Food Services · Kentucky

000008186 - University of Kentucky - Retail

Lexington-Fayette, KY · ~379 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

000008186 - University of Kentucky - Retail runs at 135% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Food Services workplace, earning a grade D.

000008186 - University of Kentucky - Retail: 4.0 TCR = 135% of Food Services BLS 3.0 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

000008186 - University of Kentucky - Retail safety composite

000008186 - University of Kentucky - Retail scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 30%), 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 4.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.6

2016→2017

000008186 - University of Kentucky - Retail injury rate improved

000008186 - University of Kentucky - Retail's TCR fell 2.6 from 5.3 in 2016 to 2.8 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.3 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.3 · 2017=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Lexington-Fayette, KY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 135% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #48/92
  • PHOTO Google Pear
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~379 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Google Pear (0.0 TCR gap)

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000008186 - University of Kentucky - Retail in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 000008186 - University of Kentucky - Retail averages 4.0 TCR (135% of the Food Services BLS benchmark).

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

000008186 - University of Kentucky - Retail TCR series: 2016=5.3 · 2017=2.8 · BLS 3.0

Where 000008186 - University of Kentucky - Retail falls in its industry

6,952 Food Services establishments

Safer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #48 safest of 92 Food Services employers in Kentucky.

000008186 - University of Kentucky - Retail (379 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 000008186 - University of Kentucky - Retail
000008186 - University of Kentucky - Retail (379 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

000008186 - University of Kentucky - Retail has more employees than the Food Services median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2017 2.8 2.8 4 0 0
2016 5.3 3.8 6 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · KY · Lexington-Fayette

6,952 Food Services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 3 employers in Lexington-Fayette, 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 Google Pear 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Charlotte Country Day School 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT USMC W MH 2403 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bon Secours Southampton Memorial Hospital - FNS 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Armstrong Hardwood Flooring Company 379 FTE
STATE-SIZE Campbellsville Plant 379 FTE
STATE-SIZE KYNAT - UPS NATIONAL TURNPIKE 379 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fanatics- NTP 378 FTE
CITY-NEAR 000008187 - UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY - RESIDENTIAL 151 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4021-000008208 39 FTE
NAT-TCR 44541G - High Point/Greensboro DC 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Wenco Construction Company, LLC 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Schofield Home Health Care 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR BK-Mililani #607 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Chemung Canal Trust Company 379 FTE
NAT-SIZE Republic National Distributing Company 18 379 FTE
NAT-SIZE Plasticard Locktech International Asheville 379 FTE
NAT-SIZE Longwood/LakeMary 379 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: 2017, 2016. 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.