Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing · Kansas

Kocher + Beck USA, L.P.

Lenexa, KS · ~99 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kocher + Beck USA, L.P. runs at 232% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Kocher + Beck USA, L.P.: 7.7 TCR = 232% of Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kocher + Beck USA, L.P. safety composite

Kocher + Beck USA, L.P. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 3%), 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

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Kocher + Beck USA, L.P.: 4.3 → 8.5 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 10.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.11× in 2021

Kocher + Beck USA, L.P.'s TCR rose 4.2 from 4.3 in 2017 to 8.5 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 10.4 TCR. In 2021, DART was 1.11× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333514 · Lenexa, KS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.7 · 232% of ind

  • DART 8.5 DART
  • RANK P13
  • PHOTO Ranger Die, Inc.
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 28 inj
  • SIZE ~99 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ranger Die, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kocher + Beck USA, L.P. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kocher + Beck USA, L.P. averages 7.7 TCR (232% of the Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Kocher + Beck USA, L.P. TCR series: 2017=4.3 · 2019=10.4 · 2020=7.4 · 2021=8.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Kocher + Beck USA, L.P. falls in its industry

387 Cutting dies, metalworking, ma establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Kocher + Beck USA, L.P. (99 employees, TCR 7.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Kocher + Beck USA, L.P.
Kocher + Beck USA, L.P. (99 employees, TCR 7.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Kocher + Beck USA, L.P. has more employees than the Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturin median and a higher 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
2021 8.5 8.5 8 0 0
2020 7.4 1.1 7 0 0
2019 10.4 0.0 9 0 0
2017 4.3 1.1 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333514 · KS · Lenexa

387 Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 319 employers in Lenexa, 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 Ranger Die, Inc. 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR A&M Tool & Die Co., Inc. 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Schwab Industries, Inc 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Elizabeth Companies 7.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE CDI Industrial and Mechanical Contractors, Inc. 99 FTE
STATE-SIZE Airport Location 99 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2209 S OVERLAND PARK 99 FTE
STATE-SIZE 615-00036 99 FTE
CITY-NEAR RailCrew Xpress 3,169 FTE
CITY-NEAR LENEXA (KSLEN) 2,266 FTE
CITY-NEAR KSLEN - LENEXA 2,183 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kiewit Corporation_9401 Renner Boulevard 1,653 FTE
NAT-TCR Shelter/Wolverine Center 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 0117 - Westlake Village Ca Whse 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Inspired Living at Kenner 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR H Hotel/Homewood Suites LAX 7.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Meridian Teterboro 99 FTE
NAT-SIZE InterChange Group, Inc. Cold Storage Warehouse 99 FTE
NAT-SIZE InMotion US LLC 99 FTE
NAT-SIZE Maple Park Village 99 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, 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.