General-line groceries merchant wholesalers · Kentucky

Ashland Specialty Co. LLC

Name: Ashland Specialty Co. LLC Workplace Safety Data
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Ashland, KY · ~40 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.2
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 1
Fatality

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The verdict

Ashland Specialty Co. LLC runs at 192% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General-line groceries merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Ashland Specialty Co. LLC: 4.2 TCR = 192% of General-line groceries merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ashland Specialty Co. LLC safety composite

Ashland Specialty Co. LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 69% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 2%), 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).

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 4.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers
DART rate: C 2.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% of industry peers
Fatalities: F 1

Safer than 2% 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

−7.4

2021→2024

Ashland Specialty Co. LLC injury rate improved

Ashland Specialty Co. LLC's TCR fell 7.4 from 9.9 in 2021 to 2.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 9.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=9.9 · 2022=4.6 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424410 · Ashland, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 192% of ind

DART 2.4 DART
RANK #3/23
PHOTO Sysco Asian Foods
BOOK 4y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sysco Asian Foods (0.0 TCR gap)

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4.2
Sysco Asian Fo

4.2
Core-Mark AMI

4.2
Sysco Virginia

4.2
European Impor

4.2

What this shows Ashland Specialty Co. LLC averages 4.2 TCR (192% of the General-line groceries merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Ashland Specialty Co. LLC TCR series: 2021=9.9 · 2022=4.6 · 2023=0 · 2024=2.4 · BLS 2.2

Where Ashland Specialty Co. LLC falls in its industry

1,651 General-line groceries merchan establishments

Safer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.

Grade D

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 23 General-line groceries merchan employers in Kentucky.

Ashland Specialty Co. LLC (40 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 6.1

Ashland Specialty Co. LLC has fewer employees than the General-line groceries merchant wholesal median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.1. 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	Fatalities
2024	2.4	2.4	1	0
2023	0.0	0.0	0	0
2022	4.6	2.3	2	0
2021	9.9	2.5	4	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424410 · KY · Ashland

1,651 General-line groceries merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 79 employers in Ashland, 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	Sysco Asian Foods	ST PAUL, MN	4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Core-Mark AMI	CORONA, CA	4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Sysco Virginia	HARRISONBURG, VA	4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	European Imports	ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL	4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Electrical Distribution Cooperative	SHELBYVILLE	40 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Leak Eliminators	LEXINGTON	40 FTE
STATE-SIZE	STC:SC630 - SC630-Louisville, KY	LOUISVILLE	40 FTE
STATE-SIZE	STC:SC640 - SC640-Lexington, KY	LEXINGTON	40 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Kings Daughters Medical Center	Ashland	4,069 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital	Ashland	1,282 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1426	Ashland	380 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 1426	Ashland	375 FTE
NAT-TCR	Glazers Beer And Beverage Waco	Dallas, TX	4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Amazon.com Services LLC - FWA4	Fort Wayne, IN	4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Amazon.com Services LLC - HAU1	Austin, TX	4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Amazon.com Services LLC - MTN2	Aberdeen, MD	4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Valero Port Arthur	Port Arthur, TX	40 FTE
NAT-SIZE	12003 Capstone LM Elizabeth NJ	Elizabeth, NJ	40 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Alco - Rochester	Rochester, NY	40 FTE
NAT-SIZE	HC Payson	Payson, AZ	40 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. 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.