Distilleries · Kentucky

Barton 1792 Distillery

Bardstown, KY · ~449 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Barton 1792 Distillery runs at 101% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Distilleries workplace, earning a grade C.

Barton 1792 Distillery: 3.3 TCR = 101% of Distilleries BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Barton 1792 Distillery safety composite

Barton 1792 Distillery scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 37%), 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).

D

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.6

2016→2023

Barton 1792 Distillery injury rate improved

Barton 1792 Distillery's TCR fell 3.6 from 6.3 in 2016 to 2.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.3 · 2017=2.4 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=2.5 · 2020=5.1 · 2021=3.4 · 2022=2.2 · 2023=2.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 312140 · Bardstown, KY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 101% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #20/35
  • PHOTO Wild Turkey Distillery
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 119 inj
  • SIZE ~449 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wild Turkey Distillery (0.0 TCR gap)

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Barton 1792 Distillery in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Barton 1792 Distillery averages 3.3 TCR (101% of the Distilleries BLS benchmark).

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

Barton 1792 Distillery TCR series: 2016=6.3 · 2017=2.4 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=2.5 · 2020=5.1 · 2021=3.4 · 2022=2.2 · 2023=2.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Barton 1792 Distillery falls in its industry

114 Distilleries establishments

Safer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 35 Distilleries employers in Kentucky.

Barton 1792 Distillery (449 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Barton 1792 Distillery
Barton 1792 Distillery (449 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Barton 1792 Distillery has more employees than the Distilleries median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2023 2.7 2.0 16 0 0
2022 2.2 1.5 13 0 0
2021 3.4 2.9 18 0 0
2020 5.1 4.0 24 0 0
2019 2.5 2.0 10 0 0
2018 2.1 1.6 8 0 0
2017 2.4 1.9 9 0 0
2016 6.3 4.5 21 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

312140 · KY · Bardstown

114 Distilleries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 70 employers in Bardstown, 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 Wild Turkey Distillery 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Deep Eddy Vodka- Distillery 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jim Beam Brands-Booker Noe 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR MGPI of Indiana, LLC 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE KMG Fabrication 449 FTE
STATE-SIZE BAE Systems 449 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC 449 FTE
STATE-SIZE Louisville Water Company 448 FTE
CITY-NEAR American Fuji Seal 660 FTE
CITY-NEAR Heaven Hill Brands 505 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC - Bardstown I 498 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tower Automotive Operation USA, LLC - Bardstown 1 494 FTE
NAT-TCR Highlands 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Kool Kountry 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Leath & Sons, Inc 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #1648 SOUTHHAVEN, MS 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE TN - Disney 449 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chicago Metro (35th St) 449 FTE
NAT-SIZE PGT Industries - Glass 449 FTE
NAT-SIZE DFW 449 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: 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.