Coiled springs, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing · Kentucky

NHK of America

Bowling Green, KY · ~347 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

NHK of America runs at 43% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Coiled springs, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

NHK of America: 1.4 TCR = 43% of Coiled springs, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

NHK of America safety composite

NHK of America scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−2.2

2016→2024

NHK of America injury rate improved

NHK of America's TCR fell 2.2 from 2.9 in 2016 to 0.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.22× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.9 · 2017=1.7 · 2018=1.5 · 2019=1.2 · 2021=1.1 · 2022=1.1 · 2024=0.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332613 · Bowling Green, KY AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 43% of ind

  • DART 0.3 DART
  • RANK #2/15
  • PHOTO Tokusen HyTech Inc.
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 25 inj
  • SIZE ~347 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tokusen HyTech Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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NHK of America in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows NHK of America averages 1.4 TCR (43% of the Coiled springs, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

NHK of America TCR series: 2016=2.9 · 2017=1.7 · 2018=1.5 · 2019=1.2 · 2021=1.1 · 2022=1.1 · 2024=0.6 · BLS 3.3

Where NHK of America falls in its industry

189 Coiled springs, heavy gauge me establishments

Safer than 94% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 15 Coiled springs, heavy gauge me employers in Kentucky.

NHK of America (347 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 68 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 NHK of America
NHK of America (347 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 68 employees and a TCR of 4.4

NHK of America has more employees than the Coiled springs, heavy gauge metal, manuf median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 Fatalities
2024 0.6 0.3 1 1 0
2022 1.1 0.3 3 1 0
2021 1.1 0.6 2 2 0
2019 1.2 0.5 3 2 0
2018 1.5 0.7 4 2 0
2017 1.7 0.5 5 2 0
2016 2.9 0.5 7 4 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332613 · KY · Bowling Green

189 Coiled springs, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 331 employers in Bowling Green, KY · 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 Tokusen HyTech Inc. 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Spring Dynamics, Inc. 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Suhm Spring of Dallas 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sterling Spring LLC 54th 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Alpha Mechanical Service, Inc. 347 FTE
STATE-SIZE double kwik Elkhorn City 347 FTE
STATE-SIZE double kwik Allen 347 FTE
STATE-SIZE 701 347 FTE
CITY-NEAR Western Kentucky University-Bowling Green 2,237 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Medical Center at Bowling Green 1,872 FTE
CITY-NEAR Magna Bowling Green Metalforming 1,441 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bowling Green Metalforming 1,344 FTE
NAT-TCR Watson Commercial Painting, Ltd. 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Kingery Printing Company 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Muscatine Power & Water A/O Center 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Bossier City Martin Transport 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Aec Rochester 347 FTE
NAT-SIZE C. J. Coakley Co., Inc. 347 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wiers Farm Inc 347 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pratt (Jet Corr), Inc. 347 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, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.