Garbage cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing · Kentucky

Wastequip Mt Sterling

Mt. Sterling, KY · ~55 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Wastequip Mt Sterling runs at 172% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Garbage cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Wastequip Mt Sterling: 5.7 TCR = 172% of Garbage cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Wastequip Mt Sterling safety composite

Wastequip Mt Sterling scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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%).

Wastequip Mt Sterling held a steady TCR band

Wastequip Mt Sterling's TCR held near 0.0 from 5.1 in 2021 to 5.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 9.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=5.1 · 2022=9.0 · 2023=3.5 · 2024=5.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332439 · Mt. Sterling, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.7 · 172% of ind

  • DART 3.4 DART
  • RANK #3/4
  • PHOTO Skolnik Industries, …
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Skolnik Industries, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Wastequip Mt Sterling in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Wastequip Mt Sterling averages 5.7 TCR (172% of the Garbage cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Wastequip Mt Sterling TCR series: 2021=5.1 · 2022=9 · 2023=3.5 · 2024=5.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Wastequip Mt Sterling falls in its industry

175 Garbage cans, light gauge meta establishments

Safer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

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 4 Garbage cans, light gauge meta employers in Kentucky.

Wastequip Mt Sterling (55 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Wastequip Mt Sterling
Wastequip Mt Sterling (55 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Wastequip Mt Sterling has fewer employees than the Garbage cans, light gauge metal, manufac median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2024 5.1 3.4 3 0 0
2023 3.5 3.5 2 0 0
2022 9.0 3.0 6 0 0
2021 5.1 2.6 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332439 · KY · Mt. Sterling

175 Garbage cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 17 employers in Mt. Sterling, 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 Skolnik Industries, Inc 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR IHM Methuen 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lancaster Container, Inc 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cleveland Steel Container Corporation - Quakertown 5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Prestonsburg City's Utilities Commission 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Infinity Pipeline, Inc. 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Building Crafts, Inc. (Iowa Region) 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE ProPump and Controls Inc 55 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kyosan Denso Manufacturing Kentucky 681 FTE
CITY-NEAR KDMK 675 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aisan Industry Kentucky 662 FTE
CITY-NEAR 16280001-162801 ST JOSEPH MT STERLING 278 FTE
NAT-TCR Historic Davenport 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 3G Warehouse, Inc. 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Arrow Exterminators 1017 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR San Antonio packing Co. 5.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Axiom Foundations 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Franklin 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hale 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hall 55 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. 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.