Machine shops · Kentucky

Blue Grass Manufacturing Co. of Lexington, Inc

Name: Blue Grass Manufacturing Co. of Lexington, Inc Workplace Safety Data
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Lexington, KY · ~76 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.2
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Blue Grass Manufacturing Co. of Lexington, Inc runs at 96% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade C.

Blue Grass Manufacturing Co. of Lexington, Inc: 3.2 TCR = 96% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Blue Grass Manufacturing Co. of Lexington, Inc safety composite

Blue Grass Manufacturing Co. of Lexington, Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 3.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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

Blue Grass Manufacturing Co. of Lexington, Inc: 2.6 → 3.6 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 3.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.58× in 2021

Blue Grass Manufacturing Co. of Lexington, Inc's TCR rose 1.0 from 2.6 in 2017 to 3.6 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Lexington, KY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.2 · 96% of ind

DART 1.8 DART
RANK #18/34
PHOTO Ambridge Plant
BOOK 3y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~76 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ambridge Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Applied Soluti

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Cope Plastics,

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What this shows Blue Grass Manufacturing Co. of Lexington, Inc averages 3.2 TCR (96% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

Blue Grass Manufacturing Co. of Lexington, Inc TCR series: 2017=2.6 · 2019=3.2 · 2021=3.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Blue Grass Manufacturing Co. of Lexington, Inc falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 34 Machine shops employers in Kentucky.

Blue Grass Manufacturing Co. of Lexington, Inc (76 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Blue Grass Manufacturing Co. of Lexington, Inc has more employees than the Machine shops median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2021	3.6	1.8	2
2019	3.2	3.2	3
2017	2.6	2.6	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · KY · Lexington

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 652 employers in Lexington, 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	Ambridge Plant	AMBRIDGE, PA	3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Military Systems Group, Inc.	NASHVILLE, TN	3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Applied Solutions Group (ASG) : Wakefield - Nashua	NASHUA, NH	3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Cope Plastics, Inc. - Cedar Rapids	HIAWATHA, IA	3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Paul Michels and Sons, Inc	HEBRON	76 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Hebron	HEBRON	76 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Kingsford Manufacturing Co.	SUMMER SHADE	76 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Cresline Plastic Pipe Company, Inc.	HENDERSON	76 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University of Kentucky - Main Campus - Fayette County	Lexington	11,013 FTE
CITY-NEAR	UK Healthcare	Lexington	9,922 FTE
CITY-NEAR	YMCA of Central KY - Gatton Beaumont	Lexington	3,933 FTE
CITY-NEAR	YMCA of Central Ky - High Street	Lexington	3,895 FTE
NAT-TCR	Dixmoor	Dixmoor, IL	3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sutter Health System Office (470-OK-004)	Oakland, CA	3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Irvine Access Floors inc. MD	Laurel, MD	3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Holiday Inn and Suites Council Bluffs	Council Bluffs, IA	3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Drillers F &B LLC	Tulsa, OK	76 FTE
NAT-SIZE	SSNA 824 Mid America - Hot Springs	Hot Springs, AR	76 FTE
NAT-SIZE	FT Group, LLC.	Bristol, IN	76 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Merrifield Neighborhood	Falls Church, VA	76 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, 2019, 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.