Steel merchant wholesalers · Kentucky

Elco, Inc DBA Metalsdepot

Winchester, KY · ~51 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.6
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Elco, Inc DBA Metalsdepot runs at 345% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Steel merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Elco, Inc DBA Metalsdepot: 7.6 TCR = 345% of Steel merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Elco, Inc DBA Metalsdepot safety composite

Elco, Inc DBA Metalsdepot scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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).

F

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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%).

Elco, Inc DBA Metalsdepot held a steady TCR band

Elco, Inc DBA Metalsdepot's TCR held near 0.1 from 4.6 in 2017 to 4.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 12.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.6 · 2018=10.7 · 2019=6.4 · 2020=12.9 · 2021=6.2 · 2024=4.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Winchester, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.6 · 345% of ind

  • DART 4.7 DART
  • RANK #12/18
  • PHOTO Norfolk Iron and Met…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 24 inj
  • SIZE ~51 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Norfolk Iron and Metal - Iowa (0.0 TCR gap)

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Elco, Inc DBA Metalsdepot in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Elco, Inc DBA Metalsdepot averages 7.6 TCR (345% of the Steel merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Elco, Inc DBA Metalsdepot TCR series: 2017=4.6 · 2018=10.7 · 2019=6.4 · 2020=12.9 · 2021=6.2 · 2024=4.7 · BLS 2.2

Where Elco, Inc DBA Metalsdepot falls in its industry

1,299 Steel merchant wholesalers establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 18 Steel merchant wholesalers employers in Kentucky.

Elco, Inc DBA Metalsdepot (51 employees, TCR 7.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Elco, Inc DBA Metalsdepot
Elco, Inc DBA Metalsdepot (51 employees, TCR 7.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Elco, Inc DBA Metalsdepot has more employees than the Steel merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 4.7 4.7 3 0 0
2021 6.2 6.2 4 0 0
2020 12.9 7.4 7 0 0
2019 6.4 6.4 3 0 0
2018 10.7 10.7 5 0 0
2017 4.6 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · KY · Winchester

1,299 Steel merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 79 employers in Winchester, 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 Norfolk Iron and Metal - Iowa 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cd'A Metals - Spokane 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR National Tube Supply Company 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR SPSCI Tulsa Service Center 7.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Scott County Fire Dept. 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Big Sandy Plant 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brandenburg Office 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Clark Energy Cooperative 51 FTE
CITY-NEAR Clark Regional Medical Center 576 FTE
CITY-NEAR Winchester 482 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pearl Interactive Network 481 FTE
CITY-NEAR Infiltrator Water Technologies 396 FTE
NAT-TCR Kimpton Vero Beach Hotel & Spa 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 5035 Wilkes Barre General Hospital 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 424 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Tecta America Southern California 7.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Smoke Guard 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Township of Egelston 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vanguard Pai Lung LLC 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tango Construction, Inc 51 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.