Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing · Ohio

Kurz-Kasch Inc

Newcomerstown, OH · ~70 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kurz-Kasch Inc runs at 97% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Kurz-Kasch Inc: 3.2 TCR = 97% of Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kurz-Kasch Inc safety composite

Kurz-Kasch Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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

−2.4

2017→2023

Kurz-Kasch Inc injury rate improved

Kurz-Kasch Inc's TCR fell 2.4 from 6.1 in 2017 to 3.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.76× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.1 · 2018=4.5 · 2019=5.6 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=1.4 · 2022=1.2 · 2023=3.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Newcomerstown, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.2 · 97% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #127/270
  • PHOTO ITW Engineered Faste…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~70 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ITW Engineered Fasteners (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kurz-Kasch Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kurz-Kasch Inc averages 3.2 TCR (97% of the Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Kurz-Kasch Inc TCR series: 2017=6.1 · 2018=4.5 · 2019=5.6 · 2020=0 · 2021=1.4 · 2022=1.2 · 2023=3.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Kurz-Kasch Inc falls in its industry

2,838 Motor vehicle moldings and ext establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #127 safest of 270 Motor vehicle moldings and ext employers in Ohio.

Kurz-Kasch Inc (70 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Kurz-Kasch Inc
Kurz-Kasch Inc (70 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Kurz-Kasch Inc has fewer employees than the Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, p median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 3.7 2.5 3 0 0
2022 1.2 0.0 1 0 0
2021 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 5.6 1.9 3 0 0
2018 4.5 1.5 3 0 0
2017 6.1 6.1 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · OH · Newcomerstown

2,838 Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 16 employers in Newcomerstown, OH · 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 ITW Engineered Fasteners 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Allegheny Solid Surface Technologies, LLC 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Reddog Industries 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aurora, Ohio 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Trillium Farms Layer 3 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kellogg Ave Operations Facility 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alvada Const. Co, Inc.- ACI 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Matrix5 Site Development 70 FTE
CITY-NEAR MSI Express - Newcomerstown 191 FTE
CITY-NEAR SIMONA Boltaron Inc. 128 FTE
CITY-NEAR Boltaron Inc 120 FTE
CITY-NEAR 31 INC 116 FTE
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #4688 Ontario, CA 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Hillsville AHQ 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Buda 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round Rock 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Carter Caves State Resort Park 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Natoma Manufacturing, LLC 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Harry Caswell, INC. 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Riceland Foods - Waldenburg 70 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.