.9 TCR = 756% of Iron castings, unfinished, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kcng LLC safety composite

Kcng LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 24.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−22.9

2022→2023

Kcng LLC injury rate improved

Kcng LLC's TCR fell 22.9 from 36.4 in 2022 to 13.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 36.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=36.4 · 2023=13.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331511 · Cedar Falls, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 24.9 · 756% of ind

  • DART 4.5 DART
  • RANK #13/14
  • PHOTO Seneca Foundry, Inc.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~51 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Seneca Foundry, Inc. (0.7 TCR gap)

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Kcng LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kcng LLC averages 24.9 TCR (756% of the Iron castings, unfinished, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Kcng LLC TCR series: 2022=36.4 · 2023=13.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Kcng LLC falls in its industry

272 Iron castings, unfinished, man establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 14 Iron castings, unfinished, man employers in Iowa.

Kcng LLC (51 employees, TCR 24.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 112 employees and a TCR of 7.2 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 0200400600 051015202530 Average employees Total Case Rate Kcng LLC
Kcng LLC (51 employees, TCR 24.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 112 employees and a TCR of 7.2

Kcng LLC has fewer employees than the Iron castings, unfinished, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.2. 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
2023 13.5 4.5 4 5 0
2022 36.4 2.6 14 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331511 · IA · Cedar Falls

272 Iron castings, unfinished, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 88 employers in Cedar Falls, IA · 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 Seneca Foundry, Inc. 25.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Taylor & Fenn Company 24.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR West Salisbury Foundry and Machine Co., Inc. 23.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Badger Iron Works, Inc. 23.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Allendan Seed Company 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Iowa Falls Truck Wash 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corteva Marion Research MRN1 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE GRS OSI Gen Repair Svc Wind Plt 51 FTE
CITY-NEAR John Deere Waterloo Works Product Engineering Center 1,508 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0590 - Cedar Falls IA DC 1,215 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0590 - Cedar Falls DC 936 FTE
CITY-NEAR Western Home Services 752 FTE
NAT-TCR Allina Health Emergency Medical Services Buffalo 24.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Happy Travels Delivery 24.9 TCR
NAT-TCR The Waterview Pines 24.9 TCR
NAT-TCR McArthur Manor Assisted Living 24.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Carlinville Primary School 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dallas, TX (CCG/IES) 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Parkers Prairie High School 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southwest Concrete & Paving, Inc. 51 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: 2023, 2022. 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.