Lawn Care · Kentucky

5278 - LouisvilleSLS

Name: 5278 - LouisvilleSLS Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Louisville, KY · ~35 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 4.7
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

5278 - LouisvilleSLS runs at 104% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Lawn Care workplace, earning a grade C.

5278 - LouisvilleSLS: 4.7 TCR = 104% of Lawn Care BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

5278 - LouisvilleSLS safety composite

5278 - LouisvilleSLS scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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).

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 4.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers
DART rate: F 6.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 52% 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

5278 - LouisvilleSLS: 0.0 → 9.3 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 9.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.33× in 2018

5278 - LouisvilleSLS's TCR rose 9.3 from 0.0 in 2017 to 9.3 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · Louisville, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.7 · 104% of ind

DART 6.2 DART
RANK #14/28
PHOTO 1004135051
BOOK 2y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 1004135051 (0.0 TCR gap)

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4.7
1004135051

4.7
Golf Maintenan

4.7
Penn Line Corp

4.7
Maryland West

4.7

What this shows 5278 - LouisvilleSLS averages 4.7 TCR (104% of the Lawn Care BLS benchmark).

5278 - LouisvilleSLS TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=9.3 · BLS 4.5

Where 5278 - LouisvilleSLS falls in its industry

2,875 Lawn Care establishments

Safer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 28 Lawn Care employers in Kentucky.

5278 - LouisvilleSLS (35 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

5278 - LouisvilleSLS has fewer employees than the Lawn Care median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2018	9.3	6.2	3	0	0
2017	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · KY · Louisville

2,875 Lawn Care employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 1,638 employers in Louisville, 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	1004135051	KENT, OH	4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Golf Maintenance	BETTENDORF, IA	4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Penn Line Corporation - Tree Division	SCOTTDALE, PA	4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Maryland West	FREDERICK, MD	4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Homestead Family Farms	NEW HAVEN	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Castleton Lyons, Inc.	LEXINGTON	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Hermitage Farm	GOSHEN	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Coldiron Office- Magnum Hunter Production	COLDIRON	35 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Jefferson County Public Schools	Louisville	18,524 FTE
CITY-NEAR	KYGRA - WORLDPORT	Louisville	11,933 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WORLDPORT (KYGRA)	Louisville	9,667 FTE
CITY-NEAR	KTKY TRUCK	Louisville	8,757 FTE
NAT-TCR	Big Lots Store #5143 Jacksonville, F	Jacksonville, FL	4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Big Lots Store #5195 Fayetteville, G	Fayetteville, GA	4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Spence Engineering, Inc.	Walden, NY	4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ferrera Brothers, LLC, Maspeth Plant	Maspeth, NY	4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	DSAR Little	Little Rock, AR	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Customer Information Center Management	Charlotte, NC	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ergon BioFuels	Vicksburg, MS	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Residencial Torres de Sabana	Carolina, PR	35 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: 2018, 2017. 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.