Construction machinery manufacturing · South Carolina

Kobelco Construction Machinery USA, Inc.

Moore, SC · ~104 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kobelco Construction Machinery USA, Inc. runs at 209% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Construction machinery manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Kobelco Construction Machinery USA, Inc.: 6.9 TCR = 209% of Construction machinery manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kobelco Construction Machinery USA, Inc. safety composite

Kobelco Construction Machinery USA, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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%).

Kobelco Construction Machinery USA, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Kobelco Construction Machinery USA, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.2 from 4.3 in 2016 to 4.1 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 14.1 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.3 · 2017=5.3 · 2018=14.1 · 2019=4.7 · 2020=8.8 · 2021=4.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333120 · Moore, SC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.9 · 209% of ind

  • DART 4.1 DART
  • RANK #7/7
  • PHOTO Mertz Manufacturing,…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 37 inj
  • SIZE ~104 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mertz Manufacturing, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kobelco Construction Machinery USA, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kobelco Construction Machinery USA, Inc. averages 6.9 TCR (209% of the Construction machinery manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Kobelco Construction Machinery USA, Inc. TCR series: 2016=4.3 · 2017=5.3 · 2018=14.1 · 2019=4.7 · 2020=8.8 · 2021=4.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Kobelco Construction Machinery USA, Inc. falls in its industry

400 Construction machinery manufac establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 7 Construction machinery manufac employers in South Carolina.

Kobelco Construction Machinery USA, Inc. (104 employees, TCR 6.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Kobelco Construction Machinery USA, Inc.
Kobelco Construction Machinery USA, Inc. (104 employees, TCR 6.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Kobelco Construction Machinery USA, Inc. has more employees than the Construction machinery manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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
2021 4.1 4.1 0 2 0
2020 8.8 8.8 3 7 0
2019 4.7 3.6 8 0 0
2018 14.1 12.7 20 0 0
2017 5.3 4.0 4 0 0
2016 4.3 4.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333120 · SC · Moore

400 Construction machinery manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 10 employers in Moore, 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 Mertz Manufacturing, Inc. 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bay Shore Systems, Inc. 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Zimmerman Industries Inc 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rockland Manufacturing Weber Plant 7.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE MPD Corporation, Inc. 104 FTE
STATE-SIZE ELECTRIC OPERATIONS BUILDING 104 FTE
STATE-SIZE BZJV 104 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cleland Site Prep, Inc 104 FTE
CITY-NEAR Magna Seating South Carolina 967 FTE
CITY-NEAR MAGNA SEATING SC 704 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mactac Spartanburg 160 FTE
CITY-NEAR SC - SPARTANBURG - 6135 Anderson Mill Rd 143 FTE
NAT-TCR Construction - Roofing 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Custom Electrical Contractors 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Swire Coca-Cola of Boise 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Porters Concrete Service 6.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hayashi Telempu North America AL Plant 104 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cullumgp 104 FTE
NAT-SIZE Spring Mill Meadows 104 FTE
NAT-SIZE Riverview Village 104 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.