Brake caliper assemblies, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing · Kentucky
Piston Automotive
Georgetown, KY · ~99 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 2.4
- Avg TCR
- 5.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Piston Automotive runs at 45% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Brake caliper assemblies, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 2.4
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 5.4
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 11
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Piston Automotive's OSHA Total Case Rate of 2.4 to the Brake caliper assemblies, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS benchmark of 5.4 (45% of benchmark) across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Piston Automotive's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 5.4 industry benchmark.
Where Piston Automotive falls in its industry
138 Brake caliper assemblies, auto establishmentsSafer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.
Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 19 Brake caliper assemblies, auto employers in Kentucky.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 11 injuries shown on this page for Piston Automotive are sourced from its own 2 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 336340 - Brake caliper assemblies, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2021)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
2 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 164,283 hours worked = 2.43 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Piston Automotive (this establishment) | 2.43 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Brake drums, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing industry avg | 5.40 | BLS IIF, NAICS 336340 |
| Kentucky state avg (all industries) | 4.39 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Piston Automotive to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2021: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 9 reportable incidents · 9 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 110.8 | 61.5 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Piston Automotive's reported OSHA injury record, strong versus its Brake caliper assemblies, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing peers, but not a guarantee about any single site today.
- At 45% of the Brake caliper assemblies, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing benchmark, Piston Automotive reports fewer injuries than typical peers, still worth asking how safety is managed day to day. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Brake caliper assemblies, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.