Automobile merchant wholesalers · Kentucky

Bessler Import Auto Sales, Inc

Wilder, KY · ~50 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bessler Import Auto Sales, Inc runs at 315% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Automobile merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Bessler Import Auto Sales, Inc: 6.9 TCR = 315% of Automobile merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bessler Import Auto Sales, Inc safety composite

Bessler Import Auto Sales, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 12%), 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

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% 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

Bessler Import Auto Sales, Inc: 5.1 → 6.4 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 9.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.93× in 2018

Bessler Import Auto Sales, Inc's TCR rose 1.3 from 5.1 in 2016 to 6.4 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 9.2 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.93× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423110 · Wilder, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.9 · 315% of ind

  • DART 6.4 DART
  • RANK #11/14
  • PHOTO Manheim Pennsylvania…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Manheim Pennsylvania Auto Auction (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bessler Import Auto Sales, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bessler Import Auto Sales, Inc averages 6.9 TCR (315% of the Automobile merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Bessler Import Auto Sales, Inc TCR series: 2016=5.1 · 2017=9.2 · 2018=6.4 · BLS 2.2

Where Bessler Import Auto Sales, Inc falls in its industry

1,333 Automobile merchant wholesaler establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 14 Automobile merchant wholesaler employers in Kentucky.

Bessler Import Auto Sales, Inc (50 employees, TCR 6.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.3 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Bessler Import Auto Sales, Inc
Bessler Import Auto Sales, Inc (50 employees, TCR 6.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.3

Bessler Import Auto Sales, Inc has fewer employees than the Automobile merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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
2018 6.4 6.4 3 0 0
2017 9.2 0.0 3 0 0
2016 5.1 1.3 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423110 · KY · Wilder

1,333 Automobile merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 16 employers in Wilder, 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 Manheim Pennsylvania Auto Auction 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR MANHEIM FORT MYERS 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 181 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR MANHEIM INDIANAPOLIS 6.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Cumberland Valley Electric 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Heimbrock, Inc. 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE E-Z Construction Company, Inc. 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE STANDAFER BUILDERS INC 50 FTE
CITY-NEAR Castellini Company LLC 398 FTE
CITY-NEAR WLD 258 FTE
CITY-NEAR Building Crafts, Inc. (KY Region) 118 FTE
CITY-NEAR Andrews Laser Works 105 FTE
NAT-TCR AristaCare 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Manor Care Health Services - Summer Trace SNF 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Round Rock Block Plant 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR St Ritas Medical Center 6.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE 4795-PD-PWM-PORTLAND-PD 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Novus Medical Detox of Pasco County, LLC 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE 21 Robinson Street 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Penske : 3550-00 Thomas and Betts/Byhalia, MS 50 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: 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.