Transmissions and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing · North Carolina

KSMCastings USA

Shelby, NC · ~233 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
6.3
Avg TCR
5.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

KSMCastings USA runs at 117% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Transmissions and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

KSMCastings USA: 6.3 TCR = 117% of Transmissions and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KSMCastings USA safety composite

KSMCastings USA scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% 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%).

KSMCastings USA held a steady TCR band

KSMCastings USA's TCR held near 0.3 from 6.2 in 2022 to 6.5 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.03× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=6.2 · 2023=6.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336350 · Shelby, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 6.3 · 117% of ind

  • DART 6.5 DART
  • RANK #16/17
  • PHOTO Gnutti Carlo USA
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~233 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gnutti Carlo USA (0.2 TCR gap)

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KSMCastings USA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows KSMCastings USA averages 6.3 TCR (117% of the Transmissions and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

KSMCastings USA TCR series: 2022=6.2 · 2023=6.5 · BLS 5.4

Where KSMCastings USA falls in its industry

320 Transmissions and parts, autom establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 17 Transmissions and parts, autom employers in North Carolina.

KSMCastings USA (233 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 200 employees and a TCR of 2.9 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate KSMCastings USA
KSMCastings USA (233 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 200 employees and a TCR of 2.9

KSMCastings USA has more employees than the Transmissions and parts, automotive, tru median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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 6.5 6.5 14 2 0
2022 6.2 1.9 12 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336350 · NC · Shelby

320 Transmissions and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 100 employers in Shelby, NC · 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 Gnutti Carlo USA 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jasper Weller, LLC - DBA Weller Truck Parts (Burlingame) 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Inland Truck Parts Company 1 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Warren Transmission Operations 6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Precision Fabrics Group, Inc 233 FTE
STATE-SIZE BRP US Inc. Spruce Pine 233 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kroehler 233 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1505 - Mooresville 233 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1111-Atrium Health Cleveland (1111) 1,174 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6070 1,160 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0080-Atrium Health Cleveland 1,158 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0080-CHS Cleveland 1,093 FTE
NAT-TCR Forest Park 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Prairie Farms Dairy 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Melbourne Regional Medical Center 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Mary's Gone Crackers 6.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Watertown Plant 233 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stratford Markets LLC, dba ShopRite of Stratford 233 FTE
NAT-SIZE Avista Rentals LLC 233 FTE
NAT-SIZE Albany Ny (Prospect Rd) Plant 233 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. 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.