Grocery stores · Hawaii

KTA Super Stores

Hilo, HI · ~240 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.8
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

KTA Super Stores runs at 141% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade D.

KTA Super Stores: 4.8 TCR = 141% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KTA Super Stores safety composite

KTA Super Stores scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 48%), 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).

D

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−0.5

2017→2021

KTA Super Stores injury rate improved

KTA Super Stores's TCR fell 0.5 from 4.2 in 2017 to 3.7 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 7.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.2 · 2018=2.0 · 2019=6.2 · 2020=7.8 · 2021=3.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Hilo, HI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 141% of ind

  • DART 2.6 DART
  • RANK #91/147
  • PHOTO Beloit 14
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 43 inj
  • SIZE ~240 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Beloit 14 (0.0 TCR gap)

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KTA Super Stores in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows KTA Super Stores averages 4.8 TCR (141% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

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

KTA Super Stores TCR series: 2017=4.2 · 2018=2 · 2019=6.2 · 2020=7.8 · 2021=3.7 · BLS 3.4

Where KTA Super Stores falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Hawaii alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #91 safest of 147 Grocery stores employers in Hawaii.

KTA Super Stores (240 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 050100150200250300 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate KTA Super Stores
KTA Super Stores (240 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

KTA Super Stores has more employees than the Grocery stores median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2021 3.7 2.6 7 0 0
2020 7.8 5.7 14 1 0
2019 6.2 4.7 12 0 0
2018 2.0 2.0 4 0 0
2017 4.2 1.6 6 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · HI · Hilo

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,022 rated employers in Hawaii with headcount on file · 88 employers in Hilo, HI · 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 Beloit 14 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Store 1431 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 016-00977 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 024-00785 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE OBH 239 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4263-43559 238 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2336 LOWE S OF IWILEI - HONOLULU HI 237 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2888 - Oahu Windward Mall 237 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hilo Medical Center 1,389 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hawaii Police Department 666 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2473 505 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2682 - Hawaii-Hilo 453 FTE
NAT-TCR Highland Premix Plant 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR California Pacific Medical Center (274-CC-MMC) 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Sutter Care at Home (247-SM) 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Columbine Commons Health and Rehab 4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Saputo Cheese USA, Inc. 240 FTE
NAT-SIZE Energy Homes 240 FTE
NAT-SIZE RTP 240 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southern Energy Homes of Texas 240 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.