Gas storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing · Kentucky

Southern Tank and Manufacturing Inc.

Owensboro, KY · ~37 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Southern Tank and Manufacturing Inc. runs at 102% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Gas storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Southern Tank and Manufacturing Inc.: 3.4 TCR = 102% of Gas storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southern Tank and Manufacturing Inc. safety composite

Southern Tank and Manufacturing Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 4%), 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

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
F 10.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Southern Tank and Manufacturing Inc.: 0.0 → 10.1 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 10.1 TCR · DART/TCR 3× in 2022

Southern Tank and Manufacturing Inc.'s TCR rose 10.1 from 0.0 in 2020 to 10.1 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332420 · Owensboro, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.4 · 102% of ind

  • DART 10.1 DART
  • RANK #3/6
  • PHOTO Quality Tank Solutio…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Quality Tank Solutions - Oconomowoc, WI (0.0 TCR gap)

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Southern Tank and Manufacturing Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Southern Tank and Manufacturing Inc. averages 3.4 TCR (102% of the Gas storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Southern Tank and Manufacturing Inc. TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=10.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Southern Tank and Manufacturing Inc. falls in its industry

355 Gas storage tanks, heavy gauge establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 6 Gas storage tanks, heavy gauge employers in Kentucky.

Southern Tank and Manufacturing Inc. (37 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Southern Tank and Manufacturing Inc.
Southern Tank and Manufacturing Inc. (37 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Southern Tank and Manufacturing Inc. has fewer employees than the Gas storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, ma median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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
2022 10.1 10.1 3 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332420 · KY · Owensboro

355 Gas storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, 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 Quality Tank Solutions - Oconomowoc, WI 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arcosa Wind Towers 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wabash Elroy 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR DICKSON PROCESS SYSTEMS LLC 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Big Rivers Electric Corporation - ET&S 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE CW Assemblies LLC 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2850 RUSSELLVILLE BOWLING GREEN KY 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ontrac Inc Dba Blitz Builders Inc 37 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 Senior Care Health and Rehabilitation 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR ONSITE - Illinois 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR KLLM transport Services (GA) 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Tops #451 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hunt Valley Contractors, Inc. 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Macore 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Municipio de Las Marias - Alcaldia 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Phillips Industrial Services Corporation 37 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: 2022, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.