Tracked vehicle freight transportation, local · Hawaii

Kuwaye Trucking Inc.

Name: Kuwaye Trucking Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Hilo, HI · ~18 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 4.7
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Kuwaye Trucking Inc. runs at 104% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Tracked vehicle freight transportation, local workplace, earning a grade C.

Kuwaye Trucking Inc.: 4.7 TCR = 104% of Tracked vehicle freight transportation, local BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kuwaye Trucking Inc. safety composite

Kuwaye Trucking Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 10%), 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).

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 4.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers
DART rate: F 7.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 53% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Kuwaye Trucking Inc.: 0.0 → 15.7 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 15.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.68× in 2024

Kuwaye Trucking Inc.'s TCR rose 15.7 from 0.0 in 2016 to 15.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484220 · Hilo, HI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.7 · 104% of ind

DART 7.9 DART
RANK #4/5
PHOTO Northwest Sand Trans…
BOOK 7y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~18 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Northwest Sand Transport (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Kuwaye Trucking Inc. averages 4.7 TCR (104% of the Tracked vehicle freight transportation, local BLS benchmark).

Kuwaye Trucking Inc. TCR series: 2016=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2021=5.1 · 2022=0 · 2023=11.8 · 2024=15.7 · BLS 4.5

Where Kuwaye Trucking Inc. falls in its industry

1,130 Tracked vehicle freight transp establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Hawaii alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 5 Tracked vehicle freight transp employers in Hawaii.

Kuwaye Trucking Inc. (18 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 42 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Kuwaye Trucking Inc. has fewer employees than the Tracked vehicle freight transportation, median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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
2024	15.7	7.9	2	0
2023	11.8	5.9	1	1
2022	0.0	0.0	0	0
2021	5.1	0.0	1	0
2019	0.0	0.0	0	0
2018	0.0	0.0	0	0
2016	0.0	0.0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484220 · HI · Hilo

1,130 Tracked vehicle freight transportation, local 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. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Northwest Sand Transport	BLOOMER, WI	4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	DOUGLAS MYOVICH TRUCK	FRESNO, CA	4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Thomas Eilen	HAMPTON, MN	4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	PILGRIMS MT. PLEASANT LIVE HAUL	MT. PLEASANT, TX	4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Greenpath Technologies, Inc	WAIPAHU	18 FTE
STATE-SIZE	14016 OKO A FARMS INC	KULA	18 FTE
STATE-SIZE	11422 TKH CONSTRUCTION, LLC	KAHULUI	18 FTE
STATE-SIZE	KOKUA ROOFING SERVICE	KAILUA KONA	18 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hilo Medical Center	Hilo	1,389 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hawaii Police Department	Hilo	666 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 2473	Hilo	505 FTE
CITY-NEAR	2682 - Hawaii-Hilo	Hilo	453 FTE
NAT-TCR	Iowa Speedway	Newton, IA	4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Store 6717 - 159th 80th	Tinley Park, IL	4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Team Select Home Care - PHX	Phoenix, AZ	4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Store 110	Cashiers, NC	4.7 TCR

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, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.