Fabricated plate work manufacturing · Kentucky

Master Engineering Inc DBA Piccola Manufacturing Co

Shepherdsville, KY · ~58 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
15.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Master Engineering Inc DBA Piccola Manufacturing Co runs at 461% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fabricated plate work manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Master Engineering Inc DBA Piccola Manufacturing Co: 15.2 TCR = 461% of Fabricated plate work manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Master Engineering Inc DBA Piccola Manufacturing Co safety composite

Master Engineering Inc DBA Piccola Manufacturing Co scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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).

F

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 15.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% 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%).

Master Engineering Inc DBA Piccola Manufacturing Co held a steady TCR band

Master Engineering Inc DBA Piccola Manufacturing Co's TCR held near 0.3 from 10.0 in 2017 to 10.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 24.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=10.0 · 2018=21.2 · 2019=22.1 · 2020=4.0 · 2022=24.6 · 2023=14.4 · 2024=10.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332313 · Shepherdsville, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 15.2 · 461% of ind

  • DART 6.9 DART
  • RANK #11/11
  • PHOTO Tygart Steel
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 58 inj
  • SIZE ~58 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tygart Steel (0.2 TCR gap)

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Master Engineering Inc DBA Piccola Manufacturing Co in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Master Engineering Inc DBA Piccola Manufacturing Co averages 15.2 TCR (461% of the Fabricated plate work manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Master Engineering Inc DBA Piccola Manufacturing Co TCR series: 2017=10 · 2018=21.2 · 2019=22.1 · 2020=4 · 2022=24.6 · 2023=14.4 · 2024=10.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Master Engineering Inc DBA Piccola Manufacturing Co falls in its industry

449 Fabricated plate work manufact establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 11 Fabricated plate work manufact employers in Kentucky.

Master Engineering Inc DBA Piccola Manufacturing Co (58 employees, TCR 15.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 0100200300400 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Master Engineering Inc DBA Piccola Manufacturing Co
Master Engineering Inc DBA Piccola Manufacturing Co (58 employees, TCR 15.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Master Engineering Inc DBA Piccola Manufacturing Co has more employees than the Fabricated plate work manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 10.3 6.9 6 0 0
2023 14.4 3.6 8 0 0
2022 24.6 12.3 14 0 0
2020 4.0 4.0 2 0 0
2019 22.1 12.9 12 0 0
2018 21.2 7.7 11 0 0
2017 10.0 8.0 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332313 · KY · Shepherdsville

449 Fabricated plate work manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 77 employers in Shepherdsville, 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 Tygart Steel 15.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR RMS Tritec LLC 14.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kundel Headquarters 14.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR ADS Manufacturing TN LLC 16.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE W Principles, LLC 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lyons Company, LLC 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Middlesboro Coca Cola Bottling works Somerset 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE SEKRI - Corbin DC 58 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - SDF9 2,577 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : SDF9 2,077 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : SDF4 929 FTE
CITY-NEAR Magna LVSS 830 FTE
NAT-TCR Maravilla 15.2 TCR
NAT-TCR OKO007 15.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Ms Care Center of Dekalb 15.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Nob Hill Water Association 15.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE MCO-D 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE ThermoTek, Inc. 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE W.C. Maloney, LLC 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE Omaha Freezer 58 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.