Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade · Kentucky

HHC KY Plant

Owensboro, KY · ~92 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

HHC KY Plant runs at 195% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade workplace, earning a grade D.

HHC KY Plant: 6.4 TCR = 195% of Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

HHC KY Plant safety composite

HHC KY Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 23%), 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).

D

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% 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%).

Rising injury rate

HHC KY Plant: 5.3 → 6.4 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 9.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.16× in 2022

HHC KY Plant's TCR rose 1.1 from 5.3 in 2016 to 6.4 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2018 at 9.4 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332813 · Owensboro, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.4 · 195% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #8/10
  • PHOTO Bar Processing Corpo…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 41 inj
  • SIZE ~92 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bar Processing Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)

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HHC KY Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows HHC KY Plant averages 6.4 TCR (195% 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

HHC KY Plant TCR series: 2016=5.3 · 2017=3.2 · 2018=9.4 · 2019=8.2 · 2020=4.6 · 2021=8.1 · 2022=6.4 · BLS 3.3

Where HHC KY Plant falls in its industry

585 Electroplating metals and form establishments

Safer than 23% 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 #8 safest of 10 Electroplating metals and form employers in Kentucky.

HHC KY Plant (92 employees, TCR 6.4) 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 HHC KY Plant
HHC KY Plant (92 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

HHC KY Plant has more employees than the Electroplating metals and formed product median and a higher 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
2022 6.4 1.1 6 0 0
2021 8.1 5.8 7 0 0
2020 4.6 3.4 4 0 0
2019 8.2 3.1 8 0 0
2018 9.4 4.2 9 0 0
2017 3.2 3.2 3 0 0
2016 5.3 0.0 4 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332813 · KY · Owensboro

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 · 184 employers in Owensboro, 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 Bar Processing Corporation 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sheffield Platers Inc 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lorin Industries 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR A&H Duffy Polishing and Finishing Company 6.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE East Bend Generating Station 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE Judy Construction Company 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE Frederick & May Construction 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE Daicel Safety Systems Americas INC (Gas Generant Division) 92 FTE
CITY-NEAR Owensboro Health Regional Hospital 2,305 FTE
CITY-NEAR Owensboro Public Schools 969 FTE
CITY-NEAR Owensboro Independent 903 FTE
CITY-NEAR Swedish Match 816 FTE
NAT-TCR Darn Tough VT 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 9215-BHM 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Daimler Trucks North America Cleveland 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR SouthernCarlson - Tracy 6.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ozark Empire Fair 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE DarnTough VT 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE TSI Commercial Floor Covering 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tops 42 92 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, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.