Chrome plating metals and metal products for the trade · Kentucky

KOWA Kentucky, Inc

Corbin, KY · ~20 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

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

KOWA Kentucky, Inc runs at 18% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Chrome plating metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade A.

KOWA Kentucky, Inc: 0.6 TCR = 18% of Chrome plating metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KOWA Kentucky, Inc safety composite

KOWA Kentucky, Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 98% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

81/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 98% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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%).

KOWA Kentucky, Inc held a steady TCR band

KOWA Kentucky, Inc's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=5.2 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332813 · Corbin, KY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 18% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/10
  • PHOTO Raytheon Lemmon Ave
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Raytheon Lemmon Ave (0.0 TCR gap)

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KOWA Kentucky, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows KOWA Kentucky, Inc averages 0.6 TCR (18% of the Chrome plating metals and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

KOWA Kentucky, Inc TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=5.2 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where KOWA Kentucky, Inc falls in its industry

585 Chrome plating metals and meta establishments

Safer than 98% 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 #1 safest of 10 Chrome plating metals and meta employers in Kentucky.

KOWA Kentucky, Inc (20 employees, TCR 0.6) 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 KOWA Kentucky, Inc
KOWA Kentucky, Inc (20 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

KOWA Kentucky, Inc has fewer employees than the Chrome plating metals and metal products median and a lower 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 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 5.2 5.2 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332813 · KY · Corbin

585 Chrome plating metals and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 49 employers in Corbin, 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 Raytheon Lemmon Ave 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Houston Plating Company - Humble 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Markland Industries 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Distribution Services Plating 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Farm 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bosch Berries Kentucky Operations 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Electric Plant Board of the City of Russellville 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Daysville 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baptist Health Corbin 1,312 FTE
CITY-NEAR CTA Acoustics, Inc 683 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1259 356 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1259 326 FTE
NAT-TCR Spanaway WA Truss 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR UMP Administration 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Columbus 2 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR DAC (District Admin Center) 0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE American Standard, Mfg. 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Walter S. Johnson Building Co., Inc 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alsum Farms Inc. 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Madison WI Yard 20 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.