Natural Gas Distribution · Kentucky

910-NiSource-Lexington KY-Mercer

Lexington, KY · ~154 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

910-NiSource-Lexington KY-Mercer runs at 113% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Natural Gas Distribution workplace, earning a grade C.

910-NiSource-Lexington KY-Mercer: 1.4 TCR = 113% of Natural Gas Distribution BLS 1.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

910-NiSource-Lexington KY-Mercer safety composite

910-NiSource-Lexington KY-Mercer scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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

−0.5

2016→2024

910-NiSource-Lexington KY-Mercer injury rate improved

910-NiSource-Lexington KY-Mercer's TCR fell 0.5 from 1.7 in 2016 to 1.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.7 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.7 · 2019=0.7 · 2020=2.6 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.6 · 2023=4.8 · 2024=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · Lexington, KY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 1.4 · 113% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/15
  • PHOTO Weatherford
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~154 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Weatherford (0.0 TCR gap)

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910-NiSource-Lexington KY-Mercer in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 910-NiSource-Lexington KY-Mercer averages 1.4 TCR (113% of the Natural Gas Distribution BLS benchmark).

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

910-NiSource-Lexington KY-Mercer TCR series: 2016=1.7 · 2017=0 · 2018=0.7 · 2019=0.7 · 2020=2.6 · 2021=0 · 2022=0.6 · 2023=4.8 · 2024=1.2 · BLS 1.2

Where 910-NiSource-Lexington KY-Mercer falls in its industry

1,153 Natural Gas Distribution establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 15 Natural Gas Distribution employers in Kentucky.

910-NiSource-Lexington KY-Mercer (154 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate 910-NiSource-Lexington KY-Mercer
910-NiSource-Lexington KY-Mercer (154 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

910-NiSource-Lexington KY-Mercer has more employees than the Natural Gas Distribution median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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 1.2 0.0 2 0 0
2023 4.8 2.4 8 0 0
2022 0.6 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 2.6 0.7 4 0 0
2019 0.7 0.0 1 0 0
2018 0.7 0.7 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 1.7 1.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · KY · Lexington

1,153 Natural Gas Distribution 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 Weatherford 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Twin Falls District Office 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hendersonville Operations Center 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR CenterPoint Energy - Franklin 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Intertech Mechanical Services 154 FTE
STATE-SIZE KY-02 154 FTE
STATE-SIZE Accumetric LLC 154 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gates Corporation 154 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 Manning IGA #641 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR KROHNE, Inc. 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 040-SEAGRAVES 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Sheland Farms LLC 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Holt Sales and Service, LLC 154 FTE
NAT-SIZE Axium Jefferson City 154 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 0276 154 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 0463 154 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, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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