Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade · Kentucky

FET Engineering Inc

Bardstown, KY · ~35 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

FET Engineering Inc runs at 86% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade workplace, earning a grade C.

FET Engineering Inc: 2.8 TCR = 86% of Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

FET Engineering Inc safety composite

FET Engineering Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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%).

TCR Δ

−7.7

2017→2023

FET Engineering Inc injury rate improved

FET Engineering Inc's TCR fell 7.7 from 7.7 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 7.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=7.7 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=3.6 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332813 · Bardstown, KY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 86% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/10
  • PHOTO WKW North America, LLC
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: WKW North America, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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FET Engineering Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows FET Engineering Inc averages 2.8 TCR (86% of the Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

FET Engineering Inc TCR series: 2017=7.7 · 2021=0 · 2022=3.6 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where FET Engineering Inc falls in its industry

585 Electroplating metals and form establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 10 Electroplating metals and form employers in Kentucky.

FET Engineering Inc (35 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate FET Engineering Inc
FET Engineering Inc (35 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

FET Engineering Inc has fewer employees than the Electroplating metals and formed product median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 3.6 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 7.7 3.9 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332813 · KY · Bardstown

585 Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 70 employers in Bardstown, 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 WKW North America, LLC 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Orbel Corporation 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR De Nora Tech Chardon 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR RIE Coatings, LLC Albuquerque 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Homestead Family Farms 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Castleton Lyons, Inc. 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hermitage Farm 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Coldiron Office- Magnum Hunter Production 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR American Fuji Seal 660 FTE
CITY-NEAR Heaven Hill Brands 505 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC - Bardstown I 498 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tower Automotive Operation USA, LLC - Bardstown 1 494 FTE
NAT-TCR Cabinetworks Group Culpeper 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Rochester Motors, LLC. 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Senior Services Plus 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Lumberton 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Superior Angran, LLC 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wayfield Foods Store 16 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rohm Building & Development, Inc. 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Western MA 35 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 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.