Machine shops · Kentucky

EST Tool & Machine, Inc.

Brodhead, KY · ~39 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

EST Tool & Machine, Inc. runs at 190% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade D.

EST Tool & Machine, Inc.: 6.3 TCR = 190% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

EST Tool & Machine, Inc. safety composite

EST Tool & Machine, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 22%), 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

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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

−1.9

2021→2024

EST Tool & Machine, Inc. injury rate improved

EST Tool & Machine, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.9 from 6.5 in 2021 to 4.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=6.5 · 2022=7.1 · 2023=6.9 · 2024=4.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Brodhead, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.3 · 190% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #29/34
  • PHOTO PME Cincinnati
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~39 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PME Cincinnati (0.0 TCR gap)

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EST Tool & Machine, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows EST Tool & Machine, Inc. averages 6.3 TCR (190% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

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

EST Tool & Machine, Inc. TCR series: 2021=6.5 · 2022=7.1 · 2023=6.9 · 2024=4.6 · BLS 3.3

Where EST Tool & Machine, Inc. falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 22% 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 #29 safest of 34 Machine shops employers in Kentucky.

EST Tool & Machine, Inc. (39 employees, TCR 6.3) 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 EST Tool & Machine, Inc.
EST Tool & Machine, Inc. (39 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

EST Tool & Machine, Inc. has fewer employees than the Machine shops median and a higher 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
2024 4.6 2.3 2 0 0
2023 6.9 6.9 3 0 0
2022 7.1 2.4 3 0 0
2021 6.5 4.3 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · KY · Brodhead

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 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 PME Cincinnati 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chandler Industries - Wyoming 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Withers Tool, Die and Manufacturing Co. 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Butler Tool, Inc. 6.3 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 LP Brodhead, LLC--Rockcastle 99 FTE
NAT-TCR 8027208 Air Fayre 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR DOCCR-Client and Community Restoration 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Hytrol Conveyor Company - Fort Smith 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Lmmm Houston #55, Ltd 6.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Grain Craft McPherson KS 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE 8027232 Hallmark MO 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Madrona Elementary School 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Heritage Manor 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021. 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.