Tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing · Kentucky

Southern Tank & Manufacturing

Owensboro, KY · ~29 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

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

Southern Tank & Manufacturing runs at 99% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Southern Tank & Manufacturing: 3.3 TCR = 99% of Tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southern Tank & Manufacturing safety composite

Southern Tank & Manufacturing scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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 & Manufacturing: 0.0 → 9.8 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 9.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2019

Southern Tank & Manufacturing's TCR rose 9.8 from 0.0 in 2017 to 9.8 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332420 · Owensboro, KY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 99% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/6
  • PHOTO Worthington Cylinder…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Worthington Cylinders Jefferson (0.0 TCR gap)

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Southern Tank & Manufacturing in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Southern Tank & Manufacturing averages 3.3 TCR (99% of the 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 & Manufacturing TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=9.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Southern Tank & Manufacturing falls in its industry

355 Tanks, heavy gauge metal, manu establishments

Safer than 54% 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 #2 safest of 6 Tanks, heavy gauge metal, manu employers in Kentucky.

Southern Tank & Manufacturing (29 employees, TCR 3.3) 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 & Manufacturing
Southern Tank & Manufacturing (29 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Southern Tank & Manufacturing has fewer employees than the Tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing 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
2019 9.8 0.0 3 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332420 · KY · Owensboro

355 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 Worthington Cylinders Jefferson 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Refrigeration Research, Inc. 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tulsa Pressure Vessels, LLC 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Apache Stainless Equipment Corporation 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Unlimited Contract Services Bremen 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Robards Hatchery 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Covington Service Center 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Joint Sewer Agency 29 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 Savannah (AZ) 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Equipment Depot Illinois Inc. 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR R. B. Weatherman Masonry, Inc. 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Tenet Delray M/C Fans 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Troy CVA 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Catoosa CAT 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Apache Junction APA 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pompano MIA 29 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.