Hot forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished · Kentucky
Asahi Blue Grass Forge
Richmond, KY · ~76 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Asahi Blue Grass Forge runs at 15% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Hot forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished workplace, earning a grade A.
Asahi Blue Grass Forge: 0.5 TCR = 15% of Hot forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Asahi Blue Grass Forge safety composite
Asahi Blue Grass Forge scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 98% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).
73/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.5 per 100 workers
Safer than 98% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.5 per 100 workers
Safer than 60% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 51% 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
Asahi Blue Grass Forge: 0.0 → 1.5 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 1.5 TCR · DART/TCR 3× in 2022
Asahi Blue Grass Forge's TCR rose 1.5 from 0.0 in 2016 to 1.5 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332111 · Richmond, KY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 15% of ind
- DART 1.5 DART
- RANK #1/12
- PHOTO NuTec Tooling System…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 1 inj
- SIZE ~76 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: NuTec Tooling Systems, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Asahi Blue Grass Forge in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Ameriforge-IR
Ameriforge-IR
0.6 TCR
- Steel Industri
Steel Industries - Plant 3
0.6 TCR
- This site
Asahi Blue Grass Forge
0.5 TCR
- NuTec Tooling
NuTec Tooling Systems, Inc.
0.5 TCR
- Dixie Industry
Dixie Industry A Divison of Columbus McKinnon
0.4 TCR
What this shows Asahi Blue Grass Forge averages 0.5 TCR (15% of the Hot forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished BLS benchmark).
Asahi Blue Grass Forge TCR series: 2016=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=1.5 · BLS 3.3
Where Asahi Blue Grass Forge falls in its industry
241 Hot forgings made from purchas establishmentsSafer than 98% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.0.
Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 12 Hot forgings made from purchas employers in Kentucky.
Asahi Blue Grass Forge has fewer employees than the Hot forgings made from purchased iron or median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.0. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332111 · KY · Richmond
241 Hot forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 100 employers in Richmond, 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 | NuTec Tooling Systems, Inc. | 0.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ameriforge-IR | 0.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Steel Industries - Plant 3 | 0.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Dixie Industry A Divison of Columbus McKinnon | 0.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Paul Michels and Sons, Inc | 76 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hebron | 76 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Kingsford Manufacturing Co. | 76 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Cresline Plastic Pipe Company, Inc. | 76 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Blue Grass Chem. Demil. | 947 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Baptist Health Richmond | 641 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Baptist Heath Richmond | 604 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Chem Demil US KY Richmond KY KY997 | 539 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Maintenance/Transportation/CIC/Consultation Serv. | 0.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | VA-Chantilly | 0.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 2039-Dodgers Spring - Phx | 0.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | ISD 485 Royalton High School | 0.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 6400-SWY-0027-0027-03501 | 76 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 6400-SWY-0027-0027-00335 | 76 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 6400-SWY-0027-0027-00219 | 76 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | ISD 241 Southwest Middle School | 76 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.