Surgical supplies (except medical instruments) manufacturing · Kansas

Knit-Rite LLC

Kansas City, KS · ~107 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Knit-Rite LLC runs at 66% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Surgical supplies (except medical instruments) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Knit-Rite LLC: 2.2 TCR = 66% of Surgical supplies (except medical instruments) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Knit-Rite LLC safety composite

Knit-Rite LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 48%), 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).

D

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.6

2020→2024

Knit-Rite LLC injury rate improved

Knit-Rite LLC's TCR fell 1.6 from 2.4 in 2020 to 0.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=2.4 · 2021=2.1 · 2022=2.0 · 2023=3.6 · 2024=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339113 · Kansas City, KS AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 66% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #4/7
  • PHOTO Repligen, Operating …
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~107 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Repligen, Operating Room Disposables Division (0.0 TCR gap)

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Knit-Rite LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Knit-Rite LLC averages 2.2 TCR (66% of the Surgical supplies (except medical instruments) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Knit-Rite LLC TCR series: 2020=2.4 · 2021=2.1 · 2022=2 · 2023=3.6 · 2024=0.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Knit-Rite LLC falls in its industry

555 Surgical supplies (except medi establishments

Safer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 7 Surgical supplies (except medi employers in Kansas.

Knit-Rite LLC (107 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 123 employees and a TCR of 2.1 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Knit-Rite LLC
Knit-Rite LLC (107 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 123 employees and a TCR of 2.1

Knit-Rite LLC has fewer employees than the Surgical supplies (except medical instru median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.1. 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 0.8 0.8 1 0 0
2023 3.6 3.6 4 0 0
2022 2.0 2.0 2 0 0
2021 2.1 1.1 1 1 0
2020 2.4 2.4 1 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339113 · KS · Kansas City

555 Surgical supplies (except medical instruments) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 367 employers in Kansas City, KS · 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 Repligen, Operating Room Disposables Division 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stryker JR- Sacramento, CA 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR SWR201 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Exactech M&F/Molding 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE LMI - Wichita - Hillside 107 FTE
STATE-SIZE 415 E 13th 107 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kaw Valley Companies, Inc. 107 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1745 LOWE S OF HUTCHINSON KS 107 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - MKC6 3,116 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : MKC6 2,912 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fairfax Assembly and Stamping 2,772 FTE
CITY-NEAR PROVIDENCE MEDICAL CENTER 1,091 FTE
NAT-TCR San Jac Marine, LLC 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR EFP-Decatur, AL 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Hamburg #17 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Avon Senior Living, LLC dba Rose Senior Living Avon 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Westbury Senior living 107 FTE
NAT-SIZE Department of Public Utilities - Water 107 FTE
NAT-SIZE BWI-ITP 107 FTE
NAT-SIZE PDM Precast 107 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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