Overhead conveyors manufacturing · Tennessee

NKC of America, Inc.

Memphis, TN · ~127 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

NKC of America, Inc. runs at 95% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Overhead conveyors manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

NKC of America, Inc.: 3.1 TCR = 95% of Overhead conveyors manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

NKC of America, Inc. safety composite

NKC of America, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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

−2.3

2021→2024

NKC of America, Inc. injury rate improved

NKC of America, Inc.'s TCR fell 2.3 from 5.4 in 2021 to 3.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 5.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.74× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=5.4 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=2.8 · 2024=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333922 · Memphis, TN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 95% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #9/12
  • PHOTO Riley Equipment
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~127 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Riley Equipment (0.0 TCR gap)

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NKC of America, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows NKC of America, Inc. averages 3.1 TCR (95% of the Overhead conveyors manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

NKC of America, Inc. TCR series: 2021=5.4 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=2.8 · 2024=3.1 · BLS 3.3

Where NKC of America, Inc. falls in its industry

361 Overhead conveyors manufacturi establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 12 Overhead conveyors manufacturi employers in Tennessee.

NKC of America, Inc. (127 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 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 05001,0001,500 024681012 Average employees Total Case Rate NKC of America, Inc.
NKC of America, Inc. (127 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.5

NKC of America, Inc. has more employees than the Overhead conveyors manufacturing 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
2024 3.1 2.3 4 0 0
2023 2.8 2.8 3 0 0
2022 1.3 1.3 2 0 0
2021 5.4 3.2 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333922 · TN · Memphis

361 Overhead conveyors manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 1,330 employers in Memphis, TN · 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 Riley Equipment 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR TPI Engineered Systems 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Intralox, LLC - Hanover, MD 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pike Mfg. Corp. 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dixie Roofing, Inc. - LaFollette 127 FTE
STATE-SIZE 001 Memphis TN Barnhart Plant Services LLC 127 FTE
STATE-SIZE Honest Abe Log Homes, Inc. 127 FTE
STATE-SIZE Murfreesboro Container 127 FTE
CITY-NEAR FedEx 2903 SPRANKLE DR 12,398 FTE
CITY-NEAR 381940311 9,861 FTE
CITY-NEAR American Residential Services 5,775 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 5,599 FTE
NAT-TCR Showplace Wood Products - Beresford 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR St Paul 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Fox Valley Alfalfa Mill, Inc. 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR AMS of Denver, LLC 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lafayette Veterinary Care Center 127 FTE
NAT-SIZE Emerson Automation Solutions US LP 127 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cives Steel Company 127 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Lakone Company 127 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, 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.