Assembly plants, passenger car, on chassis of own manufacture · Kentucky
Bowling Green Assembly
Bowling Green, KY · ~1,199 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Bowling Green Assembly runs at 127% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Assembly plants, passenger car, on chassis of own manufacture workplace, earning a grade D.
Bowling Green Assembly: 4.2 TCR = 127% of Assembly plants, passenger car, on chassis of own manufacture BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Bowling Green Assembly safety composite
Bowling Green Assembly scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 20%), 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).
40/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.19 per 100 workers
Safer than 51% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.75 per 100 workers
Safer than 20% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Bowling Green Assembly: 2.4 → 5.5 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 7.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.13× in 2024
Bowling Green Assembly's TCR rose 3.1 from 2.4 in 2016 to 5.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 7.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.13× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 336111 · Bowling Green, KY ABOVE-IND · LARGE
Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 127% of ind
- DART 4.8 DART
- RANK #5/8
- PHOTO LW Engineering Plant…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 333 inj
- SIZE ~1,199 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: LW Engineering Plant 10 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Bowling Green Assembly in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Hyundai Motor
Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, LLC
4.3 TCR
- This site
Bowling Green Assembly
4.2 TCR
- LW Engineering
LW Engineering Plant 10
4.2 TCR
- F and P Americ
F and P America, Troy
4.1 TCR
- Mobis Ohio Pla
Mobis Ohio Plant
4 TCR
What this shows Bowling Green Assembly averages 4.2 TCR (127% of the Assembly plants, passenger car, on chassis of own manufacture BLS benchmark).
Bowling Green Assembly TCR series: 2016=2.4 · 2018=3 · 2019=2 · 2020=4.2 · 2021=7 · 2022=5 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=5.5 · BLS 3.3
Where Bowling Green Assembly falls in its industry
158 Assembly plants, passenger car establishmentsSafer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.
Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 8 Assembly plants, passenger car employers in Kentucky.
Bowling Green Assembly has more employees than the Assembly plants, passenger car, on chass median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 65 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 66 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 52 | 4 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7.0 | 5.6 | 70 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 18 | 5 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 14 | 8 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
336111 · KY · Bowling Green
158 Assembly plants, passenger car, on chassis of own manufacture employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 331 employers in Bowling Green, 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 | LW Engineering Plant 10 | 4.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | F and P America, Troy | 4.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, LLC | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Mobis Ohio Plant | 4.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | JBS | 1,200 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Albany Plant | 1,193 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Baptist Health Deaconess | 1,214 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Processing Plant Poultry | 1,221 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Western Kentucky University-Bowling Green | 2,237 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | The Medical Center at Bowling Green | 1,872 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Magna Bowling Green Metalforming | 1,441 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bowling Green Metalforming | 1,344 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Ndx Davis | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Expert Insulation Brainerd | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Festool USA Lebanon IN | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | HK Kolmar USA | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Sealed Air Corp, Food And Care Division | 1,199 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | AVP2 | 1,199 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | West Hills Hospital & Medical Center | 1,199 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Wish Farms CA - Santa Maria | 1,199 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.