Ladles, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing · Kentucky

Traughber Mechanical Services

Franklin, KY · ~49 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Traughber Mechanical Services runs at 214% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ladles, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Traughber Mechanical Services: 7.1 TCR = 214% of Ladles, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Traughber Mechanical Services safety composite

Traughber Mechanical Services scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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).

F

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% 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

Traughber Mechanical Services: 11.6 → 12.4 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 15.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.17× in 2024

Traughber Mechanical Services's TCR rose 0.8 from 11.6 in 2016 to 12.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 15.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.17× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332313 · Franklin, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.1 · 214% of ind

  • DART 8.3 DART
  • RANK #9/11
  • PHOTO J. T. Cullen Co., Inc.
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 29 inj
  • SIZE ~49 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: J. T. Cullen Co., Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Traughber Mechanical Services in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Traughber Mechanical Services averages 7.1 TCR (214% of the Ladles, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Traughber Mechanical Services TCR series: 2016=11.6 · 2017=15.3 · 2018=7.3 · 2019=4.2 · 2020=0 · 2021=8.1 · 2022=1.9 · 2023=3 · 2024=12.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Traughber Mechanical Services falls in its industry

449 Ladles, fabricated metal plate establishments

Safer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 11 Ladles, fabricated metal plate employers in Kentucky.

Traughber Mechanical Services (49 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Traughber Mechanical Services
Traughber Mechanical Services (49 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Traughber Mechanical Services has fewer employees than the Ladles, fabricated metal plate work, man median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 12.4 8.3 8 1 0
2023 3.0 0.0 2 0 0
2022 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2021 8.1 8.1 4 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 4.2 2.1 2 0 0
2018 7.3 7.3 3 0 0
2017 15.3 10.2 6 0 0
2016 11.6 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332313 · KY · Franklin

449 Ladles, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 62 employers in Franklin, 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 J. T. Cullen Co., Inc. 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Manowske Welding Corp 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Monarch LLC. 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arizona HDTS 7.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fleming-Mason Energy Cooperative 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northern Kentucky Water District Ft Thomas Treatment Plant 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE System Operations Center 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Parco Constructors Group, LLC 49 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tractor Supply Company Distribution Center 0499 622 FTE
CITY-NEAR Franklin Precision Industry, Inc. 562 FTE
CITY-NEAR Berry Global Franklin KY 549 FTE
CITY-NEAR Berry Global Group 504 FTE
NAT-TCR Builders Equipment & Supply Co. 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR US Foods Austin 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Hexa Americas, Inc. 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Slate Valley Center 7.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Hamilton 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE American Maplan Corporation 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ohio Galvanizing 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fieldale Farms - Bulk Feed Delivery 49 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, 2017, 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.