Fasteners (e.g., bolts, nuts, rivets, screws) merchant wholesalers · New York
Kimball Midwest - Choice (Sales and DC)
West Babylon, NY · ~71 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 3.5
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Kimball Midwest - Choice (Sales and DC) runs at 159% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fasteners (e.g., bolts, nuts, rivets, screws) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.
Kimball Midwest - Choice (Sales and DC): 3.5 TCR = 159% of Fasteners (e.g., bolts, nuts, rivets, screws) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Kimball Midwest - Choice (Sales and DC) safety composite
Kimball Midwest - Choice (Sales and DC) scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 42%), 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).
58/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.5 per 100 workers
Safer than 42% 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
−4.3
2023→2024
Kimball Midwest - Choice (Sales and DC) injury rate improved
Kimball Midwest - Choice (Sales and DC)'s TCR fell 4.3 from 5.6 in 2023 to 1.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2023=5.6 · 2024=1.4
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423710 · West Babylon, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 3.5 · 159% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #15/20
- PHOTO Portland Fasteners
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 5 inj
- SIZE ~71 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Portland Fasteners (0.0 TCR gap)
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Kimball Midwest - Choice (Sales and DC) in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Summers Hardwa
Summers Hardware
3.6 TCR
- This site
Kimball Midwest - Choice (Sales and DC)
3.5 TCR
- Portland Faste
Portland Fasteners
3.5 TCR
- B& F Fastener
B& F Fastener Supply - MPLS
3.5 TCR
- West Jefferson
West Jefferson Retail Support Center - Ace Hardware
3.5 TCR
What this shows Kimball Midwest - Choice (Sales and DC) averages 3.5 TCR (159% of the Fasteners (e.g., bolts, nuts, rivets, screws) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Kimball Midwest - Choice (Sales and DC) TCR series: 2023=5.6 · 2024=1.4 · BLS 2.2
Where Kimball Midwest - Choice (Sales and DC) falls in its industry
449 Fasteners (e.g., bolts, nuts, establishmentsSafer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.
Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 20 Fasteners (e.g., bolts, nuts, employers in New York.
Kimball Midwest - Choice (Sales and DC) has more employees than the Fasteners (e.g., bolts, nuts, rivets, sc median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.6 | 1.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423710 · NY · West Babylon
449 Fasteners (e.g., bolts, nuts, rivets, screws) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 41 employers in West Babylon, NY · 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 | Portland Fasteners | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | B& F Fastener Supply - MPLS | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | West Jefferson Retail Support Center - Ace Hardware | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Summers Hardware | 3.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | PATCHOGUE-NY68 | 71 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Gilbane Building Company Albany | 71 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Rodriguez Construction Group, Inc. | 71 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Iroquois Bar Corp | 71 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Educational Bus Transportation | 901 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | East Neck Nursing & Rehabilitation Center | 386 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Educational Bus, inc. | 357 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Linzer Products Corp. | 163 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Carter Lumber 63 | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Northland Service Center | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 258 Hampton Village | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Econolite Group, Inc. | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | CA-Fenwick, TDBU Advanced Tech | 71 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | STR0202 | 71 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | STR0459 | 71 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | STR0482 | 71 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.