Explosives manufacturing · West Virginia

Austin Powder Appalchia LLC - Masontown, WV

Masontown, WV · ~16 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Austin Powder Appalchia LLC - Masontown, WV runs at 39% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Explosives manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Austin Powder Appalchia LLC - Masontown, WV: 1.3 TCR = 39% of Explosives manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Austin Powder Appalchia LLC - Masontown, WV safety composite

Austin Powder Appalchia LLC - Masontown, WV scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−3.9

2019→2022

Austin Powder Appalchia LLC - Masontown, WV injury rate improved

Austin Powder Appalchia LLC - Masontown, WV's TCR fell 3.9 from 3.9 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.9 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=3.9 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325920 · Masontown, WV AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 39% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/5
  • PHOTO St. Marks Powders, Inc
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~16 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: St. Marks Powders, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Austin Powder Appalchia LLC - Masontown, WV in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Austin Powder Appalchia LLC - Masontown, WV averages 1.3 TCR (39% of the Explosives manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Austin Powder Appalchia LLC - Masontown, WV TCR series: 2019=3.9 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Austin Powder Appalchia LLC - Masontown, WV falls in its industry

78 Explosives manufacturing establishments

Safer than 79% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to West Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 5 Explosives manufacturing employers in West Virginia.

Austin Powder Appalchia LLC - Masontown, WV (16 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 0200400600 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate Austin Powder Appalchia LLC - Masontown, WV
Austin Powder Appalchia LLC - Masontown, WV (16 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Austin Powder Appalchia LLC - Masontown, WV has fewer employees than the Explosives manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 3.9 3.9 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325920 · WV · Masontown

78 Explosives manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,269 rated employers in West Virginia with headcount on file · 3 employers in Masontown, WV · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR St. Marks Powders, Inc 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR St. Paul 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR DynaEnergetics US Inc. (Whitney) 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alpha/Dyno Nobel -- Lincoln, CA 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE CAMBRIDGE PLACE 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE DC Electric LLC 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dailey Trucking 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE Appalachian Tank Car Services - Hinton WV 16 FTE
CITY-NEAR Instant Growth Hydroseeding, LLC 47 FTE
CITY-NEAR Masontown, WV Yard 43 FTE
NAT-TCR Arden Place of Beaumont 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Mid-Coast Transit Constructors - Mid-Coast LRT Extension 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Plum Creek Place 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR AGCO : Beloit 1.3 TCR

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: 2022, 2021, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.