Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing · Alabama

KwangSung

Dadeville, AL · ~317 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

KwangSung runs at 92% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

KwangSung: 3.0 TCR = 92% of Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KwangSung safety composite

KwangSung scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 49%), 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

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.72 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

−2.9

2016→2020

KwangSung injury rate improved

KwangSung's TCR fell 2.9 from 5.2 in 2016 to 2.3 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.2 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.2 · 2019=1.6 · 2020=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Dadeville, AL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 92% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #26/65
  • PHOTO Richardson Molding LLC
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 34 inj
  • SIZE ~317 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Richardson Molding LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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KwangSung in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows KwangSung averages 3.0 TCR (92% 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

KwangSung TCR series: 2016=5.2 · 2019=1.6 · 2020=2.3 · BLS 3.3

Where KwangSung falls in its industry

2,838 Motor vehicle moldings and ext establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #26 safest of 65 Motor vehicle moldings and ext employers in Alabama.

KwangSung (317 employees, TCR 3.0) 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 KwangSung
KwangSung (317 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

KwangSung has more 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
2020 2.3 1.7 8 0 0
2019 1.6 0.2 7 0 0
2016 5.2 3.4 19 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · AL · Dadeville

2,838 Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 11 employers in Dadeville, AL · 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 Richardson Molding LLC 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Carthage 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aubright 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Shelves West 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Flowers Bakery of Montgomery, LLC 317 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rusken Packaging Cullman 317 FTE
STATE-SIZE HS Automotive Alabama 317 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pace Runners, Inc. 317 FTE
CITY-NEAR SJA, Inc. 450 FTE
CITY-NEAR KwangSung America Corporation 301 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dadeville Healthcare Center 129 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hellas Fibers 78 FTE
NAT-TCR All Aboard America! Odessa 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR SCS, AJV Company 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR BMC-Aberdeen 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Aubright 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Ritedose Corporation 317 FTE
NAT-SIZE EIU Corporate Office 317 FTE
NAT-SIZE Republic Services - Bridgeton Hauling 317 FTE
NAT-SIZE FHP Manufacturing 317 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: 2020, 2019, 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.