Packaging machinery manufacturing · California

Klippenstein Corporation

Fresno, CA · ~32 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Klippenstein Corporation runs at 137% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Packaging machinery manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Klippenstein Corporation: 4.5 TCR = 137% of Packaging machinery manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Klippenstein Corporation safety composite

Klippenstein Corporation scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 18% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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

9/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 1% 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

Klippenstein Corporation: 0.0 → 5.1 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 11.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.13× in 2023

Klippenstein Corporation's TCR rose 5.1 from 0.0 in 2017 to 5.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 11.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.13× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333993 · Fresno, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.5 · 137% of ind

  • DART 5.1 DART
  • RANK #15/18
  • PHOTO Emhart Glass (Elmira…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Emhart Glass (Elmira, NY) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Klippenstein Corporation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Klippenstein Corporation averages 4.5 TCR (137% of the Packaging machinery manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Klippenstein Corporation TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=3.7 · 2019=0 · 2020=11.4 · 2021=0 · 2022=11.4 · 2023=5.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Klippenstein Corporation falls in its industry

269 Packaging machinery manufactur establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 18 Packaging machinery manufactur employers in California.

Klippenstein Corporation (32 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 0200400600800 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Klippenstein Corporation
Klippenstein Corporation (32 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Klippenstein Corporation has fewer employees than the Packaging machinery manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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
2023 5.1 5.1 2 0 0
2022 11.4 9.2 5 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 11.4 5.7 2 2 1
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 3.7 3.7 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333993 · CA · Fresno

269 Packaging machinery manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 981 employers in Fresno, CA · 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 Emhart Glass (Elmira, NY) 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Valley Tissue Packaging, Inc 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR ESS TECHNOLOGIES 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Airport 4.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Schreiner Farms 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE FIVE POINTS T.I.C. 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE OFFICE 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brocchini Farms Inc. 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR County of Fresno 7,553 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ag Force LLC 6,430 FTE
CITY-NEAR Community Regional Medical Ctr 5,549 FTE
CITY-NEAR Community Regional Medical Center 4,921 FTE
NAT-TCR 0174 - West Palm Beach Fl (Dry) Depot 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Unit #2433 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Prime Meats Duluth 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 122 - Citrus 4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Clarence J. Venne, LLC 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE 5127 - Columbus GA 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE 5023 - Collinsville 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Homewood Suites Beaverton 32 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.