Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing · Kansas

Kemlee Manufacturing Inc

Galena, KS · ~54 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kemlee Manufacturing Inc runs at 332% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Kemlee Manufacturing Inc: 11.0 TCR = 332% of Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kemlee Manufacturing Inc safety composite

Kemlee Manufacturing Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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

−10.2

2023→2024

Kemlee Manufacturing Inc injury rate improved

Kemlee Manufacturing Inc's TCR fell 10.2 from 16.1 in 2023 to 5.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 16.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=16.1 · 2024=5.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332322 · Galena, KS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.0 · 332% of ind

  • DART 5.9 DART
  • RANK #13/15
  • PHOTO Microform Precision,…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~54 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Microform Precision, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kemlee Manufacturing Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kemlee Manufacturing Inc averages 11.0 TCR (332% of the Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Kemlee Manufacturing Inc TCR series: 2023=16.1 · 2024=5.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Kemlee Manufacturing Inc falls in its industry

1,158 Sheet metal work (except stamp establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 15 Sheet metal work (except stamp employers in Kansas.

Kemlee Manufacturing Inc (54 employees, TCR 11.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Kemlee Manufacturing Inc
Kemlee Manufacturing Inc (54 employees, TCR 11.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Kemlee Manufacturing Inc has fewer employees than the Sheet metal work (except stampings) manu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 5.9 5.9 3 0 0
2023 16.1 16.1 8 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332322 · KS · Galena

1,158 Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 12 employers in Galena, KS · 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 Microform Precision, LLC 11.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rapid-Line Inc. 11.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lukjan Metal Products, Inc 10.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Caprock Metal Works Inc 11.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Great Bend Feeding 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hays 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE HydroChem LLC-EKS 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Collins & Hermann - KC 54 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jayhawk Fine Chemicals 129 FTE
CITY-NEAR Evonik jayhawk fine chemicals corp. 115 FTE
CITY-NEAR Republic Services of Galena 65 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4393 Galena 57 FTE
NAT-TCR Dykes Lumber Co. Inc. 11.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Nick's Welding & Fabricating Hixton 11.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Golden Moving Systems Inc. 11.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 1114 - NSM Nyberg Rivers 11.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Roseton Generating LLC 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE R+L Carriers - SYR 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Page Honda of Bloomfield 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Standard Industrial Corp. 54 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, 2023. 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.