Floor trusses, wood, manufacturing · Kentucky
Bluegrass Truss Company
Lexington, KY · ~27 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 17.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Bluegrass Truss Company runs at 539% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Floor trusses, wood, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Bluegrass Truss Company: 17.8 TCR = 539% of Floor trusses, wood, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Bluegrass Truss Company safety composite
Bluegrass Truss Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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).
26/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 17.78 per 100 workers
Safer than 5% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.36 per 100 workers
Safer than 34% 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
Bluegrass Truss Company: 9.8 → 26.8 TCR
Peak year 2018 @ 35.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.3× in 2024
Bluegrass Truss Company's TCR rose 17.0 from 9.8 in 2017 to 26.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 35.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 321214 · Lexington, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 17.8 · 539% of ind
- DART 5.4 DART
- RANK #7/7
- PHOTO 205 Evergreen Truss
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 28 inj
- SIZE ~27 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 205 Evergreen Truss (0.2 TCR gap)
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Bluegrass Truss Company in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Bluegrass Truss Company
17.8 TCR
- 205 Evergreen
205 Evergreen Truss
17.6 TCR
- Lumber Special
Lumber Specialties - Dyersville Truss
17.6 TCR
- U.S. Truss Com
U.S. Truss Company - Springfield
17.4 TCR
- Select Trusses
Select Trusses & Lumber, Inc.
17.3 TCR
What this shows Bluegrass Truss Company averages 17.8 TCR (539% of the Floor trusses, wood, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Bluegrass Truss Company TCR series: 2017=9.8 · 2018=35.6 · 2019=30.3 · 2020=10.2 · 2021=0 · 2022=8.8 · 2023=20.6 · 2024=26.8 · BLS 3.3
Where Bluegrass Truss Company falls in its industry
421 Floor trusses, wood, manufactu establishmentsSafer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.0.
Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 7 Floor trusses, wood, manufactu employers in Kentucky.
Bluegrass Truss Company has fewer employees than the Floor trusses, wood, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.0. 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 | 26.8 | 5.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 20.6 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8.8 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 10.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 30.3 | 30.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 35.6 | 4.4 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
321214 · KY · Lexington
421 Floor trusses, wood, manufacturing 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 | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | 205 Evergreen Truss | 17.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lumber Specialties - Dyersville Truss | 17.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | U.S. Truss Company - Springfield | 17.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Select Trusses & Lumber, Inc. | 17.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Jeff Davis Tobacco | 27 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Robards Growout | 27 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Pikeville Transmission SC | 27 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Murray Natural Gas and Murray Water and Sewer System | 27 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | University of Kentucky - Main Campus - Fayette County | 11,013 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UK Healthcare | 9,922 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | YMCA of Central KY - Gatton Beaumont | 3,933 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | YMCA of Central Ky - High Street | 3,895 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | AFW Foundry | 17.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Aicota Health Care Center | 17.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | LifeServices - Westlake Woods | 17.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 6957-LNK | 17.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Pfizer | 27 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Elcon Electric Incorporated | 27 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Thorn Creek Basin Sanitary District | 27 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cowin Equipment Company of Pensacola | 27 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.