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
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.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.3
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 3
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares KDH Defense Systems's OSHA Total Case Rate of 0.3 to the Bulletproof vests manufacturing BLS benchmark of 3.3 (10% of benchmark) across 3 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
KDH Defense Systems's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where KDH Defense Systems falls in its industry
635 Bulletproof vests manufacturin establishmentsSafer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.8.
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.
Trend analysis for KDH Defense Systems
Between 2019 and 2023, KDH Defense Systems's Total Case Rate improved from 1.0 to 0.0 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 100% decrease across 4 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2022, at a TCR of 0.0, while 2019 saw the highest rate, at 1.0, a spread of 1.0 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 3 reporting years, KDH Defense Systems recorded 3 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 3-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 3 injuries shown on this page for KDH Defense Systems are sourced from its own 3 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 339113 - Bulletproof vests manufacturing.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2023)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
0 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 320,255 hours worked = 0.00 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| KDH Defense Systems (this establishment) | 0.33 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 3-year avg |
| Surgical dressings manufacturing industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 339113 |
| North Carolina state avg (all industries) | 3.89 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by KDH Defense Systems to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2023: 0 reportable incidents · 0 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 0 reportable incidents · 0 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 3 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
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 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on KDH Defense Systems's reported OSHA injury record, strong versus its Bulletproof vests manufacturing peers, but not a guarantee about any single site today.
- At 10% of the Bulletproof vests manufacturing benchmark, KDH Defense Systems reports fewer injuries than typical peers, still worth asking how safety is managed day to day. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Bulletproof vests manufacturing sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.