Truck trailer manufacturing · Kentucky
Bluegrass Tank & Equipment, Inc.
Elizabethtown, KY · ~61 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 9.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Bluegrass Tank & Equipment, Inc. runs at 281% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Truck trailer manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Bluegrass Tank & Equipment, Inc.: 9.3 TCR = 281% of Truck trailer manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Bluegrass Tank & Equipment, Inc. safety composite
Bluegrass Tank & Equipment, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 23%), 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).
36/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 9.27 per 100 workers
Safer than 23% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 3.37 per 100 workers
Safer than 39% 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
−10.9
2017→2024
Bluegrass Tank & Equipment, Inc. injury rate improved
Bluegrass Tank & Equipment, Inc.'s TCR fell 10.9 from 16.0 in 2017 to 5.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 16.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=16.0 · 2022=9.1 · 2023=7.0 · 2024=5.1
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 336212 · Elizabethtown, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 9.3 · 281% of ind
- DART 3.4 DART
- RANK #7/9
- PHOTO Elite Trailer MFG
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 19 inj
- SIZE ~61 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Elite Trailer MFG (0.0 TCR gap)
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Bluegrass Tank & Equipment, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- CM Pettijohn
CM Pettijohn
9.4 TCR
- This site
Bluegrass Tank & Equipment, Inc.
9.3 TCR
- Elite Trailer
Elite Trailer MFG
9.3 TCR
- Doolittle Trai
Doolittle Trailer Manufacturing
9.3 TCR
- John Evans Man
John Evans Manufacturing
9.3 TCR
What this shows Bluegrass Tank & Equipment, Inc. averages 9.3 TCR (281% of the Truck trailer manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Bluegrass Tank & Equipment, Inc. TCR series: 2017=16 · 2022=9.1 · 2023=7 · 2024=5.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Bluegrass Tank & Equipment, Inc. falls in its industry
474 Truck trailer manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.
Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 9 Truck trailer manufacturing employers in Kentucky.
Bluegrass Tank & Equipment, Inc. has fewer employees than the Truck trailer manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7.0 | 5.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 9.1 | 7.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 16.0 | 6.9 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
336212 · KY · Elizabethtown
474 Truck trailer manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 130 employers in Elizabethtown, 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 | Elite Trailer MFG | 9.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Doolittle Trailer Manufacturing | 9.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | John Evans Manufacturing | 9.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CM Pettijohn | 9.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Farmers Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation | 61 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | gas, water and sanitary services | 61 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Bray Construction Services | 61 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Raatz Fence Company | 61 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hardin Memorial Hospital | 2,311 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Baptist Health Hardin | 2,058 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Metalsa | 1,807 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Etown | 956 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Valley Surgery Center, LP | 9.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Rapid Precision Mfg | 9.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Suddath Relocation Systems of Oregon, LLC (W) | 9.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Morris Store | 9.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Carter Millwork, Inc. | 61 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Firebaugh Packinghouse | 61 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Preschool University | 61 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | MFJ Enterprises Inc. | 61 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.