Boat yards (i.e., boat manufacturing facilities) · Louisiana

Metal Shark Franklin, LLC dba Metal Shark

Franklin, LA · ~122 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Metal Shark Franklin, LLC dba Metal Shark runs at 22% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Boat yards (i.e., boat manufacturing facilities) workplace, earning a grade A.

Metal Shark Franklin, LLC dba Metal Shark: 0.7 TCR = 22% of Boat yards (i.e., boat manufacturing facilities) BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Metal Shark Franklin, LLC dba Metal Shark safety composite

Metal Shark Franklin, LLC dba Metal Shark scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 98% 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).

B

83/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 98% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% 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

−1.1

2021→2024

Metal Shark Franklin, LLC dba Metal Shark injury rate improved

Metal Shark Franklin, LLC dba Metal Shark's TCR fell 1.1 from 1.1 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 1.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=1.1 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336612 · Franklin, LA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 22% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/5
  • PHOTO TechnipFMC - Schilli…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~122 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TechnipFMC - Schilling Robotics (Shingle Springs) (0.1 TCR gap)

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Metal Shark Franklin, LLC dba Metal Shark in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Metal Shark Franklin, LLC dba Metal Shark averages 0.7 TCR (22% of the Boat yards (i.e., boat manufacturing facilities) BLS benchmark).

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

Metal Shark Franklin, LLC dba Metal Shark TCR series: 2021=1.1 · 2022=0 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Metal Shark Franklin, LLC dba Metal Shark falls in its industry

249 Boat yards (i.e., boat manufac establishments

Safer than 98% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 5 Boat yards (i.e., boat manufac employers in Louisiana.

Metal Shark Franklin, LLC dba Metal Shark (122 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 121 employees and a TCR of 5.2 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Metal Shark Franklin, LLC dba Metal Shark
Metal Shark Franklin, LLC dba Metal Shark (122 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 121 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Metal Shark Franklin, LLC dba Metal Shark has more employees than the Boat yards (i.e., boat manufacturing fac median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 1.8 0.0 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 1 0 0
2021 1.1 1.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336612 · LA · Franklin

249 Boat yards (i.e., boat manufacturing facilities) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 15 employers in Franklin, LA · 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 TechnipFMC - Schilling Robotics (Shingle Springs) 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Miami 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Majek Boatworks, Inc. 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR HQ 511 N John Rodes Blvd 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Shintech 122 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cargill Westwego Grain Export 122 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2807-2690 122 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 3727 122 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hospital Service District No 1 of St Mary Parish d/b/a Franklin Foundation Hospital 288 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cabot Canal 154 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hospital District No. 1 of St. Mary Parish d/b/a Franklin Foundation Hospital 144 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sterling Sugars, LLC 139 FTE
NAT-TCR Cross Technologies Inc Whitsett 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Musco Sports Lighting, LLC / Corporate Office 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Phoenix, AZ - 3720 W Lower Buckeye Rd 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR MPW Industrial Services, Inc. - Rockport 0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE SupplyHouse Texas LLC 122 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amano Pioneer Eclipse 122 FTE
NAT-SIZE Singer M. Tucker 122 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cleveland-Cliffs Columbus LLC 122 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.