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
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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).

D

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

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).

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

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 establishments

Safer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

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 Screen printing apparel and te employers in Kentucky.

Blue Cotton, Inc (126 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 88 employees and a TCR of 2.7 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 Blue Cotton, Inc
Blue Cotton, Inc (126 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 88 employees and a TCR of 2.7

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 →

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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.