State Department · Kentucky
Carter Caves State Resort Park
Olive Hill, KY · ~70 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 17.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Carter Caves State Resort Park runs at 552% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical State Department workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 17.7
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.2
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 46
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Carter Caves State Resort Park's OSHA Total Case Rate of 17.7 to the State Department BLS benchmark of 3.2 (552% of benchmark) across 7 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Carter Caves State Resort Park's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.2 industry benchmark.
Where Carter Caves State Resort Park falls in its industry
61 State Department establishmentsSafer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.5.
Trend analysis for Carter Caves State Resort Park
Between 2016 and 2023, Carter Caves State Resort Park's Total Case Rate worsened from 16.9 to 46.0 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 172% increase across 7 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2020, at a TCR of 1.5, while 2023 saw the highest rate, at 46.0, a spread of 44.5 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 6 reporting years, Carter Caves State Resort Park recorded 42 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 6-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 46 injuries, 1 illnesses shown on this page for Carter Caves State Resort Park are sourced from its own 7 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 928120 - State Department.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2023)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
1 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 13,030 hours worked = 15.35 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Carter Caves State Resort Park (this establishment) | 17.67 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 7-year avg |
| State Department industry avg | 3.20 | BLS IIF, NAICS 928120 |
| Kentucky state avg (all industries) | 4.39 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Carter Caves State Resort Park to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2023: 3 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 5 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 8 reportable incidents · 8 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 11 reportable incidents · 11 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 8 reportable incidents · 8 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 11 reportable incidents · 11 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 46.0 | 15.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 76.8 | 76.8 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 12.3 | 4.6 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 16.9 | 7.7 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 12.3 | 4.6 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 16.9 | 1.5 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Carter Caves State Resort Park's reported OSHA injury record versus its State Department peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 552% of the State Department benchmark, Carter Caves State Resort Park reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider State Department sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.