Electric power distribution systems · Kentucky

Blue Grass Energy

Nicholasville, KY · ~95 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Blue Grass Energy runs at 352% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Electric power distribution systems workplace, earning a grade F.

Blue Grass Energy: 4.2 TCR = 352% of Electric power distribution systems BLS 1.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Blue Grass Energy safety composite

Blue Grass Energy scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 27%), 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

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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

Blue Grass Energy: 2.8 → 4.8 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 6.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.45× in 2024

Blue Grass Energy's TCR rose 2.0 from 2.8 in 2016 to 4.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221122 · Nicholasville, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 4.2 · 352% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #45/56
  • PHOTO CMP - Bridgton Servi…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 33 inj
  • SIZE ~95 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CMP - Bridgton Service Building (0.0 TCR gap)

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Blue Grass Energy in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Blue Grass Energy averages 4.2 TCR (352% of the Electric power distribution systems BLS benchmark).

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

Blue Grass Energy TCR series: 2016=2.8 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=4.7 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=6.8 · 2022=6 · 2023=3 · 2024=4.8 · BLS 1.2

Where Blue Grass Energy falls in its industry

2,958 Electric power distribution sy establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #45 safest of 56 Electric power distribution sy employers in Kentucky.

Blue Grass Energy (95 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Blue Grass Energy
Blue Grass Energy (95 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Blue Grass Energy has more employees than the Electric power distribution systems median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 4.8 1.9 5 0 0
2023 3.0 2.0 3 0 0
2022 6.0 2.0 4 2 0
2021 6.8 4.8 7 0 0
2020 2.9 1.0 3 0 0
2019 4.7 2.8 5 0 0
2018 2.9 0.0 3 0 0
2016 2.8 2.8 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221122 · KY · Nicholasville

2,958 Electric power distribution systems employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 87 employers in Nicholasville, 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 CMP - Bridgton Service Building 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Catskill 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR TRUESDALE TRAINING FACILITY 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dickinson Service Center 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Juddmonte Management LLC 95 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gateway Press, Inc. 95 FTE
STATE-SIZE Armor Iimak 95 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ancra Group : ANCRA Erlanger 95 FTE
CITY-NEAR YMCA of Central KY - Jessamine County 3,846 FTE
CITY-NEAR CUMBERLAND 551 FTE
CITY-NEAR R. J. Corman Switching Company, LLC 465 FTE
CITY-NEAR McKehnie Vehicle Components 427 FTE
NAT-TCR CMP - Bridgton Service Building 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Basden Industrial Group 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Carpentersville 33 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Jennmar of Pennsylvania LLC 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Duncan Galvanizing Corp 95 FTE
NAT-SIZE Houston TX 95 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gasbarre Products - Press Division 95 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Willows at Okemos 95 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.