Folding Paperboard Box Manufacturing · Kentucky

2540 Nicholasville Folding

Name: 2540 Nicholasville Folding Workplace Safety Data
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Nicholasville, KY · ~267 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.2
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

2540 Nicholasville Folding runs at 68% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Folding Paperboard Box Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

2540 Nicholasville Folding: 2.2 TCR = 68% of Folding Paperboard Box Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

2540 Nicholasville Folding safety composite

2540 Nicholasville Folding scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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).

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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

2540 Nicholasville Folding: 1.0 → 3.3 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 3.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.35× in 2022

2540 Nicholasville Folding's TCR rose 2.3 from 1.0 in 2020 to 3.3 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 1.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322212 · Nicholasville, KY AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 68% of ind

DART 3.0 DART
RANK #4/6
PHOTO 6202 Mebane Folding
BOOK 3y book
INJ 21 inj
SIZE ~267 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 6202 Mebane Folding (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows 2540 Nicholasville Folding averages 2.2 TCR (68% of the Folding Paperboard Box Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

2540 Nicholasville Folding TCR series: 2020=1 · 2021=2.4 · 2022=3.3 · BLS 3.3

Where 2540 Nicholasville Folding falls in its industry

205 Folding Paperboard Box Manufac establishments

Safer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 6 Folding Paperboard Box Manufac employers in Kentucky.

2540 Nicholasville Folding (267 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 133 employees and a TCR of 2.2

2540 Nicholasville Folding has more employees than the Folding Paperboard Box Manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.2. 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
2022	3.3	3.0	11
2021	2.4	2.0	7
2020	1.0	1.0	3

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322212 · KY · Nicholasville

205 Folding Paperboard Box Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 87 employers in Nicholasville, KY · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	6202 Mebane Folding	MEBANE, NC	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Yebo Group LLC	TUSTIN, CA	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Winston-Salem NC	WINSTON-SALEM, NC	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Monroe LA (Plant 8011)	MONROE, LA	2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Lexington JIF Plant	LEXINGTON	267 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Winston Industries, LLC	LOUISVILLE	267 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Emerson Hermetic Motors	RUSSELLVILLE	267 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Ventra Plastics Russellville	RUSSELLVILLE	267 FTE
CITY-NEAR	YMCA of Central KY - Jessamine County	Nicholasville	3,846 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CUMBERLAND	Nicholasville	551 FTE
CITY-NEAR	R. J. Corman Switching Company, LLC	Nicholasville	465 FTE
CITY-NEAR	McKehnie Vehicle Components	Nicholasville	427 FTE
NAT-TCR	Auffenberg Hyundai	Ofallon, IL	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Manheim Cleveland	Cleveland, OH	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Suntec Concrete - Utah	Salt Lake City, UT	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Cincinnati South 38310	Cinncinati, OH	2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Manheim Atlanta	College Park, GA	267 FTE
NAT-SIZE	St Louis Park 5050 Excelsior	Saint Louis Park, MN	267 FTE
NAT-SIZE	LSLEILAA - AT&T Services, Inc.	Lisle, IL	267 FTE
NAT-SIZE	317282-Reno Nv P&Dc	Reno, NV	267 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: 2022, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.