Casings, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing · Kentucky

Qualex Manchining LLC

Richmond, KY · ~195 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Qualex Manchining LLC runs at 288% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Casings, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Qualex Manchining LLC: 9.5 TCR = 288% of Casings, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Qualex Manchining LLC safety composite

Qualex Manchining LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.7

2017→2024

Qualex Manchining LLC injury rate improved

Qualex Manchining LLC's TCR fell 2.7 from 11.3 in 2017 to 8.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 16.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=11.3 · 2018=8.2 · 2019=16.7 · 2020=9.3 · 2021=7.1 · 2022=8.5 · 2023=6.4 · 2024=8.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332322 · Richmond, KY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 9.5 · 288% of ind

  • DART 5.9 DART
  • RANK #16/18
  • PHOTO SUPERIOR METAL PRODU…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 118 inj
  • SIZE ~195 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SUPERIOR METAL PRODUCTS CO INC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Qualex Manchining LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Qualex Manchining LLC averages 9.5 TCR (288% of the Casings, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Qualex Manchining LLC TCR series: 2017=11.3 · 2018=8.2 · 2019=16.7 · 2020=9.3 · 2021=7.1 · 2022=8.5 · 2023=6.4 · 2024=8.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Qualex Manchining LLC falls in its industry

1,158 Casings, sheet metal (except s establishments

Safer than 14% 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 #16 safest of 18 Casings, sheet metal (except s employers in Kentucky.

Qualex Manchining LLC (195 employees, TCR 9.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Qualex Manchining LLC
Qualex Manchining LLC (195 employees, TCR 9.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Qualex Manchining LLC has more employees than the Casings, sheet metal (except stampings), 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 8.6 5.9 13 0 0
2023 6.4 5.8 11 0 0
2022 8.5 6.8 15 0 0
2021 7.1 4.3 13 0 0
2020 9.3 6.0 17 0 0
2019 16.7 7.6 29 4 0
2018 8.2 4.9 10 5 0
2017 11.3 2.1 10 6 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332322 · KY · Richmond

1,158 Casings, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 100 employers in Richmond, 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 SUPERIOR METAL PRODUCTS CO INC 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Shoemaker Manufacturing 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bray Sheet Metal 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR MiTek USA Inc - Houston 9.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Advanced Electrical Systems Inc. 195 FTE
STATE-SIZE Accumetric LLC DBA Soudal 195 FTE
STATE-SIZE Summit Polymers Inc. Plant Six 195 FTE
STATE-SIZE Leggett & Platt BR5100 195 FTE
CITY-NEAR Blue Grass Chem. Demil. 947 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baptist Health Richmond 641 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baptist Heath Richmond 604 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chem Demil US KY Richmond KY KY997 539 FTE
NAT-TCR PDF Print Communications, Inc. 9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Reel Core Inc. 9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Huber Action Freight 9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Pick, Pack & Haul, Inc 9.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Gamma Construction 195 FTE
NAT-SIZE NJR Service Corp 195 FTE
NAT-SIZE North Service Center 195 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corporate - KOIN OFFICE 195 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, 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.