Paper (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood) products made in paper mills · Tennessee

K.T.G. (USA) Inc.

Memphis, TN · ~442 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

K.T.G. (USA) Inc. runs at 55% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Paper (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood) products made in paper mills workplace, earning a grade B.

K.T.G. (USA) Inc.: 1.8 TCR = 55% of Paper (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood) products made in paper mills BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

K.T.G. (USA) Inc. safety composite

K.T.G. (USA) Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 50%), 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

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.1

2016→2024

K.T.G. (USA) Inc. injury rate improved

K.T.G. (USA) Inc.'s TCR fell 1.1 from 2.4 in 2016 to 1.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.4 · 2017=1.8 · 2024=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322121 · Memphis, TN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 55% of ind

  • DART 1.2 DART
  • RANK #9/14
  • PHOTO Cenveo
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 29 inj
  • SIZE ~442 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cenveo (0.0 TCR gap)

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K.T.G. (USA) Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows K.T.G. (USA) Inc. averages 1.8 TCR (55% of the Paper (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood) products made in paper mills BLS benchmark).

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

K.T.G. (USA) Inc. TCR series: 2016=2.4 · 2017=1.8 · 2024=1.2 · BLS 3.3

Where K.T.G. (USA) Inc. falls in its industry

317 Paper (except newsprint, uncoa establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 14 Paper (except newsprint, uncoa employers in Tennessee.

K.T.G. (USA) Inc. (442 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 146 employees and a TCR of 2.2 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 05001,0001,5002,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate K.T.G. (USA) Inc.
K.T.G. (USA) Inc. (442 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 146 employees and a TCR of 2.2

K.T.G. (USA) Inc. has more employees than the Paper (except newsprint, uncoated ground median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.2. 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 1.2 1.2 6 0 0
2017 1.8 1.6 10 0 0
2016 2.4 1.8 13 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322121 · TN · Memphis

317 Paper (except newsprint, uncoated groundwood) products made in paper mills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 1,330 employers in Memphis, TN · 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 Cenveo 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Atlas Roofing Paper Mill 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gold Bond Building Products - Anniston 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Resolute Tissue Hialeah Mill 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Snap-on Tools Elizabethton 441 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4353 441 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southern Distribution Center 441 FTE
STATE-SIZE Worley Field Services at Eastman TNO 444 FTE
CITY-NEAR FedEx 2903 SPRANKLE DR 12,398 FTE
CITY-NEAR 381940311 9,861 FTE
CITY-NEAR American Residential Services 5,775 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 5,599 FTE
NAT-TCR Statesville Purina Feed Mill 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Atlas Roofing Corporation 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Natech Plastics 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR South Beach 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Irwin Seating Company 442 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chippewa Correctional Facilities 442 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corporate 442 FTE
NAT-SIZE Simonton Windows 442 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, 2017, 2016. 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.