Calcium carbide, chloride, and hypochlorite manufacturing · Kentucky
Carbide Industries Louisville
Louisville, KY · ~121 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
Carbide Industries Louisville runs at 185% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Calcium carbide, chloride, and hypochlorite manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Carbide Industries Louisville: 6.1 TCR = 185% of Calcium carbide, chloride, and hypochlorite manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Carbide Industries Louisville safety composite
Carbide Industries Louisville scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 9% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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).
6/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.09 per 100 workers
Safer than 7% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.37 per 100 workers
Safer than 9% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- F 1
Safer than 1% 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
Carbide Industries Louisville: 4.8 → 9.2 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 9.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.88× in 2019
Carbide Industries Louisville's TCR rose 4.4 from 4.8 in 2016 to 9.2 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0.88× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325180 · Louisville, KY ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 6.1 · 185% of ind
- DART 5.4 DART
- RANK #13/13
- PHOTO Old Bridge Chemicals
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 31 inj
- SIZE ~121 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Old Bridge Chemicals (0.1 TCR gap)
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Carbide Industries Louisville in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Thatcher Compa
Thatcher Company of New York
6.3 TCR
- BleachTech LLC
BleachTech LLC
6.3 TCR
- This site
Carbide Industries Louisville
6.1 TCR
- Old Bridge Che
Old Bridge Chemicals
6 TCR
- Aldrich-APL, L
Aldrich-APL, LLC
6 TCR
What this shows Carbide Industries Louisville averages 6.1 TCR (185% of the Calcium carbide, chloride, and hypochlorite manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Carbide Industries Louisville TCR series: 2016=4.8 · 2017=6.5 · 2018=3.9 · 2019=9.2 · BLS 3.3
Where Carbide Industries Louisville falls in its industry
418 Calcium carbide, chloride, and establishmentsSafer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.
Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 13 Calcium carbide, chloride, and employers in Kentucky.
Carbide Industries Louisville has more employees than the Calcium carbide, chloride, and hypochlor median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 9.2 | 5.4 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 6.5 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.8 | 3.2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325180 · KY · Louisville
418 Calcium carbide, chloride, and hypochlorite manufacturing 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 | Old Bridge Chemicals | 6.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Aldrich-APL, LLC | 6.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Thatcher Company of New York | 6.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | BleachTech LLC | 6.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | A One Pallet Distributing, Inc. | 121 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Simpsonville, Kentucky | 121 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 3A Composites USA, Inc. | 121 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Plastic Products Co., Inc. - Greenville | 121 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 | AcuityBrands Lighting Winona | 6.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Plant 2 | 6.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | MN,CANBY - Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals | 6.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Tyler Distribution _T10 | 6.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Shea Properties-CO | 121 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Scott Construction Inc. | 121 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Fort Worth Corporate Office | 121 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Thermal Windows & Doors LLC - Headquarters | 121 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.