Job stampings, automotive, metal, manufacturing · Kentucky

KI USA Corporation

Berea, KY · ~135 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
8.3
Avg TCR
5.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

KI USA Corporation runs at 153% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Job stampings, automotive, metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

KI USA Corporation: 8.3 TCR = 153% of Job stampings, automotive, metal, manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KI USA Corporation safety composite

KI USA Corporation scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 16%), 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

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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%).

Rising injury rate

KI USA Corporation: 4.8 → 11.2 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 16.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.36× in 2024

KI USA Corporation's TCR rose 6.4 from 4.8 in 2017 to 11.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 16.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336370 · Berea, KY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 8.3 · 153% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #29/31
  • PHOTO Heritage Products Inc
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 57 inj
  • SIZE ~135 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Heritage Products Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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KI USA Corporation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows KI USA Corporation averages 8.3 TCR (153% of the Job stampings, automotive, metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

KI USA Corporation TCR series: 2017=4.8 · 2019=11.4 · 2020=0 · 2021=5.9 · 2023=16.3 · 2024=11.2 · BLS 5.4

Where KI USA Corporation falls in its industry

510 Job stampings, automotive, met establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 31 Job stampings, automotive, met employers in Kentucky.

KI USA Corporation (135 employees, TCR 8.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 145 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 05001,0001,500 024681012 Average employees Total Case Rate KI USA Corporation
KI USA Corporation (135 employees, TCR 8.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 145 employees and a TCR of 4.5

KI USA Corporation has fewer employees than the Job stampings, automotive, metal, manufa 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 11.2 3.0 14 1 0
2023 16.3 9.6 17 0 0
2021 5.9 2.2 8 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 11.4 3.3 11 3 0
2017 4.8 1.4 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336370 · KY · Berea

510 Job stampings, automotive, metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 42 employers in Berea, KY · 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 Heritage Products Inc 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sacoma International 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Domaine Corporation 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR voestalpine Automotive Components 8.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mago 135 FTE
STATE-SIZE BFB 135 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jim Beam Brands-Booker Noe 135 FTE
STATE-SIZE Champion Benton 135 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas, Inc 1,003 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hitachi Astemo Berea Plant 938 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hyster-Yale Group 902 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hyster-Yale Group Berea, KY Operations 828 FTE
NAT-TCR Newton ACC 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR KTP Charlotte 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Northbrook Nursing and Skilled Facilty 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR New Colony Sow Farm 6276 -Est 8.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE 014 - Lynhurst 7th 8th Grade Center 135 FTE
NAT-SIZE Utah 135 FTE
NAT-SIZE SpawGlass Contractors Inc. - San Antonio 135 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Horn Hospital 135 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017. 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.