Chemical gases merchant wholesalers · Kentucky

2612

Lexington, KY · ~47 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

2612 runs at 240% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Chemical gases merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

2612: 5.3 TCR = 240% of Chemical gases merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

2612 safety composite

2612 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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

−2.5

2017→2023

2612 injury rate improved

2612's TCR fell 2.5 from 7.4 in 2017 to 4.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 9.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.92× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=7.4 · 2018=5.3 · 2019=3.5 · 2020=2.1 · 2021=9.2 · 2022=4.6 · 2023=4.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424690 · Lexington, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.3 · 240% of ind

  • DART 4.9 DART
  • RANK #13/13
  • PHOTO Great Lakes Cincinna…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~47 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Great Lakes Cincinnati Gest St (0.0 TCR gap)

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2612 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 2612 averages 5.3 TCR (240% of the Chemical gases merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

2612 TCR series: 2017=7.4 · 2018=5.3 · 2019=3.5 · 2020=2.1 · 2021=9.2 · 2022=4.6 · 2023=4.9 · BLS 2.2

Where 2612 falls in its industry

766 Chemical gases merchant wholes establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 13 Chemical gases merchant wholes employers in Kentucky.

2612 (47 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate 2612
2612 (47 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9

2612 has more employees than the Chemical gases merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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
2023 4.9 4.9 2 0 0
2022 4.6 4.6 2 0 0
2021 9.2 6.9 4 0 0
2020 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2019 3.5 1.7 2 0 0
2018 5.3 5.3 3 0 0
2017 7.4 0.0 3 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424690 · KY · Lexington

766 Chemical gases merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 652 employers in Lexington, 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 Great Lakes Cincinnati Gest St 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Employees Joliet 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR West Chicago 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cargill, Savage, MN, SPF 5.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Russellville 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cane Run 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Glasgow Electric Plant Board 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Miranda Construction, LLC 47 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Kentucky - Main Campus - Fayette County 11,013 FTE
CITY-NEAR UK Healthcare 9,922 FTE
CITY-NEAR YMCA of Central KY - Gatton Beaumont 3,933 FTE
CITY-NEAR YMCA of Central Ky - High Street 3,895 FTE
NAT-TCR Hastings Bulb Growers, Inc 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Gd3, LLC 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR American Red Cross - 1201 W River Pkwy 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Needham 5.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Supply Source Enterprises-Richmond, IN 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE City Lights Ltd 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pizza Blends Inc - Portland 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE ATL Construction Inc 47 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.