Chassis, automobile, manufacturing · Kentucky

Metalsa - Owensboro

Owensboro, KY · ~268 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Metalsa - Owensboro runs at 93% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Chassis, automobile, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Metalsa - Owensboro: 3.1 TCR = 93% of Chassis, automobile, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Metalsa - Owensboro safety composite

Metalsa - Owensboro scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 61% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

C

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−2.0

2016→2019

Metalsa - Owensboro injury rate improved

Metalsa - Owensboro's TCR fell 2.0 from 3.9 in 2016 to 1.9 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.9 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.9 · 2017=3.6 · 2018=2.8 · 2019=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336111 · Owensboro, KY AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 93% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #4/8
  • PHOTO Driverge 1300 Kenmor…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 33 inj
  • SIZE ~268 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Driverge 1300 Kenmore Blvd (0.0 TCR gap)

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Metalsa - Owensboro in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Metalsa - Owensboro averages 3.1 TCR (93% of the Chassis, automobile, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Metalsa - Owensboro TCR series: 2016=3.9 · 2017=3.6 · 2018=2.8 · 2019=1.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Metalsa - Owensboro falls in its industry

158 Chassis, automobile, manufactu establishments

Safer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 8 Chassis, automobile, manufactu employers in Kentucky.

Metalsa - Owensboro (268 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 366 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 05,00010,00015,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Metalsa - Owensboro
Metalsa - Owensboro (268 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 366 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Metalsa - Owensboro has fewer employees than the Chassis, automobile, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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
2019 1.9 1.6 8 0 0
2018 2.8 2.1 8 0 0
2017 3.6 2.7 8 0 0
2016 3.9 2.6 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336111 · KY · Owensboro

158 Chassis, automobile, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 184 employers in Owensboro, 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 Driverge 1300 Kenmore Blvd 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR ResourceMFG/Toyota Manufacturing 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dakkota Intergrated Sytems LLC 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Driverge - Kansas City 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE The Allen Company, Inc 268 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cardinal 268 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2548 268 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1048 268 FTE
CITY-NEAR Owensboro Health Regional Hospital 2,305 FTE
CITY-NEAR Owensboro Public Schools 969 FTE
CITY-NEAR Owensboro Independent 903 FTE
CITY-NEAR Swedish Match 816 FTE
NAT-TCR Primm Valley 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Specialty Ceramics Inc. 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Chicago Protective Apparel 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Water Administration Building 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lutheran Home and Rehabilitation Center 268 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sofidel America 268 FTE
NAT-SIZE Voss Industries, LLC 268 FTE
NAT-SIZE L3 Unidyne Princess Anne 268 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.