Slide fasteners (i.e., zippers) manufacturing · Georgia

YKK USA Inc

Macon, GA · ~609 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

YKK USA Inc runs at 44% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Slide fasteners (i.e., zippers) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

YKK USA Inc: 1.5 TCR = 44% of Slide fasteners (i.e., zippers) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

YKK USA Inc safety composite

YKK USA Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 46%), 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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%).

YKK USA Inc held a steady TCR band

YKK USA Inc's TCR held near 0.3 from 1.3 in 2023 to 1.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=1.3 · 2024=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339993 · Macon, GA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 44% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #1/4
  • PHOTO OGS Technologies, LLC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~609 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: OGS Technologies, LLC (0.1 TCR gap)

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YKK USA Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows YKK USA Inc averages 1.5 TCR (44% of the Slide fasteners (i.e., zippers) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

YKK USA Inc TCR series: 2023=1.3 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 3.3

Where YKK USA Inc falls in its industry

25 Slide fasteners (i.e., zippers establishments

Safer than 84% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 4 Slide fasteners (i.e., zippers employers in Georgia.

YKK USA Inc (609 employees, TCR 1.5) among 18 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 3.1 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 19 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 024681012 Average employees Total Case Rate YKK USA Inc
YKK USA Inc (609 employees, TCR 1.5) among 18 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 3.1

YKK USA Inc has more employees than the Slide fasteners (i.e., zippers) manufact median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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 1.6 1.3 9 0 0
2023 1.3 0.8 5 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339993 · GA · Macon

25 Slide fasteners (i.e., zippers) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 300 employers in Macon, GA · 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 OGS Technologies, LLC 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR YKK (USA) Inc. Snap and Button Products 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR YKK S & B 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR ITW Paslode Pocahontas, AR 0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pivot Technologies Services Corp 609 FTE
STATE-SIZE Callaway Resort & Gardens 609 FTE
STATE-SIZE NDC Atlanta 610 FTE
STATE-SIZE Temps Plus Inc. 608 FTE
CITY-NEAR Medical Center, Navicent Health 3,977 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1201-Navicent Health Medical Center 3,858 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : SAV3 1,528 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - SAV3 1,305 FTE
NAT-TCR UFP Belchertown LLC 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Royalton High School 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Ouzinkie Native Corporation 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Mayco Colors 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Corporate Admin - 1001 609 FTE
NAT-SIZE Truepill, Inc. 609 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Gleason Works 609 FTE
NAT-SIZE McHenry 609 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.