Bulletproof vests manufacturing · North Carolina

KDH Defense Systems

Eden, NC · ~200 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

KDH Defense Systems runs at 10% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Bulletproof vests manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

KDH Defense Systems: 0.3 TCR = 10% of Bulletproof vests manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KDH Defense Systems safety composite

KDH Defense Systems scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 95% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

B

79/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 95% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−1.0

2019→2023

KDH Defense Systems injury rate improved

KDH Defense Systems's TCR fell 1.0 from 1.0 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 1.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=1.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339113 · Eden, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.3 · 10% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/14
  • PHOTO Ferris Mfg. Corp.
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~200 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ferris Mfg. Corp. (0.0 TCR gap)

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KDH Defense Systems in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows KDH Defense Systems averages 0.3 TCR (10% of the Bulletproof vests manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

KDH Defense Systems TCR series: 2019=1 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where KDH Defense Systems falls in its industry

555 Bulletproof vests manufacturin establishments

Safer than 95% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 14 Bulletproof vests manufacturin employers in North Carolina.

KDH Defense Systems (200 employees, TCR 0.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 123 employees and a TCR of 2.1 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate KDH Defense Systems
KDH Defense Systems (200 employees, TCR 0.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 123 employees and a TCR of 2.1

KDH Defense Systems has more employees than the Bulletproof vests manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.1. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 1.0 0.7 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339113 · NC · Eden

555 Bulletproof vests manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 39 employers in Eden, NC · 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 Ferris Mfg. Corp. 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ethicon Cincinnati 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sites Medical, LLC. 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Boston Scientific Neuromodulation 0.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Brunswick Electric Membership Cooperative 200 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals 200 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2650 LOWE S OF BELMONT NC 200 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southern Season 200 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gildan Charleston Inc: Eden DC 489 FTE
CITY-NEAR UNC Rockingham Health Care, Inc 489 FTE
CITY-NEAR UNC Rockingham Healthcare, Inc 321 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nestle Purina Petcare - Eden, NC 284 FTE
NAT-TCR Logitech Inc. - Newark 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Honeywell RI06 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR CRW-ODFL 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Hawkins Lease Service 0.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE George DeLallo Company 200 FTE
NAT-SIZE Co-AX Technology Inc 200 FTE
NAT-SIZE Motion Systems : New Hope 200 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rentech Boiler Systems 200 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, 2019. 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.