Sawmills · Kentucky

Associated Pallet, Inc.

South Carrollton, KY · ~51 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Associated Pallet, Inc. runs at 280% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Sawmills workplace, earning a grade F.

Associated Pallet, Inc.: 9.2 TCR = 280% of Sawmills BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Associated Pallet, Inc. safety composite

Associated Pallet, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−8.8

2016→2020

Associated Pallet, Inc. injury rate improved

Associated Pallet, Inc.'s TCR fell 8.8 from 16.4 in 2016 to 7.5 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 16.4 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.82× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=16.4 · 2017=8.4 · 2018=9.3 · 2019=4.6 · 2020=7.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321113 · South Carrollton, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.2 · 280% of ind

  • DART 7.5 DART
  • RANK #18/28
  • PHOTO SL Sawmill
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 28 inj
  • SIZE ~51 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SL Sawmill (0.1 TCR gap)

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Associated Pallet, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Associated Pallet, Inc. averages 9.2 TCR (280% of the Sawmills BLS benchmark).

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

Associated Pallet, Inc. TCR series: 2016=16.4 · 2017=8.4 · 2018=9.3 · 2019=4.6 · 2020=7.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Associated Pallet, Inc. falls in its industry

905 Sawmills establishments

Safer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 28 Sawmills employers in Kentucky.

Associated Pallet, Inc. (51 employees, TCR 9.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.2 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Associated Pallet, Inc.
Associated Pallet, Inc. (51 employees, TCR 9.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Associated Pallet, Inc. has fewer employees than the Sawmills median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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
2020 7.5 7.5 1 0 0
2019 4.6 4.6 2 0 0
2018 9.3 8.0 7 0 0
2017 8.4 8.4 3 0 0
2016 16.4 10.9 15 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321113 · KY · South Carrollton

905 Sawmills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 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 SL Sawmill 9.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Thomasville Lumber Company, Inc. 9.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Great Northern Lumber 9.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Twin River Hardwoods, INC 9.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Scott County Fire Dept. 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Big Sandy Plant 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brandenburg Office 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Clark Energy Cooperative 51 FTE
CITY-NEAR Premium Hardwoods, Inc. 47 FTE
NAT-TCR Ashley Furniture Homestore- LaVergne 9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Coast King Packing, LLC California 9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR BWS-Heeia 9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Rms Supply 9.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Appling County Pellets, LLC 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Acoustical Solutions 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Superior Industries- Columbus 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Grove of Toledo 51 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: 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.