Aluminum ingot, secondary smelting of aluminum and manufacturing · Kentucky

Matalco Franklin

Name: Matalco Franklin Workplace Safety Data
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Franklin, KY · ~78 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.3
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Matalco Franklin runs at 38% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Aluminum ingot, secondary smelting of aluminum and manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Matalco Franklin: 1.3 TCR = 38% of Aluminum ingot, secondary smelting of aluminum and manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Matalco Franklin safety composite

Matalco Franklin scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 88% 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).

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Matalco Franklin: 0.0 → 2.5 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 2.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.99× in 2024

Matalco Franklin's TCR rose 2.5 from 0.0 in 2022 to 2.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.99× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331314 · Franklin, KY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 38% of ind

DART 1.2 DART
RANK #2/14
PHOTO Pennex Aluminum Comp…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~78 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pennex Aluminum Company, LLC. (Greenville Operations) (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Matalco Franklin averages 1.3 TCR (38% of the Aluminum ingot, secondary smelting of aluminum and manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Matalco Franklin TCR series: 2022=0 · 2024=2.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Matalco Franklin falls in its industry

103 Aluminum ingot, secondary smel establishments

Safer than 88% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 14 Aluminum ingot, secondary smel employers in Kentucky.

Matalco Franklin (78 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Matalco Franklin has more employees than the Aluminum ingot, secondary smelting of al median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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	2.5	1.2	2	0	0
2022	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331314 · KY · Franklin

103 Aluminum ingot, secondary smelting of aluminum and manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 62 employers in Franklin, 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	Pennex Aluminum Company, LLC. (Greenville Operations)	GREENVILLE, PA	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Real Alloy Recycling LLC	HAUSER, ID	1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Orangeburg	ORANGEBURG, NY	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Real Alloy Recycling, LLC	COLDWATER, MI	1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Crescent Hill Water Treatment Plant	LOUISVILLE	78 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Phillips Brothers Construction, Inc.	VINE GROVE	78 FTE
STATE-SIZE	HydroChem LLC-AKY	ASHLAND	78 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Sterett Crane and Rigging, LLC	OWENSBORO	78 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Tractor Supply Company Distribution Center 0499	Franklin	622 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Franklin Precision Industry, Inc.	Franklin	562 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Berry Global Franklin KY	Franklin	549 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Berry Global Group	Franklin	504 FTE
NAT-TCR	RAL-CPIS-RALEIGH,NC	Morrisville, NC	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Veeco Somerset	Somerset, NJ	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Texas Ski Ranch LP	New Braunfels, TX	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	ABB	Byhalia, MS	1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Watterson Construction	Anchorage, AK	78 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Pioneer Cabinetry Inc.	Davison, MI	78 FTE
NAT-SIZE	City of Babbitt	Babbitt, MN	78 FTE
NAT-SIZE	MIRACORP,INC	Mesa, AZ	78 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, 2022. 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.