Industrial building (except warehouses) construction · Kentucky
Blue Grass Chem. Demil.
Richmond, KY · ~947 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.2
- Avg TCR
- 2.9
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Blue Grass Chem. Demil. runs at 7% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Industrial building (except warehouses) construction workplace, earning a grade A.
Blue Grass Chem. Demil.: 0.2 TCR = 7% of Industrial building (except warehouses) construction BLS 2.9 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Blue Grass Chem. Demil. safety composite
Blue Grass Chem. Demil. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 96% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).
77/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.19 per 100 workers
Safer than 96% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 73% 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%).
Blue Grass Chem. Demil. held a steady TCR band
Blue Grass Chem. Demil.'s TCR held near 0.2 from 0.2 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 0.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=0.2 · 2017=0.3 · 2018=0.6 · 2019=0.5 · 2020=0.1 · 2021=0.1 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 236210 · Richmond, KY AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 0.2 · 7% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #1/17
- PHOTO Walbridge
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 19 inj
- SIZE ~947 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Walbridge (0.0 TCR gap)
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Blue Grass Chem. Demil. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site 0.2
Blue Grass Chem. Demil.
0.2 TCR
- Walbridge 0.2
Walbridge
0.2 TCR
- ADM Decatur Il 0.2
ADM Decatur Illinois
0.2 TCR
- USI Industrial 0.2
USI Industrial Services
0.2 TCR
- ALPROEM Engine 0.2
ALPROEM Engineering Contractors Corp./ABBVIE BARCELONETA
0.2 TCR
What this shows Blue Grass Chem. Demil. averages 0.2 TCR (7% of the Industrial building (except warehouses) construction BLS benchmark).
Blue Grass Chem. Demil. TCR series: 2016=0.2 · 2017=0.3 · 2018=0.6 · 2019=0.5 · 2020=0.1 · 2021=0.1 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.9
Where Blue Grass Chem. Demil. falls in its industry
924 Industrial building (except wa establishmentsSafer than 96% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.
Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 17 Industrial building (except wa employers in Kentucky.
Blue Grass Chem. Demil. has more employees than the Industrial building (except warehouses) median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
236210 · KY · Richmond
924 Industrial building (except warehouses) construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 100 employers in Richmond, 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 | Walbridge | 0.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ADM Decatur Illinois | 0.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | USI Industrial Services | 0.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ALPROEM Engineering Contractors Corp./ABBVIE BARCELONETA | 0.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | KYTC Central Office | 945 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hazard Regional Medical Center | 940 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 6066 | 939 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Etown | 956 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Baptist Health Richmond | 641 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Baptist Heath Richmond | 604 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Chem Demil US KY Richmond KY KY997 | 539 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 719 | 426 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Delak - 211 Lake Drive | 0.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | FERRERO | 0.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | American Remediation & Environmental, Inc | 0.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Global Holdings | 0.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Amazon.com Services LLC - ORD9 | 947 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Byers Engineering Company | 947 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | ISTI Plant Services | 947 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | North Reading Corporate Office | 947 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.