Floor covering stores (except wood or ceramic tile only) · Kentucky
Carpet Specialists, Inc.
Louisville, KY · ~36 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Carpet Specialists, Inc. runs at 89% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Floor covering stores (except wood or ceramic tile only) workplace, earning a grade C.
Carpet Specialists, Inc.: 3.0 TCR = 89% of Floor covering stores (except wood or ceramic tile only) BLS 3.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Carpet Specialists, Inc. safety composite
Carpet Specialists, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).
72/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 3.04 per 100 workers
Safer than 88% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 2.72 per 100 workers
Safer than 70% 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%).
Carpet Specialists, Inc. held a steady TCR band
Carpet Specialists, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.3 from 2.5 in 2018 to 2.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 6.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.89× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2018=2.5 · 2019=6.9 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=3.3 · 2022=2.9 · 2024=2.7
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 442210 · Louisville, KY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 89% of ind
- DART 2.7 DART
- RANK #1/4
- PHOTO Great Floors
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 6 inj
- SIZE ~36 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Great Floors (0.0 TCR gap)
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Carpet Specialists, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Carpet Specialists, Inc.
3 TCR
- Great Floors
Great Floors
3 TCR
- Riemer Floors
Riemer Floors Inc
3 TCR
- Floor Factors
Floor Factors
3 TCR
- S Lee Smith Jr
S Lee Smith Jr Inc T/A Value Carpet One
2.9 TCR
What this shows Carpet Specialists, Inc. averages 3.0 TCR (89% of the Floor covering stores (except wood or ceramic tile only) BLS benchmark).
Carpet Specialists, Inc. TCR series: 2018=2.5 · 2019=6.9 · 2020=0 · 2021=3.3 · 2022=2.9 · 2024=2.7 · BLS 3.4
Where Carpet Specialists, Inc. falls in its industry
345 Floor covering stores (except establishmentsSafer than 88% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.8.
Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 4 Floor covering stores (except employers in Kentucky.
Carpet Specialists, Inc. has fewer employees than the Floor covering stores (except wood or ce median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 9.8. 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 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
442210 · KY · Louisville
345 Floor covering stores (except wood or ceramic tile only) 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 | Great Floors | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Riemer Floors Inc | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Floor Factors | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | S Lee Smith Jr Inc T/A Value Carpet One | 2.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Kentucky Farms (CV) | 36 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Jacobs - FORT CAMPBELL - OMI | 36 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | M&J Construction Company | 36 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | B+B Electric Company, Inc. | 36 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 | Morello Concrete Construction, Inc. | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Kuttler Machine Inc | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Steel Services, Inc. Norfolk | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hastings Brothers Construction Inc. | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Ransom & Randolph | 36 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Starco Inc. | 36 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hilton Garden Inn Phoenix Airpor | 36 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 119800 Sleepys Chicago Warehouse | 36 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.