Screen printing apparel and textile products (e.g. caps, napkins, placemats, T-shirts, towels) (except grey good · Kentucky
Blue Cotton, Inc
Bowling Green, KY · ~126 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Blue Cotton, Inc runs at 107% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Screen printing apparel and textile products (e.g. caps, napkins, placemats, T-shirts, towels) (except grey good workplace, earning a grade C.
Blue Cotton, Inc: 3.5 TCR = 107% of Screen printing apparel and textile products (e.g. caps, napkins, placemats, T-shirts, towels) (except grey good BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Blue Cotton, Inc safety composite
Blue Cotton, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 36%), 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).
42/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.52 per 100 workers
Safer than 36% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.6 per 100 workers
Safer than 43% 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
−1.2
2018→2021
Blue Cotton, Inc injury rate improved
Blue Cotton, Inc's TCR fell 1.2 from 2.8 in 2018 to 1.6 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 6.9 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2018=2.8 · 2019=2.8 · 2020=6.9 · 2021=1.6
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 323113 · Bowling Green, KY ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.5 · 107% of ind
- DART 1.6 DART
- RANK #3/5
- PHOTO Versa-Tags, Inc.
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 14 inj
- SIZE ~126 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Versa-Tags, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Blue Cotton, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Amazon.com Ser
Amazon.com Services LLC - ABE5
3.6 TCR
- This site
Blue Cotton, Inc
3.5 TCR
- Versa-Tags, In
Versa-Tags, Inc.
3.5 TCR
- Solid
Solid
3.5 TCR
- GRAPHIC TRENDS
GRAPHIC TRENDS, INC
3.5 TCR
What this shows Blue Cotton, Inc averages 3.5 TCR (107% of the Screen printing apparel and textile products (e.g. caps, napkins, placemats, T-shirts, towels) (except grey good BLS benchmark).
Blue Cotton, Inc TCR series: 2018=2.8 · 2019=2.8 · 2020=6.9 · 2021=1.6 · BLS 3.3
Where Blue Cotton, Inc falls in its industry
200 Screen printing apparel and te establishmentsSafer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.
Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 5 Screen printing apparel and te employers in Kentucky.
Blue Cotton, Inc has more employees than the Screen printing apparel and textile prod median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.9 | 3.4 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
323113 · KY · Bowling Green
200 Screen printing apparel and textile products (e.g. caps, napkins, placemats, T-shirts, towels) (except grey good 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 | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | Versa-Tags, Inc. | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Amazon.com Services LLC - ABE5 | 3.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Solid | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | GRAPHIC TRENDS, INC | 3.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Erlanger - Cox Rd | 126 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Walker Mechanical Contractors | 126 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SEKRI - Cumberland | 126 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Millwood Inc. -Tompkinsville | 126 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Western Kentucky University-Bowling Green | 2,237 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | The Medical Center at Bowling Green | 1,872 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Magna Bowling Green Metalforming | 1,441 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bowling Green Metalforming | 1,344 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | C W Strittmatter LLC | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | buybuy Baby Orland Park | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | John H. Myers & Son - York | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Viking Fabrication - Houston | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Taymark Inc. - 0120 | 126 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Navitor East - 0104-PAWA1 | 126 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Rosenberg Ofc/Whse | 126 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Summit Body Works | 126 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.