Arborist services · Kentucky

Bob Ray Co., Inc.

Louisville, KY · ~48 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
8.7
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bob Ray Co., Inc. runs at 193% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Arborist services workplace, earning a grade D.

Bob Ray Co., Inc.: 8.7 TCR = 193% of Arborist services BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bob Ray Co., Inc. safety composite

Bob Ray Co., Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 22%), 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).

F

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−8.7

2016→2024

Bob Ray Co., Inc. injury rate improved

Bob Ray Co., Inc.'s TCR fell 8.7 from 13.3 in 2016 to 4.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 13.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=13.3 · 2022=7.0 · 2023=9.8 · 2024=4.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · Louisville, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 8.7 · 193% of ind

  • DART 4.6 DART
  • RANK #23/28
  • PHOTO 5288 - South Dennis
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 5288 - South Dennis (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bob Ray Co., Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bob Ray Co., Inc. averages 8.7 TCR (193% of the Arborist services BLS benchmark).

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

Bob Ray Co., Inc. TCR series: 2016=13.3 · 2022=7 · 2023=9.8 · 2024=4.6 · BLS 4.5

Where Bob Ray Co., Inc. falls in its industry

2,875 Arborist services establishments

Safer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 28 Arborist services employers in Kentucky.

Bob Ray Co., Inc. (48 employees, TCR 8.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Bob Ray Co., Inc.
Bob Ray Co., Inc. (48 employees, TCR 8.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Bob Ray Co., Inc. has fewer employees than the Arborist services median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 4.6 4.6 2 0 0
2023 9.8 0.0 5 0 0
2022 7.0 4.7 2 1 0
2016 13.3 13.3 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · KY · Louisville

2,875 Arborist services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 1,638 employers in Louisville, 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 5288 - South Dennis 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Professional Landscaping 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 5525 - Albany 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR ADAME LANDSCAPE INC. 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 Jefferson County Public Schools 18,524 FTE
CITY-NEAR KYGRA - WORLDPORT 11,933 FTE
CITY-NEAR WORLDPORT (KYGRA) 9,667 FTE
CITY-NEAR KTKY TRUCK 8,757 FTE
NAT-TCR 4308 - Holiday City Board Plant 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Spring Arbor Cottage of Salisbury 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Clean Air Flooring Removal, LLC 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Valley Ridge Rehabilitation and Health Care Center 8.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE R.E. Arnold Construction, Inc. 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE D&G Sheetmetal 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Valley Pallet - Phoenix 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Valley Pallet - Sacramento 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2016. 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.