Extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goods manufacturing · California

KONG Long Beach

Long Beach, CA · ~31 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

KONG Long Beach runs at 212% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goods manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

KONG Long Beach: 7.0 TCR = 212% of Extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goods manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KONG Long Beach safety composite

KONG Long Beach scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 18%), 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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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%).

TCR Δ

−6.4

2023→2024

KONG Long Beach injury rate improved

KONG Long Beach's TCR fell 6.4 from 10.2 in 2023 to 3.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 10.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=10.2 · 2024=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326291 · Long Beach, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.0 · 212% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #13/18
  • PHOTO ContiTech USA, LLC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ContiTech USA, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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KONG Long Beach in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows KONG Long Beach averages 7.0 TCR (212% of the Extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goods manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

KONG Long Beach TCR series: 2023=10.2 · 2024=3.8 · BLS 3.3

Where KONG Long Beach falls in its industry

266 Extruded, molded or lathe-cut establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 18 Extruded, molded or lathe-cut employers in California.

KONG Long Beach (31 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate KONG Long Beach
KONG Long Beach (31 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 3.6

KONG Long Beach has fewer employees than the Extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goo median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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 3.8 3.8 1 0 0
2023 10.2 10.2 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326291 · CA · Long Beach

266 Extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goods manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 614 employers in Long Beach, CA · 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 ContiTech USA, LLC 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR MN Rubber & Plastics - Mason City 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pacesetter Graphic Service Inc 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northwest Rubber Extruders Inc 7.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE GCF 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nielsen Farms 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Western Star Nurseries LLC 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Progressive Growers Inc 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR Memorialcare Long Beach Medical Center 3,755 FTE
CITY-NEAR LBM00 LONG BEACH MEMORIAL MED CENTER 3,552 FTE
CITY-NEAR Total Terminals International, LLC. 2,683 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 300 2,621 FTE
NAT-TCR Phillips Angelica Forest Products LLC 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Oracaz-Inc-Oracle,Az - Arizona 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Flftl - Ft Lauderdale 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Butterball Farms, Inc. 7.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bedford 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Residence Inn Houston Galleria 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cleveland 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pueblo East 31 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.