General merchandise, durable goods, merchant wholesalers · California

KIM International Corporation

Name: KIM International Corporation Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Garden Grove, CA · ~156 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.9
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

KIM International Corporation runs at 42% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical General merchandise, durable goods, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade A.

KIM International Corporation: 0.9 TCR = 42% of General merchandise, durable goods, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KIM International Corporation safety composite

KIM International Corporation scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 47%), 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).

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 0.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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%).

KIM International Corporation held a steady TCR band

KIM International Corporation's TCR held near 0.2 from 1.3 in 2018 to 1.5 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 1.59× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=1.3 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=1.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423990 · Garden Grove, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 42% of ind

DART 1.5 DART
RANK #7/43
PHOTO Yamaha Corporation o…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~156 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Yamaha Corporation of America (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows KIM International Corporation averages 0.9 TCR (42% of the General merchandise, durable goods, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

KIM International Corporation TCR series: 2018=1.3 · 2019=0 · 2020=1.5 · BLS 2.2

Where KIM International Corporation falls in its industry

322 General merchandise, durable g establishments

Safer than 88% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 43 General merchandise, durable g employers in California.

KIM International Corporation (156 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 3.0

KIM International Corporation has more employees than the General merchandise, durable goods, merc median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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
2020	1.5	1.5	2
2019	0.0	0.0	0
2018	1.3	1.3	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423990 · CA · Garden Grove

322 General merchandise, durable goods, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 145 employers in Garden Grove, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Yamaha Corporation of America	BUENA PARK, CA	0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Thomasson Company	PHILADELPHIA, MS	0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	050-NBH-RICHMOND	RICHMOND, VA	1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Jupiter Research LLC	PHOENIX, AZ	1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Bud of California Celery	SALINAS	156 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Fresh Foods, Inc.	KING CITY	156 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Villa Park Strathmore	STRATHMORE	156 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Packing Plant	SELMA	156 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Southland Industries	Garden Grove	6,124 FTE
CITY-NEAR	City Hall	Garden Grove	677 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Great Wolf Lodge	Garden Grove	649 FTE
CITY-NEAR	King Janitorial Equipment Services	Garden Grove	645 FTE
NAT-TCR	Volunteer Behavioral Health Care Services-Cleveland Hiwassee	Cleveland, TN	0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	PCS	Clearwater, FL	0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Western Specialty Contractors - Branch 013 - Charlotte, NC	Charlotte, NC	0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	City of Greensboro Metro 911 Communications Department	Greensboro, NC	0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Honeywell Intelligrated - GA67	Alpharetta, GA	156 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Sendik's Food Market Whitefish Bay	Whitefish Bay, WI	156 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Inclusion Inc.	Meridian, ID	156 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Vdfp Hq	Glen Allen, VA	156 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: 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.