Erecting structural steel · Kentucky

Independent Steel Co., LLC

Brooks, KY · ~26 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.6
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Independent Steel Co., LLC runs at 23% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Erecting structural steel workplace, earning a grade A.

Independent Steel Co., LLC: 0.6 TCR = 23% of Erecting structural steel BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Independent Steel Co., LLC safety composite

Independent Steel Co., LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 96% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

C

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 96% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

Independent Steel Co., LLC: 0.0 → 4.4 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 4.4 TCR · DART/TCR 6.97× in 2023

Independent Steel Co., LLC's TCR rose 4.4 from 0.0 in 2017 to 4.4 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 6.97× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238120 · Brooks, KY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 23% of ind

  • DART 4.4 DART
  • RANK #1/5
  • PHOTO Piedmont Maintenance…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Piedmont Maintenance and Services of Roxboro, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Independent Steel Co., LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Independent Steel Co., LLC averages 0.6 TCR (23% of the Erecting structural steel BLS benchmark).

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

Independent Steel Co., LLC TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=4.4 · BLS 2.8

Where Independent Steel Co., LLC falls in its industry

705 Erecting structural steel establishments

Safer than 96% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 5 Erecting structural steel employers in Kentucky.

Independent Steel Co., LLC (26 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Independent Steel Co., LLC
Independent Steel Co., LLC (26 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Independent Steel Co., LLC has fewer employees than the Erecting structural steel median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 4.4 4.4 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238120 · KY · Brooks

705 Erecting structural steel employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 9 employers in Brooks, 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 Piedmont Maintenance and Services of Roxboro, Inc. 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Starko Inc. 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Elite Metal Decking of South Florida 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Steel Masters , L.P. 0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE 830 Grassy Springs 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE 222-NiSource-Ashland KY-Service Cent 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE 3510 COLEMAN RD PADUCAH KY 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE INTEC Group LLC 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4016-18228003 215 FTE
CITY-NEAR 18265002 18265002-ICS - BROOKS 420 167 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4016-18265002 140 FTE
CITY-NEAR SCS-BROOKS - 4033 (KYBRK) 53 FTE
NAT-TCR MA.QUINC.11 - Ricoh Usa, Inc 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR GA.MACON.3 - Ricoh Americas Holdings, Inc 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR TX.HOUST.115 - Ricoh Americas Holdings, Inc 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Unit #2241 0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Prmc Operations LLC 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Quikrete - Dtw 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Quikrete - Fnt 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE McCoys Building Supply-Plainview 26 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.