Powder coatings manufacturing · Kentucky

Benda-Lutz, USA

Independence, KY · ~37 workers · 9 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

Benda-Lutz, USA runs at 101% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Powder coatings manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Benda-Lutz, USA: 3.3 TCR = 101% of Powder coatings manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Benda-Lutz, USA safety composite

Benda-Lutz, USA scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 18%), 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

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% 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

Benda-Lutz, USA injury rate improved

Benda-Lutz, USA's TCR fell 0.5 from 4.5 in 2016 to 4.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 7.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.5 · 2017=2.4 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=2.8 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=6.7 · 2023=7.1 · 2024=4.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325510 · Independence, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 101% of ind

  • DART 4.0 DART
  • RANK #10/14
  • PHOTO Standard Paints - Main
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Standard Paints - Main (0.0 TCR gap)

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Benda-Lutz, USA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Benda-Lutz, USA averages 3.3 TCR (101% of the Powder coatings manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Benda-Lutz, USA TCR series: 2016=4.5 · 2017=2.4 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=2.8 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=6.7 · 2023=7.1 · 2024=4 · BLS 3.3

Where Benda-Lutz, USA falls in its industry

530 Powder coatings manufacturing establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 14 Powder coatings manufacturing employers in Kentucky.

Benda-Lutz, USA (37 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Benda-Lutz, USA
Benda-Lutz, USA (37 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Benda-Lutz, USA has fewer employees than the Powder coatings manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 4.0 4.0 1 0 0
2023 7.1 0.0 2 0 0
2022 6.7 6.7 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2018 2.4 0.0 0 1 0
2017 2.4 0.0 1 0 0
2016 4.5 4.5 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325510 · KY · Independence

530 Powder coatings manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 26 employers in Independence, 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 Standard Paints - Main 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Los Angeles Facility 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR R.M. Lucas Co. 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Sierra Company LLC 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Big Rivers Electric Corporation - ET&S 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE CW Assemblies LLC 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2850 RUSSELLVILLE BOWLING GREEN KY 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ontrac Inc Dba Blitz Builders Inc 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6458-NOKY 1,431 FTE
CITY-NEAR 406 740 FTE
CITY-NEAR 491-DC001 357 FTE
CITY-NEAR 014-00475 318 FTE
NAT-TCR Manufacturing 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Saint Mary's 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Festo Corporation 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Detex 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE NCP Cambridge 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Connex Inc 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pioneer Transport, Inc. 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE S&S Transport 37 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.