Hobbyists' supplies merchant wholesalers · Ohio

K&M International Inc dba Wild Republic

Independence, OH · ~101 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.5
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

K&M International Inc dba Wild Republic runs at 24% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Hobbyists' supplies merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade A.

K&M International Inc dba Wild Republic: 0.5 TCR = 24% of Hobbyists' supplies merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

K&M International Inc dba Wild Republic safety composite

K&M International Inc dba Wild Republic scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 89% 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

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% 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

K&M International Inc dba Wild Republic: 0.0 → 1.1 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 1.1 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2024

K&M International Inc dba Wild Republic's TCR rose 1.1 from 0.0 in 2023 to 1.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423920 · Independence, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 24% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK P89
  • PHOTO JA-RU, Inc.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~101 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: JA-RU, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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K&M International Inc dba Wild Republic in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows K&M International Inc dba Wild Republic averages 0.5 TCR (24% of the Hobbyists' supplies merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

K&M International Inc dba Wild Republic TCR series: 2023=0 · 2024=1.1 · BLS 2.2

Where K&M International Inc dba Wild Republic falls in its industry

55 Hobbyists' supplies merchant w establishments

Safer than 89% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
K&M International Inc dba Wild Republic (101 employees, TCR 0.5) among 27 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 89 employees and a TCR of 3.4 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 28 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate K&M International Inc dba Wild Republic
K&M International Inc dba Wild Republic (101 employees, TCR 0.5) among 27 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 89 employees and a TCR of 3.4

K&M International Inc dba Wild Republic has more employees than the Hobbyists' supplies merchant wholesalers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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
2024 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423920 · OH · Independence

55 Hobbyists' supplies merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 73 employers in Independence, OH · 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 JA-RU, Inc. 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR NOA Redmond Operations Center (5001) 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR South Building 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mattel Corp 0.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE 34370003-343711 ST CLARE COMMONS 101 FTE
STATE-SIZE Elyria Retirement Investors 101 FTE
STATE-SIZE Holland Mgmt - RC3 Ashtabula 101 FTE
STATE-SIZE CLE-GROUND OPS 101 FTE
CITY-NEAR CC Business Operations Center 1,575 FTE
CITY-NEAR Life Line Screening 901 FTE
CITY-NEAR CC Business Operations Ctr 827 FTE
CITY-NEAR Independence Excavating 695 FTE
NAT-TCR Hidalgo 10151 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR BETA Technologies, Inc 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Vishay Sprague Inc VTF 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR JC Custom Welding & Electric, Inc 0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mystic Scenic Studios 101 FTE
NAT-SIZE Advantage Controls, LLC 101 FTE
NAT-SIZE Texas 101 FTE
NAT-SIZE Secon Rubber and Plastics INC 101 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. 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.