Mesh, wire, made in wire drawing mills · Kentucky

Insteel Wire Products - Hickman, KY

Name: Insteel Wire Products - Hickman, KY Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Hickman, KY · ~37 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.6
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Insteel Wire Products - Hickman, KY runs at 19% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Mesh, wire, made in wire drawing mills workplace, earning a grade A.

Insteel Wire Products - Hickman, KY: 0.6 TCR = 19% of Mesh, wire, made in wire drawing mills BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Insteel Wire Products - Hickman, KY safety composite

Insteel Wire Products - Hickman, KY scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 96% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

82/100

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: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% 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

−2.5

2017→2020

Insteel Wire Products - Hickman, KY injury rate improved

Insteel Wire Products - Hickman, KY's TCR fell 2.5 from 2.5 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.5 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.5 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331222 · Hickman, KY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 19% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #1/5
PHOTO Insteel Wire Product…
BOOK 4y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Insteel Wire Products - Kingman, AZ (0.0 TCR gap)

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WMC Industrial

0.7
This site

0.6
Insteel Wire P

0.6
Ardmore Bldg B

0.6
Ardmore Bldg C

0.6

What this shows Insteel Wire Products - Hickman, KY averages 0.6 TCR (19% of the Mesh, wire, made in wire drawing mills BLS benchmark).

Insteel Wire Products - Hickman, KY TCR series: 2017=2.5 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Insteel Wire Products - Hickman, KY falls in its industry

163 Mesh, wire, made in wire drawi establishments

Safer than 96% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.

Grade A

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 Mesh, wire, made in wire drawi employers in Kentucky.

Insteel Wire Products - Hickman, KY (37 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 4.8

Insteel Wire Products - Hickman, KY has fewer employees than the Mesh, wire, made in wire drawing mills median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. 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
2020	0.0	0.0	0
2019	0.0	0.0	0
2018	0.0	0.0	0
2017	2.5	2.5	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331222 · KY · Hickman

163 Mesh, wire, made in wire drawing mills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 5 employers in Hickman, KY · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Insteel Wire Products - Kingman, AZ	KINGMAN, AZ	0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ardmore Bldg B	FT WAYNE, IN	0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ardmore Bldg C (Tech Center)	FT WAYNE, IN	0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	WMC Industrial	CARROLLTON, TX	0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Big Rivers Electric Corporation - ET&S	HENDERSON	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CW Assemblies LLC	NICHOLASVILLE	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	2850 RUSSELLVILLE BOWLING GREEN KY	BOWLING GREEN	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Ontrac Inc Dba Blitz Builders Inc	SHELBYVILLE	37 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Tokai Carbon GE LLC - Hickman	Hickman	70 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Tokai Carbon GE LLC Hickman	Hickman	66 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Tokai Carbon GE - Hickman Facility	Hickman	51 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Insteel Wire Products KYW	Hickman	38 FTE
NAT-TCR	Country Mart #3806	Kennett, MO	0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Municipal Energy Services Agency	Columbus, OH	0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	John Deere Electronic Solutions	Fargo, ND	0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	FuelCell Energy - Danbury	Danbury, CT	0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	JJ Georgia Warehouse	Adel, GA	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	ERMC - Hanes Mall	Winston-Salem, NC	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	RK-998-Charleston ( RK-998 )	Charleston, IL	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	ERMC - Chattanooga	Chattanooga, TN	37 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: 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.