Machine shops · Kentucky

Elizabeth Scheu & Kniss

Louisville, KY · ~39 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Elizabeth Scheu & Kniss runs at 90% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade C.

Elizabeth Scheu & Kniss: 3.0 TCR = 90% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Elizabeth Scheu & Kniss safety composite

Elizabeth Scheu & Kniss scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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)
C 2.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.7

2016→2022

Elizabeth Scheu & Kniss injury rate improved

Elizabeth Scheu & Kniss's TCR fell 3.7 from 6.3 in 2016 to 2.6 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.3 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.3 · 2017=2.3 · 2020=3.7 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=2.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Louisville, KY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 90% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #17/34
  • PHOTO Wolfe and Swickard M…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~39 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wolfe and Swickard Machine Co., Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Elizabeth Scheu & Kniss in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Elizabeth Scheu & Kniss averages 3.0 TCR (90% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

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

Elizabeth Scheu & Kniss TCR series: 2016=6.3 · 2017=2.3 · 2020=3.7 · 2021=0 · 2022=2.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Elizabeth Scheu & Kniss falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 34 Machine shops employers in Kentucky.

Elizabeth Scheu & Kniss (39 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Elizabeth Scheu & Kniss
Elizabeth Scheu & Kniss (39 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Elizabeth Scheu & Kniss has fewer employees than the Machine shops median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 2.6 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 3.7 3.7 1 0 0
2017 2.3 2.3 1 0 0
2016 6.3 2.1 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · KY · Louisville

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 1,638 employers in Louisville, 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 Wolfe and Swickard Machine Co., Inc 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Johnson Precision Productcs Inc. 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Brighton NC Machine 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wood's Powr-Grip Co., Inc. 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Magnum Hunter Production, Inc. 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE REALM CONSTRUCTION COMPANY 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE BCD, Inc. 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE Murray Paving Inc. 39 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jefferson County Public Schools 18,524 FTE
CITY-NEAR KYGRA - WORLDPORT 11,933 FTE
CITY-NEAR WORLDPORT (KYGRA) 9,667 FTE
CITY-NEAR KTKY TRUCK 8,757 FTE
NAT-TCR Edge Construction Supply Inc 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Bed Bath and Beyond SW Denver Littleton 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR buybuy Baby West Hills 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Fox Marquette 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Goodwill Industries of Colorado - Longmont 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Interval Servicing International Company 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Google Maverick 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE PLEASANTVILLE 39 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2017, 2016. 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.