Mesh, wire, made in wire drawing mills · Kentucky
Insteel Wire Products KYW
Hickman, KY · ~38 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Insteel Wire Products KYW runs at 60% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Mesh, wire, made in wire drawing mills workplace, earning a grade B.
Insteel Wire Products KYW: 2.0 TCR = 60% of Mesh, wire, made in wire drawing mills BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Insteel Wire Products KYW safety composite
Insteel Wire Products KYW scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 48%), 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).
61/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.98 per 100 workers
Safer than 80% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.68 per 100 workers
Safer than 48% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Insteel Wire Products KYW: 2.3 → 2.7 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 2.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.35× in 2024
Insteel Wire Products KYW's TCR rose 0.4 from 2.3 in 2016 to 2.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 331222 · Hickman, KY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 60% of ind
- DART 2.7 DART
- RANK #2/5
- PHOTO Haynes International…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 4 inj
- SIZE ~38 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Haynes International, INC DBA Haynes Wire Company (0.0 TCR gap)
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Insteel Wire Products KYW in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Insteel Wire Products KYW
2 TCR
- Haynes Interna
Haynes International, INC DBA Haynes Wire Company
2 TCR
- Vimco.250
Vimco.250
2 TCR
- Ardmore Bldg A
Ardmore Bldg A
1.9 TCR
- Insteel Wire P
Insteel Wire Products AZW
1.9 TCR
What this shows Insteel Wire Products KYW averages 2.0 TCR (60% of the Mesh, wire, made in wire drawing mills BLS benchmark).
Insteel Wire Products KYW TCR series: 2016=2.3 · 2021=0 · 2022=2.3 · 2023=2.7 · 2024=2.7 · BLS 3.3
Where Insteel Wire Products KYW falls in its industry
163 Mesh, wire, made in wire drawi establishmentsSafer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.
Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 5 Mesh, wire, made in wire drawi employers in Kentucky.
Insteel Wire Products KYW 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 | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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 | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | Haynes International, INC DBA Haynes Wire Company | 2.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Vimco.250 | 2.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ardmore Bldg A | 1.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Insteel Wire Products AZW | 1.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Lexington Substation Dept. & Relay | 38 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Muldraugh Compressor Station | 38 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 2057 Mercer Rd | 38 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Field Work | 38 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Tokai Carbon GE LLC - Hickman | 70 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Tokai Carbon GE LLC Hickman | 66 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Tokai Carbon GE - Hickman Facility | 51 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Insteel Wire Products - Hickman, KY | 37 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Stockton 10533 | 2.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Future Technologies Venture, LLC | 2.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | AJ Candlewood Park OPCO LLC | 2.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Valiv - Lively | 2.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Johnson Construction Inc | 38 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Humble Brands, Inc. | 38 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Eric'sons VA | 38 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hillsboro 10126 | 38 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.