Chain link fencing and fence gates made from purchased wire · Kentucky

Stephens Pipe & Steel LLC BERNARD

Name: Stephens Pipe & Steel LLC BERNARD Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Russell Springs, KY · ~307 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.5
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Stephens Pipe & Steel LLC BERNARD runs at 46% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Chain link fencing and fence gates made from purchased wire workplace, earning a grade A.

Stephens Pipe & Steel LLC BERNARD: 1.5 TCR = 46% of Chain link fencing and fence gates made from purchased wire BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Stephens Pipe & Steel LLC BERNARD safety composite

Stephens Pipe & Steel LLC BERNARD scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 46%), 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).

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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

Stephens Pipe & Steel LLC BERNARD: 1.2 → 1.8 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 1.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.17× in 2024

Stephens Pipe & Steel LLC BERNARD's TCR rose 0.6 from 1.2 in 2022 to 1.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.17× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332618 · Russell Springs, KY AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 46% of ind

DART 1.8 DART
RANK #2/9
PHOTO CLARK ENGINEERING
BOOK 3y book
INJ 15 inj
SIZE ~307 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CLARK ENGINEERING (0.0 TCR gap)

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Heraeus Medica

1.6
This site

1.5
CLARK ENGINEER

1.5
Mazzella Lifti

1.5
Vertex Fastene

1.5

What this shows Stephens Pipe & Steel LLC BERNARD averages 1.5 TCR (46% of the Chain link fencing and fence gates made from purchased wire BLS benchmark).

Stephens Pipe & Steel LLC BERNARD TCR series: 2022=1.2 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=1.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Stephens Pipe & Steel LLC BERNARD falls in its industry

270 Chain link fencing and fence g establishments

Safer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

Grade A

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 9 Chain link fencing and fence g employers in Kentucky.

Stephens Pipe & Steel LLC BERNARD (307 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Stephens Pipe & Steel LLC BERNARD has more employees than the Chain link fencing and fence gates made median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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
2024	1.8	1.8	6
2023	1.6	0.7	5
2022	1.2	1.2	4

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332618 · KY · Russell Springs

270 Chain link fencing and fence gates made from purchased wire employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 14 employers in Russell Springs, KY · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	CLARK ENGINEERING	OWOSSO, MI	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Mazzella Lifting Technologies Denver Wire Rope	DENVER, CO	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Vertex Fasteners	DES PLAINES, IL	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Heraeus Medical Components Caribe Inc	DORADO, PR	1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Faurecia Clean Mobility	LOUISVILLE	307 FTE
STATE-SIZE	2638	ASHLAND	307 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WM 2783	LEXINGTON	307 FTE
STATE-SIZE	024-00777	SHELBYVILLE	307 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Stephens Pipe & Steel LLC FRUIT	Russell Springs	324 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Dr. Schneider Automotive Systems Inc.	Russell Springs	306 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Superior Battery Mfg.	Russell Springs	152 FTE
CITY-NEAR	024-00900	Russell Springs	107 FTE
NAT-TCR	Jennings	Jennings, LA	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Capital Granite Inc	Capital Granite/Dixie Hwy/Bridgeport, MI	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	ryder 0416	Rochester, NY	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Prime Shippers LLC	Reno, NV	1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Jonesboro	Jonesboro, AR	307 FTE
NAT-SIZE	New Evolution Construction, Inc	Riverside, CA	307 FTE
NAT-SIZE	American Red Cross - 2825 Emerywood	Richmond, VA	307 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Feeser's, Inc.	Harrisburg, PA	307 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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