Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · Kentucky

Sentry Steel, Inc.

Louisville, KY · ~177 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sentry Steel, Inc. runs at 244% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Sentry Steel, Inc.: 8.1 TCR = 244% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sentry Steel, Inc. safety composite

Sentry Steel, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 22%), 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).

D

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% 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

−4.7

2016→2024

Sentry Steel, Inc. injury rate improved

Sentry Steel, Inc.'s TCR fell 4.7 from 6.0 in 2016 to 1.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 34.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.15× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.0 · 2018=8.1 · 2019=34.3 · 2020=1.4 · 2021=9.4 · 2022=4.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Louisville, KY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.1 · 244% of ind

  • DART 1.2 DART
  • RANK #15/21
  • PHOTO Triton Defense, Inc
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 31 inj
  • SIZE ~177 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Triton Defense, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sentry Steel, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sentry Steel, Inc. averages 8.1 TCR (244% of the Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Sentry Steel, Inc. TCR series: 2016=6 · 2018=8.1 · 2019=34.3 · 2020=1.4 · 2021=9.4 · 2022=4 · 2023=0 · 2024=1.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Sentry Steel, Inc. falls in its industry

1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishments

Safer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 21 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in Kentucky.

Sentry Steel, Inc. (177 employees, TCR 8.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Sentry Steel, Inc.
Sentry Steel, Inc. (177 employees, TCR 8.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Sentry Steel, Inc. has more employees than the Fabricated structural metal manufacturin median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 1.2 1.2 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 4.0 4.0 3 0 0
2021 9.4 4.7 6 0 0
2020 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2019 34.3 28.6 10 2 0
2018 8.1 8.1 6 0 0
2016 6.0 6.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · KY · Louisville

1,491 Fabricated structural metal manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 1,638 employers in Louisville, 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 Triton Defense, Inc 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wylie Steel Fabricators, Inc 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR G&G Steel Iuka 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sioux City Foundry Co. 8.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fabricated Metals, LLC 177 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dakkota 177 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2807-0460 177 FTE
STATE-SIZE 014-00420 177 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jefferson County Public Schools 18,524 FTE
CITY-NEAR KYGRA - WORLDPORT 11,933 FTE
CITY-NEAR WORLDPORT (KYGRA) 9,667 FTE
CITY-NEAR KTKY TRUCK 8,757 FTE
NAT-TCR Arbor Management Services, LLC 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Wadena County Highway Department 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Stark Exterminators 3046 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR True Value Company RDC - KC 8.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Conklin Cars 177 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cornerstone Interiors Inc 177 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hospital of the Univ of Penna Pavilion 177 FTE
NAT-SIZE J & J Snack Foods Corp 177 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.