Blow molding machinery for plastics manufacturing · Alabama

KwangSung America Corporation

Dadeville, AL · ~301 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

KwangSung America Corporation runs at 31% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Blow molding machinery for plastics manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

KwangSung America Corporation: 1.0 TCR = 31% of Blow molding machinery for plastics manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KwangSung America Corporation safety composite

KwangSung America Corporation scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% 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

2021→2023

KwangSung America Corporation injury rate improved

KwangSung America Corporation's TCR fell 0.5 from 1.5 in 2021 to 0.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 1.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.91× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=1.5 · 2022=0.7 · 2023=0.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333249 · Dadeville, AL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 31% of ind

  • DART 0.9 DART
  • RANK P87
  • PHOTO Hayward Industries -…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~301 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hayward Industries - Sales - All States (0.0 TCR gap)

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KwangSung America Corporation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows KwangSung America Corporation averages 1.0 TCR (31% of the Blow molding machinery for plastics manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

KwangSung America Corporation TCR series: 2021=1.5 · 2022=0.7 · 2023=0.9 · BLS 3.3

Where KwangSung America Corporation falls in its industry

448 Blow molding machinery for pla establishments

Safer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
KwangSung America Corporation (301 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 0200400600800 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate KwangSung America Corporation
KwangSung America Corporation (301 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 3.0

KwangSung America Corporation has more employees than the Blow molding machinery for plastics manu median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 0.9 0.9 4 0 0
2022 0.7 0.2 4 0 0
2021 1.5 0.8 4 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333249 · AL · Dadeville

448 Blow molding machinery for 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 Hayward Industries - Sales - All States 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR ThermoFab 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Trenton Plastics, Inc. 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nalco, an Ecolab Company 1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Prince Metal Stamping 301 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2690 301 FTE
STATE-SIZE Masonite-Haleyville 300 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lanett 300 FTE
CITY-NEAR SJA, Inc. 450 FTE
CITY-NEAR KwangSung 317 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dadeville Healthcare Center 129 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hellas Fibers 78 FTE
NAT-TCR Consaul Road 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR PIT Pittsburgh 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR VAI Main Warehouse 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR TX - Shell (Houston) 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Vulcan Materials 301 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mid-Atlantic Division Master Log 301 FTE
NAT-SIZE First Call Ambulance 301 FTE
NAT-SIZE Quincy MI (Kosher) 301 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. 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.