Wholesale Building Products · Kentucky

BlueLinx Corporation Cincinnati

Independence, KY · ~48 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.6
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

BlueLinx Corporation Cincinnati runs at 392% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Wholesale Building Products workplace, earning a grade F.

BlueLinx Corporation Cincinnati: 8.6 TCR = 392% of Wholesale Building Products BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

BlueLinx Corporation Cincinnati safety composite

BlueLinx Corporation Cincinnati scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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%).

TCR Δ

−13.4

2018→2020

BlueLinx Corporation Cincinnati injury rate improved

BlueLinx Corporation Cincinnati's TCR fell 13.4 from 15.4 in 2018 to 2.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 15.4 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.24× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=15.4 · 2019=8.4 · 2020=2.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423310 · Independence, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.6 · 392% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #6/8
  • PHOTO Concord Lumber and B…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Concord Lumber and Building Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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BlueLinx Corporation Cincinnati in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows BlueLinx Corporation Cincinnati averages 8.6 TCR (392% of the Wholesale Building Products BLS benchmark).

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

BlueLinx Corporation Cincinnati TCR series: 2018=15.4 · 2019=8.4 · 2020=2 · BLS 2.2

Where BlueLinx Corporation Cincinnati falls in its industry

1,225 Wholesale Building Products establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 8 Wholesale Building Products employers in Kentucky.

BlueLinx Corporation Cincinnati (48 employees, TCR 8.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 41 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 020406080100120 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate BlueLinx Corporation Cincinnati
BlueLinx Corporation Cincinnati (48 employees, TCR 8.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 41 employees and a TCR of 4.2

BlueLinx Corporation Cincinnati has more employees than the Wholesale Building Products median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2020 2.0 2.0 1 0 0
2019 8.4 4.2 4 0 0
2018 15.4 15.4 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423310 · KY · Independence

1,225 Wholesale Building Products employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 26 employers in Independence, 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 Concord Lumber and Building Center 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR CBSI - Bladensburg 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Colonial - Charlotte 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 113 8.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Peterson Farms 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cane Run Station 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bri-Den Roofing 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cunningham Door & Window 48 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6458-NOKY 1,431 FTE
CITY-NEAR 406 740 FTE
CITY-NEAR 491-DC001 357 FTE
CITY-NEAR 014-00475 318 FTE
NAT-TCR Northgate Residence 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Priority Freight Handling, Inc 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR #185 Art Van Merrillville 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-Swy 0025 0967 8.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE BlueLinx Corporation Denville 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vabeac-Opi-Virginia Beach 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Arnlit-Opi-North Little Rock 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Unit #1981 48 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: 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.