Anodizing metals and metal products for the trade · Kentucky

Blue Grass Plating Company LLC.

Richmond, KY · ~23 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Blue Grass Plating Company LLC. runs at 38% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Anodizing metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade A.

Blue Grass Plating Company LLC.: 1.3 TCR = 38% of Anodizing metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Blue Grass Plating Company LLC. safety composite

Blue Grass Plating Company LLC. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 89% 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).

B

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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%).

TCR Δ

−6.3

2017→2024

Blue Grass Plating Company LLC. injury rate improved

Blue Grass Plating Company LLC.'s TCR fell 6.3 from 6.3 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.3 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332813 · Richmond, KY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 38% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/10
  • PHOTO Foundation Ct.
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Foundation Ct. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Blue Grass Plating Company LLC. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Blue Grass Plating Company LLC. averages 1.3 TCR (38% of the Anodizing metals and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

Blue Grass Plating Company LLC. TCR series: 2017=6.3 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Blue Grass Plating Company LLC. falls in its industry

585 Anodizing metals and metal pro establishments

Safer than 89% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 10 Anodizing metals and metal pro employers in Kentucky.

Blue Grass Plating Company LLC. (23 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Blue Grass Plating Company LLC.
Blue Grass Plating Company LLC. (23 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Blue Grass Plating Company LLC. has fewer employees than the Anodizing metals and metal products for median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 6.3 3.8 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332813 · KY · Richmond

585 Anodizing metals and metal products for the trade 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 Foundation Ct. 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Abrasive Technology - Lewis Center 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Valentine plating 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hard Anodize, Inc 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE LGE-KU - Danville Substation 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Smith Generating Station 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Midway Service Center 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE J.A. Bennett, Inc. 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Blue Grass Chem. Demil. 947 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
NAT-TCR Ergon Trucking, Inc. - Vicksburg 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Maverick Tube Corporation 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Berkeley Global Non-Wovens 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Owens-Brockway Glass Container - Brockway Plant 18 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE PK Contracting, LLC. Kalamazoo 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jack Wayte Construction Co., Inc. 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 166 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Container Graphics St MT 23 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, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.