General warehousing and storage · Tennessee

KLS Komatsu

Chattanooga, TN · ~70 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
5.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

KLS Komatsu runs at 29% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical General warehousing and storage workplace, earning a grade A.

KLS Komatsu: 1.7 TCR = 29% of General warehousing and storage BLS 5.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KLS Komatsu safety composite

KLS Komatsu scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% 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%).

Rising injury rate

KLS Komatsu: 0.0 → 1.4 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 3.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.85× in 2019

KLS Komatsu's TCR rose 1.4 from 0.0 in 2016 to 1.4 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 3.6 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.85× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 493110 · Chattanooga, TN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.7 · 29% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #95/297
  • PHOTO CRM RDC Roseville MN
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~70 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CRM RDC Roseville MN (0.0 TCR gap)

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KLS Komatsu in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows KLS Komatsu averages 1.7 TCR (29% of the General warehousing and storage BLS benchmark).

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

KLS Komatsu TCR series: 2016=0 · 2018=3.6 · 2019=1.4 · BLS 5.8

Where KLS Komatsu falls in its industry

9,477 General warehousing and storag establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #95 safest of 297 General warehousing and storag employers in Tennessee.

KLS Komatsu (70 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate KLS Komatsu
KLS Komatsu (70 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 3.5

KLS Komatsu has fewer employees than the General warehousing and storage median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2019 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2018 3.6 3.6 3 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

493110 · TN · Chattanooga

9,477 General warehousing and storage employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 695 employers in Chattanooga, TN · 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 CRM RDC Roseville MN 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR National Distribution Centers LLC-12050 AGUA MANSA RD 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - SFL6 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR DLS1-TX 1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE PCUD 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Commercial Painting Inc 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rogers Group, Inc 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE JARRETT FIRE PROTECTION, LLC 70 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHATTANOOGA COKE 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHATTANOOGA FOOD 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR USXpress 7,385 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cardiology GB 6,606 FTE
NAT-TCR Aurora Cooperative - Byron Agronomy 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Banner Creek LLC. 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Power Tools : MFG-Southern Pines, NC-USA 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Decatur Bodine 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Terminix Service, Inc. Inc. 88- 1 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Western Carolina State Fair 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Coastal Empire Fair 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Comm HVAC NA and EMEA : SVC-Mid America District : SVC-OMAHA NE-USA 70 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: 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.