Discount Department Stores · Kentucky
0958 - Bowling Green
Bowling Green, KY · ~159 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 8.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
0958 - Bowling Green runs at 241% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Discount Department Stores workplace, earning a grade F.
0958 - Bowling Green: 8.2 TCR = 241% of Discount Department Stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
0958 - Bowling Green safety composite
0958 - Bowling Green scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 16%), 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).
25/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 8.18 per 100 workers
Safer than 16% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.89 per 100 workers
Safer than 18% 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
0958 - Bowling Green: 0.0 → 6.1 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 30.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.6× in 2024
0958 - Bowling Green's TCR rose 6.1 from 0.0 in 2019 to 6.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 30.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 452112 · Bowling Green, KY ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 8.2 · 241% of ind
- DART 4.9 DART
- RANK #49/54
- PHOTO 0301 - Rancho Cucamo…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 12 inj
- SIZE ~159 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 0301 - Rancho Cucamonga (0.0 TCR gap)
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0958 - Bowling Green in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
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0958 - Bowling Green
8.2 TCR
- 0301 - Rancho
0301 - Rancho Cucamonga
8.2 TCR
- WM 2161
WM 2161
8.2 TCR
- Ross store 159
Ross store 159
8.2 TCR
- Shopko Hometow
Shopko Hometown #762 (Thermopolis, WY)
8.2 TCR
What this shows 0958 - Bowling Green averages 8.2 TCR (241% of the Discount Department Stores BLS benchmark).
0958 - Bowling Green TCR series: 2019=0 · 2021=2.4 · 2022=30 · 2023=2.4 · 2024=6.1 · BLS 3.4
Where 0958 - Bowling Green falls in its industry
4,991 Discount Department Stores establishmentsSafer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.
Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #49 safest of 54 Discount Department Stores employers in Kentucky.
0958 - Bowling Green has more employees than the Discount Department Stores median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 | 6.1 | 4.9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 30.0 | 23.1 | 6 | 20 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
452112 · KY · Bowling Green
4,991 Discount Department Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 331 employers in Bowling Green, 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 | 0301 - Rancho Cucamonga | 8.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | WM 2161 | 8.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ross store 159 | 8.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Shopko Hometown #762 (Thermopolis, WY) | 8.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Pittsburg Tank & Tower Co. Inc. | 159 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Excel Services, Inc. | 159 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Creative Packaging Co. | 159 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Ruskin Company | 159 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Western Kentucky University-Bowling Green | 2,237 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | The Medical Center at Bowling Green | 1,872 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Magna Bowling Green Metalforming | 1,441 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bowling Green Metalforming | 1,344 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 0301 - Rancho Cucamonga | 8.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Water Wadena | 8.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | EVR | 8.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | CBF Bakery Systems | 8.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 0901 - Kalamazoo West | 159 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 0820 - Northtown | 159 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 1178 - Loveland | 159 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 0362 - Hillsboro | 159 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.