Frozen waffles manufacturing · California

San Jose Manufacturing Facility - KNA

San Jose, CA · ~159 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

San Jose Manufacturing Facility - KNA runs at 126% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Frozen waffles manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

San Jose Manufacturing Facility - KNA: 4.2 TCR = 126% of Frozen waffles manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

San Jose Manufacturing Facility - KNA safety composite

San Jose Manufacturing Facility - KNA scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 31%), 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

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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%).

Rising injury rate

San Jose Manufacturing Facility - KNA: 2.4 → 5.9 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 5.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.79× in 2024

San Jose Manufacturing Facility - KNA's TCR rose 3.5 from 2.4 in 2023 to 5.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.79× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311412 · San Jose, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 126% of ind

  • DART 3.3 DART
  • RANK #15/27
  • PHOTO Ruiz Foods Products
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~159 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ruiz Foods Products (0.0 TCR gap)

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San Jose Manufacturing Facility - KNA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows San Jose Manufacturing Facility - KNA averages 4.2 TCR (126% of the Frozen waffles manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

San Jose Manufacturing Facility - KNA TCR series: 2023=2.4 · 2024=5.9 · BLS 3.3

Where San Jose Manufacturing Facility - KNA falls in its industry

274 Frozen waffles manufacturing establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 27 Frozen waffles manufacturing employers in California.

San Jose Manufacturing Facility - KNA (159 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 201 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 05001,0001,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate San Jose Manufacturing Facility - KNA
San Jose Manufacturing Facility - KNA (159 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 201 employees and a TCR of 4.0

San Jose Manufacturing Facility - KNA has fewer employees than the Frozen waffles manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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
2024 5.9 3.3 8 1 0
2023 2.4 0.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311412 · CA · San Jose

274 Frozen waffles manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 1,102 employers in San Jose, CA · 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 Ruiz Foods Products 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Uno Foods, INc 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Marzetti Frozen Pasta - Altoona 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Creative Specialty Food Solutions- Yale 4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE REDDING SERVICE CENTER-OFFICE 159 FTE
STATE-SIZE Solar4America Technology, Inc. 159 FTE
STATE-SIZE Santa Ana Creek Development dba Mark Company 159 FTE
STATE-SIZE JFShea Construction-Walnut 159 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2636-CALIFORNIA.SAN JOSE 11,308 FTE
CITY-NEAR Santa Clara Valley Healthcare, Valley Medical Center (Hospital & Clinics) 7,299 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rosendin - Main 6,964 FTE
CITY-NEAR Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC & Clinics) 6,576 FTE
NAT-TCR KMC Plant #1 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Kent Sporting Goods 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR PFC-CT 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR ULA-Harlingen 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tables MFG. 159 FTE
NAT-SIZE Applied Engineering, Inc. 159 FTE
NAT-SIZE XCEL Erectors, Inc. 159 FTE
NAT-SIZE NEA 159 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.