Carbon electrodes and contacts, electric, manufacturing · Kentucky
Tokai Carbon GE - Hickman Facility
Hickman, KY · ~51 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Tokai Carbon GE - Hickman Facility runs at 152% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Carbon electrodes and contacts, electric, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Tokai Carbon GE - Hickman Facility: 5.0 TCR = 152% of Carbon electrodes and contacts, electric, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Tokai Carbon GE - Hickman Facility safety composite
Tokai Carbon GE - Hickman Facility scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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).
30/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.01 per 100 workers
Safer than 24% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.6 per 100 workers
Safer than 23% 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
Tokai Carbon GE - Hickman Facility: 5.8 → 7.2 TCR
Peak year 2018 @ 7.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.72× in 2018
Tokai Carbon GE - Hickman Facility's TCR rose 1.4 from 5.8 in 2016 to 7.2 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.72× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 335991 · Hickman, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 152% of ind
- DART 3.6 DART
- RANK #5/6
- PHOTO Carbon Conversions
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 8 inj
- SIZE ~51 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Carbon Conversions (0.2 TCR gap)
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Tokai Carbon GE - Hickman Facility in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Helwig Carbon
Helwig Carbon Products, Inc.
5.2 TCR
- SGL Carbon - M
SGL Carbon - Morganton
5.2 TCR
- This site
Tokai Carbon GE - Hickman Facility
5 TCR
- Carbon Convers
Carbon Conversions
4.8 TCR
- Bowden Manufac
Bowden Manufacturing Company
4.7 TCR
What this shows Tokai Carbon GE - Hickman Facility averages 5.0 TCR (152% of the Carbon electrodes and contacts, electric, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Tokai Carbon GE - Hickman Facility TCR series: 2016=5.8 · 2017=2 · 2018=7.2 · BLS 3.3
Where Tokai Carbon GE - Hickman Facility falls in its industry
93 Carbon electrodes and contacts establishmentsSafer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.
Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 6 Carbon electrodes and contacts employers in Kentucky.
Tokai Carbon GE - Hickman Facility has fewer employees than the Carbon electrodes and contacts, electric median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 7.2 | 3.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
335991 · KY · Hickman
93 Carbon electrodes and contacts, electric, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 5 employers in Hickman, 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 | Carbon Conversions | 4.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Helwig Carbon Products, Inc. | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SGL Carbon - Morganton | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bowden Manufacturing Company | 4.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Scott County Fire Dept. | 51 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Big Sandy Plant | 51 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Brandenburg Office | 51 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Clark Energy Cooperative | 51 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Tokai Carbon GE LLC - Hickman | 70 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Tokai Carbon GE LLC Hickman | 66 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Insteel Wire Products KYW | 38 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Insteel Wire Products - Hickman, KY | 37 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Breadsmith Appleton West | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Newton Falls Ohio | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Golden Age- Inman | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Wallingford 111 | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Hyatt Place Miami Airport - EAST | 51 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Unified Industries, Inc. | 51 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Brookdale Castle Hills | 51 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | H.J. Brandeles Corporation | 51 FTE |
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.