Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, industrial, laundry) manufacturing · Kentucky

BGKY Henkel Corporation

Name: BGKY Henkel Corporation Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Bowling Green, KY · ~1,256 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.6
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

BGKY Henkel Corporation runs at 50% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, industrial, laundry) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

BGKY Henkel Corporation: 1.6 TCR = 50% of Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, industrial, laundry) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

BGKY Henkel Corporation safety composite

BGKY Henkel Corporation scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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 1.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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%).

Rising injury rate

BGKY Henkel Corporation: 1.2 → 2.0 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 2.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.96× in 2018

BGKY Henkel Corporation's TCR rose 0.8 from 1.2 in 2017 to 2.0 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.96× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325611 · Bowling Green, KY AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 50% of ind

DART 1.6 DART
RANK #3/5
PHOTO ABC Compounding
BOOK 2y book
INJ 36 inj
SIZE ~1,256 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ABC Compounding (0.0 TCR gap)

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Church & Dwigh

1.7
This site

1.6
ABC Compoundin

1.6
kdc/one Columb

1.6
Ecolab Enginee

1.6

What this shows BGKY Henkel Corporation averages 1.6 TCR (50% of the Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, industrial, laundry) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

BGKY Henkel Corporation TCR series: 2017=1.2 · 2018=2 · BLS 3.3

Where BGKY Henkel Corporation falls in its industry

240 Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

Grade A

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 5 Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, employers in Kentucky.

BGKY Henkel Corporation (1,256 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 2.3

BGKY Henkel Corporation has more employees than the Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, industria median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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	2.0	1.6	22	0	0
2017	1.2	0.5	14	1	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325611 · KY · Bowling Green

240 Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, industrial, laundry) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 331 employers in Bowling Green, 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	ABC Compounding	CONYERS, GA	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	kdc/one Columbus	NEW ALBANY, OH	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Church & Dwight Co., Inc.	HARRISONVILLE, MO	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ecolab Engineering Center	EAGAN, MN	1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Robards Plant	ROBARDS	1,260 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Mercy Health Lourdes Hospital	PADUCAH	1,264 FTE
STATE-SIZE	St. Claire HealthCare	MOREHEAD	1,237 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital	ASHLAND	1,282 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Western Kentucky University-Bowling Green	Bowling Green	2,237 FTE
CITY-NEAR	The Medical Center at Bowling Green	Bowling Green	1,872 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Magna Bowling Green Metalforming	Bowling Green	1,441 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Bowling Green Metalforming	Bowling Green	1,344 FTE
NAT-TCR	Triangle Services - Lorain County Operating Area	Elyria, OH	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Aurora Beverly	Atlanta, GA	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bloomington	Atlanta, GA	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Phoenix Cotton Center IV	Phoenix, AZ	1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Advocate South Suburban Hospital	Hazel Crest, IL	1,256 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Caswell Developmental Center	Kinston, NC	1,256 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Gaapr - Ups Supply Chain Solutions	Alpharetta, GA	1,256 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Gillette Company South Boston Plant	South Boston, MA	1,256 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. 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.