Precision turned product manufacturing · Kentucky

Fischer Special Manufacturing

Cold Spring, KY · ~66 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fischer Special Manufacturing runs at 219% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Precision turned product manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Fischer Special Manufacturing: 7.2 TCR = 219% of Precision turned product manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fischer Special Manufacturing safety composite

Fischer Special Manufacturing scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% 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

−4.0

2016→2018

Fischer Special Manufacturing injury rate improved

Fischer Special Manufacturing's TCR fell 4.0 from 10.6 in 2016 to 6.6 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 10.6 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.91× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.6 · 2017=4.6 · 2018=6.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332721 · Cold Spring, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.2 · 219% of ind

  • DART 6.6 DART
  • RANK #5/5
  • PHOTO Alco Dexter
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~66 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Alco Dexter (0.0 TCR gap)

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Fischer Special Manufacturing in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fischer Special Manufacturing averages 7.2 TCR (219% of the Precision turned product manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Fischer Special Manufacturing TCR series: 2016=10.6 · 2017=4.6 · 2018=6.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Fischer Special Manufacturing falls in its industry

464 Precision turned product manuf establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

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 5 Precision turned product manuf employers in Kentucky.

Fischer Special Manufacturing (66 employees, TCR 7.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Fischer Special Manufacturing
Fischer Special Manufacturing (66 employees, TCR 7.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Fischer Special Manufacturing has more employees than the Precision turned product manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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
2018 6.6 6.6 4 0 0
2017 4.6 3.0 3 0 0
2016 10.6 4.2 4 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332721 · KY · Cold Spring

464 Precision turned product manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 14 employers in Cold Spring, 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 Alco Dexter 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Noltecincinnati 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rima Manufacturing Company 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Curtis Products LLC 7.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE T&C Contracting 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Darling Ingredients-Russellville 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE SEKRI - Pineville 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dunaway Timber - Fordsville 66 FTE
CITY-NEAR Meijer #168 209 FTE
CITY-NEAR DAV National Headquarters 194 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cold Spring Regional 191 FTE
CITY-NEAR 014-00410 185 FTE
NAT-TCR Bakersfield Center (Cabak) 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Hendersonville (Nchen) 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Reser'S-Topeka Salad Plant 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 03-Boston Terminal 7.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Evergreen Center (Aleve) 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Montrose Center (Comtr) 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Unadilla (Gauna) 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Grand Rapids (Migri) 66 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: 2018, 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.