Boxes, folding (except corrugated), made from purchased paperboard · California
K&D Graphics
Orange, CA · ~47 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
K&D Graphics runs at 107% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Boxes, folding (except corrugated), made from purchased paperboard workplace, earning a grade C.
K&D Graphics: 3.5 TCR = 107% of Boxes, folding (except corrugated), made from purchased paperboard BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
K&D Graphics safety composite
K&D Graphics scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 28%), 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).
35/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 3.54 per 100 workers
Safer than 28% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.14 per 100 workers
Safer than 33% 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%).
TCR Δ
−1.6
2016→2024
K&D Graphics injury rate improved
K&D Graphics's TCR fell 1.6 from 3.7 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 14.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=3.7 · 2017=5.4 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=1.9 · 2020=14.7 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=4.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=2.1
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 322212 · Orange, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.5 · 107% of ind
- DART 2.1 DART
- RANK #13/19
- PHOTO The Piqua Paper Box …
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 9 inj
- SIZE ~47 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: The Piqua Paper Box Co. (0.0 TCR gap)
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K&D Graphics in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
K&D Graphics
3.5 TCR
- The Piqua Pape
The Piqua Paper Box Co.
3.5 TCR
- Sioux Falls SD
Sioux Falls SD - D Avenue
3.5 TCR
- Foodservice :
Foodservice : ST CHARLES
3.5 TCR
- Logic West Lak
Logic West Lake
3.5 TCR
What this shows K&D Graphics averages 3.5 TCR (107% of the Boxes, folding (except corrugated), made from purchased paperboard BLS benchmark).
K&D Graphics TCR series: 2016=3.7 · 2017=5.4 · 2018=0 · 2019=1.9 · 2020=14.7 · 2021=0 · 2022=4 · 2023=0 · 2024=2.1 · BLS 3.3
Where K&D Graphics falls in its industry
205 Boxes, folding (except corruga establishmentsSafer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 19 Boxes, folding (except corruga employers in California.
K&D Graphics has fewer employees than the Boxes, folding (except corrugated), made median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.2. 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 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 14.7 | 14.7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
322212 · CA · Orange
205 Boxes, folding (except corrugated), made from purchased paperboard employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 319 employers in Orange, CA · 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 | The Piqua Paper Box Co. | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sioux Falls SD - D Avenue | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Foodservice : ST CHARLES | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Logic West Lake | 3.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Bowles Farming Company,Inc. | 47 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Ruiz Farm Labor | 47 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Fresh Valley Harvesting, LLC. | 47 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Timothy & Viguie C.S.V. | 47 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UC Irvine Health | 6,191 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CHOC - CHildren's Hospital of Orange County | 4,962 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CHOC Children's Orange | 3,693 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CHOC Children's Orange V2 | 3,652 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | K. Wohltman Construction, Inc. | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Amneal Brookhaven | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Teknor Apex Vermont Company | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | SUN POLYMERS International INC. | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Columbian Distribution Services, Inc. | 47 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Casadei Structural Steel Inc. | 47 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | MAD | 47 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Raleigh Store #1604 | 47 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.