Animal feeds, prepared, dog and cat, manufacturing · South Carolina

KKS

Columbia, SC · ~139 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.1
Avg TCR
3.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

KKS runs at 4% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Animal feeds, prepared, dog and cat, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

KKS: 0.1 TCR = 4% of Animal feeds, prepared, dog and cat, manufacturing BLS 3.9 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KKS safety composite

KKS scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 100% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

84/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 100% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% 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

−0.8

2016→2024

KKS injury rate improved

KKS's TCR fell 0.8 from 0.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 0.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.8 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.6 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311111 · Columbia, SC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.1 · 4% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/6
  • PHOTO BHJ - Vernon
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~139 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BHJ - Vernon (0.3 TCR gap)

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KKS in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows KKS averages 0.1 TCR (4% of the Animal feeds, prepared, dog and cat, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

KKS TCR series: 2016=0.8 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0.6 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.9

Where KKS falls in its industry

302 Animal feeds, prepared, dog an establishments

Safer than 100% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 6 Animal feeds, prepared, dog an employers in South Carolina.

KKS (139 employees, TCR 0.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 103 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 0200400600 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate KKS
KKS (139 employees, TCR 0.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 103 employees and a TCR of 3.3

KKS has more employees than the Animal feeds, prepared, dog and cat, man median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.6 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.8 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311111 · SC · Columbia

302 Animal feeds, prepared, dog and cat, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 542 employers in Columbia, SC · 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 BHJ - Vernon 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR ROH 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR OKC 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kansas City (KS) Feed Plant 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Southern MEP, Inc. 139 FTE
STATE-SIZE Android Industries 139 FTE
STATE-SIZE EuroKera North America, Inc. 139 FTE
STATE-SIZE Metal Trades, Inc. 139 FTE
CITY-NEAR Palmetto Health Richland 5,949 FTE
CITY-NEAR Prisma Health Richland 4,729 FTE
CITY-NEAR South Carolina Department of Transportation 4,400 FTE
CITY-NEAR SC Department of Transportation 3,864 FTE
NAT-TCR Office of Policy and Management - Capitol Avenue 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR VDF Riverview Campus 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Valero Bill Greehey Refinery West Plant 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Estee Lauder - Research Park 0.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Brandon Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 139 FTE
NAT-SIZE Frank M Tejeda 139 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rocky Brands Distribution Center 139 FTE
NAT-SIZE Manitowoc Cranes Inc- Manitowoc, WI 139 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.