Automobile suspension springs, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing · Kentucky

US Chita Co Ltd

Lebanon, KY · ~65 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

US Chita Co Ltd runs at 171% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Automobile suspension springs, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

US Chita Co Ltd: 5.7 TCR = 171% of Automobile suspension springs, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

US Chita Co Ltd safety composite

US Chita Co Ltd scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 35%), 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 5.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% 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

−5.6

2017→2024

US Chita Co Ltd injury rate improved

US Chita Co Ltd's TCR fell 5.6 from 7.6 in 2017 to 2.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 8.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=7.6 · 2021=7.5 · 2022=8.9 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=2.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332613 · Lebanon, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.7 · 171% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #8/15
  • PHOTO Maryland Precision S…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Maryland Precision Spring (0.0 TCR gap)

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US Chita Co Ltd in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows US Chita Co Ltd averages 5.7 TCR (171% of the Automobile suspension springs, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

US Chita Co Ltd TCR series: 2017=7.6 · 2021=7.5 · 2022=8.9 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=2 · BLS 3.3

Where US Chita Co Ltd falls in its industry

189 Automobile suspension springs, establishments

Safer than 35% 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 #8 safest of 15 Automobile suspension springs, employers in Kentucky.

US Chita Co Ltd (65 employees, TCR 5.7) 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 US Chita Co Ltd
US Chita Co Ltd (65 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 68 employees and a TCR of 4.4

US Chita Co Ltd has fewer employees than the Automobile suspension springs, heavy gau median and a higher 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 2.0 2.0 1 1 0
2023 2.1 2.1 3 0 0
2022 8.9 3.6 5 0 0
2021 7.5 3.8 4 0 0
2017 7.6 2.5 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332613 · KY · Lebanon

189 Automobile suspension springs, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 45 employers in Lebanon, 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 Maryland Precision Spring 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Century Spring Corporation 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR PLYMOUTH SPRING COMPANY 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR P.J. Wallbank Springs, Inc 5.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bowlin Group LLC 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ion Apex Electric 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kelsey Construction 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE KIGHT COMPONENT PLANT 536 65 FTE
CITY-NEAR TG Kentucky LLC 1,066 FTE
CITY-NEAR Toyoda Gosei Kentucky 1,052 FTE
CITY-NEAR Curtis-Maruyasu America, Inc. 658 FTE
CITY-NEAR Curtis Maruyasu America 522 FTE
NAT-TCR Dgdg 16, LLC 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Crawford-Tracey Corporation 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Rouses Market #50 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Usc Verdugo Hills Hospital Es 5.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sheathing Technologies, Inc. 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Graphic Service Bureau Inc 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Oliver Travel Trailers 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Zimbrick Middleton 65 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, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.