Fiber optic connectors manufacturing · Virginia

KITCO Fiber Optics, Inc. East

Virginia Beach, VA · ~65 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

KITCO Fiber Optics, Inc. East runs at 65% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Fiber optic connectors manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

KITCO Fiber Optics, Inc. East: 2.1 TCR = 65% of Fiber optic connectors manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KITCO Fiber Optics, Inc. East safety composite

KITCO Fiber Optics, Inc. East scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 11%), 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 2.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% 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

KITCO Fiber Optics, Inc. East: 1.9 → 4.5 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 4.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.42× in 2020

KITCO Fiber Optics, Inc. East's TCR rose 2.7 from 1.9 in 2018 to 4.5 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 1.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 334417 · Virginia Beach, VA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 65% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #4/5
  • PHOTO Teledyne Oil & Gas
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Teledyne Oil & Gas (0.0 TCR gap)

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KITCO Fiber Optics, Inc. East in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows KITCO Fiber Optics, Inc. East averages 2.1 TCR (65% of the Fiber optic connectors manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

KITCO Fiber Optics, Inc. East TCR series: 2018=1.9 · 2019=0 · 2020=4.5 · BLS 3.3

Where KITCO Fiber Optics, Inc. East falls in its industry

166 Fiber optic connectors manufac establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 5 Fiber optic connectors manufac employers in Virginia.

KITCO Fiber Optics, Inc. East (65 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 144 employees and a TCR of 1.6 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 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate KITCO Fiber Optics, Inc. East
KITCO Fiber Optics, Inc. East (65 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 144 employees and a TCR of 1.6

KITCO Fiber Optics, Inc. East has fewer employees than the Fiber optic connectors manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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
2020 4.5 3.0 3 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 1.9 1.9 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

334417 · VA · Virginia Beach

166 Fiber optic connectors manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 486 employers in Virginia Beach, VA · 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 Teledyne Oil & Gas 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Amphenol Intercon Systems 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eldon Facility 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cinch Connectors 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE POSSUM PT PW ST 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE BLUE RIDGE 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Public Works-Wastewater 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gilbane Building Company Richmond 65 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Virginia Beach 8,144 FTE
CITY-NEAR Main Office - 01 7,774 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hii - Technical Solutions Division 4,475 FTE
CITY-NEAR STIHL Inc. 2,399 FTE
NAT-TCR The New IEM, LLC 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Aflac Inc - CCorp 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Tmx2471 - S Houston Commercial 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Cargill Agricultural Supply Chain- Bloomingburg 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Goodwill Sherman Plant 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE CA179 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE CCI:CC006 - CC006-South Valley-Fresno, CA 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE New York Environmental Systems, Inc. 65 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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