Oil pipeline construction · California

KS Industries, LLC

Bakersfield, CA · ~1,069 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

KS Industries, LLC runs at 9% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Oil pipeline construction workplace, earning a grade A.

KS Industries, LLC: 0.3 TCR = 9% of Oil pipeline construction BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KS Industries, LLC safety composite

KS Industries, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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%).

KS Industries, LLC held a steady TCR band

KS Industries, LLC's TCR held near 0.1 from 0.2 in 2017 to 0.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 0.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.2 · 2018=0.3 · 2019=0.1 · 2020=0.1 · 2021=0.4 · 2022=0.3 · 2023=0.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237120 · Bakersfield, CA AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade A · TCR 0.3 · 9% of ind

  • DART 0.1 DART
  • RANK #8/45
  • PHOTO T.R.S.C., Inc.
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~1,069 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: T.R.S.C., Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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KS Industries, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows KS Industries, LLC averages 0.3 TCR (9% of the Oil pipeline construction BLS benchmark).

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

KS Industries, LLC TCR series: 2017=0.2 · 2018=0.3 · 2019=0.1 · 2020=0.1 · 2021=0.4 · 2022=0.3 · 2023=0.3 · BLS 2.8

Where KS Industries, LLC falls in its industry

809 Oil pipeline construction establishments

Safer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 45 Oil pipeline construction employers in California.

KS Industries, LLC (1,069 employees, TCR 0.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 137 employees and a TCR of 0.7 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 01234 Average employees Total Case Rate KS Industries, LLC
KS Industries, LLC (1,069 employees, TCR 0.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 137 employees and a TCR of 0.7

KS Industries, LLC has more employees than the Oil pipeline construction median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.7. 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
2023 0.3 0.1 3 0 0
2022 0.3 0.1 3 0 0
2021 0.4 0.4 3 0 0
2020 0.1 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.1 0.1 2 0 0
2018 0.3 0.1 4 0 0
2017 0.2 0.1 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237120 · CA · Bakersfield

809 Oil pipeline construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 818 employers in Bakersfield, 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 T.R.S.C., Inc. 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Palmetto Services, LLC 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR C6313 - Enterprise Frac 14 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Excel Contractors @ OCI Nederland TX 0.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Culinary Services of America, Inc. 1,069 FTE
STATE-SIZE Omni La Costa Resort and Spa 1,070 FTE
STATE-SIZE Table Mountain Casino Resort 1,068 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ironwood State Prison 1,070 FTE
CITY-NEAR CA Bakersfield 4,667 FTE
CITY-NEAR CA-04 4,525 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - BFL1 4,113 FTE
CITY-NEAR Esparza Enterprises, Inc 3,267 FTE
NAT-TCR National Office Services, Inc. 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Mid-South Fire Solutions LLC 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Morgan Newton Company 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Casa Systems, Inc. 0.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE LAWRENCEVILLE 1,069 FTE
NAT-SIZE Watom - Port of Tacoma Hub 1,069 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southern Regional Medical Center 1,069 FTE
NAT-SIZE Summit Racing Ohio 1,069 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.