Warehousing and storage, general merchandise · Kentucky

4-Star Distribution Center

Robards, KY · ~268 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
7.5
Avg TCR
5.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
Subscribe to safety-record updates (RSS)

The verdict

4-Star Distribution Center runs at 130% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Warehousing and storage, general merchandise workplace, earning a grade D.

4-Star Distribution Center: 7.5 TCR = 130% of Warehousing and storage, general merchandise BLS 5.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

4-Star Distribution Center safety composite

4-Star Distribution Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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

−3.9

2020→2024

4-Star Distribution Center injury rate improved

4-Star Distribution Center's TCR fell 3.9 from 8.8 in 2020 to 4.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 8.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=8.8 · 2021=8.7 · 2022=7.8 · 2023=7.4 · 2024=4.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 493110 · Robards, KY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 7.5 · 130% of ind

  • DART 4.9 DART
  • RANK #234/252
  • PHOTO Katy Distribution Ce…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 94 inj
  • SIZE ~268 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Katy Distribution Center #2030 (0.0 TCR gap)

Read with this employer → · Industry book → · Kentucky employers → · Look up another →

4-Star Distribution Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 4-Star Distribution Center averages 7.5 TCR (130% of the Warehousing and storage, general merchandise BLS benchmark).

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

4-Star Distribution Center TCR series: 2020=8.8 · 2021=8.7 · 2022=7.8 · 2023=7.4 · 2024=4.9 · BLS 5.8

Where 4-Star Distribution Center falls in its industry

9,477 Warehousing and storage, gener establishments

Safer than 17% 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 #234 safest of 252 Warehousing and storage, gener employers in Kentucky.

4-Star Distribution Center (268 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 4-Star Distribution Center
4-Star Distribution Center (268 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 3.5

4-Star Distribution Center has more employees than the Warehousing and storage, general merchan 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
2024 4.9 4.9 15 0 0
2023 7.4 6.1 29 0 0
2022 7.8 7.8 23 5 0
2021 8.7 6.9 14 0 0
2020 8.8 8.2 13 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

493110 · KY · Robards

9,477 Warehousing and storage, general merchandise employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 13 employers in Robards, 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 Katy Distribution Center #2030 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tosca - Charlotte 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR VGM Fulfillment - Phoenix 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2007 ST CLOUD DISTRIB CENTER (MN) 7.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE The Allen Company, Inc 268 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cardinal 268 FTE
STATE-SIZE Metalsa - Owensboro 268 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2548 268 FTE
CITY-NEAR Robards Plant 1,260 FTE
CITY-NEAR Century Aluminum Sebree LLC 578 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sebree Station 170 FTE
CITY-NEAR Unbridled 139 FTE
NAT-TCR 2358 - Columbus Far SW 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 1773 - Trussville 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 1334 - Marquette 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Tualatin OR 7.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Minnesota State Colleges and Universities - Lake Superior College Main Facility 268 FTE
NAT-SIZE USSC Acquisition Corp 268 FTE
NAT-SIZE Peaden Air Conditioning, Plumbing, and Electrical 268 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2693 - Braintree 268 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, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.