Welding equipment manufacturing · Kentucky
Second Chance Enterprises
Louisa, KY · ~14 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Second Chance Enterprises runs at 118% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Welding equipment manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Second Chance Enterprises: 3.9 TCR = 118% of Welding equipment manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Second Chance Enterprises safety composite
Second Chance Enterprises scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 26%), 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).
51/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 3.9 per 100 workers
Safer than 26% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 79% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Second Chance Enterprises: 0.0 → 2.8 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 8.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024
Second Chance Enterprises's TCR rose 2.8 from 0.0 in 2022 to 2.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 8.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 333992 · Louisa, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.9 · 118% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #4/5
- PHOTO Stoody Company
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 2 inj
- SIZE ~14 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Stoody Company (0.0 TCR gap)
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Second Chance Enterprises in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Second Chance Enterprises
3.9 TCR
- Stoody Company
Stoody Company
3.9 TCR
- Hobart Aluminu
Hobart Aluminum Operations
3.9 TCR
- Power Systems
Power Systems Division - South & Warehouse
3.9 TCR
- Select-Arc Ft.
Select-Arc Ft. Loramie
3.8 TCR
What this shows Second Chance Enterprises averages 3.9 TCR (118% of the Welding equipment manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Second Chance Enterprises TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=8.9 · 2024=2.8 · BLS 3.3
Where Second Chance Enterprises falls in its industry
129 Welding equipment manufacturin establishmentsSafer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.
Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 5 Welding equipment manufacturin employers in Kentucky.
Second Chance Enterprises has fewer employees than the Welding equipment manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
333992 · KY · Louisa
129 Welding equipment manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 24 employers in Louisa, KY · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.
| Rel | Establishment | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | Stoody Company | 3.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hobart Aluminum Operations | 3.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Power Systems Division - South & Warehouse | 3.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Select-Arc Ft. Loramie | 3.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | City of Madisonville - Water Filtration | 14 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Reliable Glass | 14 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | R. Carr & Associates | 14 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AM Communications KY | 14 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ARC Corporate Offices | 321 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Three Rivers Medical Center | 292 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 4461 | 206 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 4461 | 201 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Storm Lake Turkey FM | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | NKAT | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Steel Fabricators LLC | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Kansas City Hospice House | 3.9 TCR |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.