Distilleries · Kentucky

Castle and Key Distillery

Frankfort, KY · ~109 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Castle and Key Distillery runs at 14% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Distilleries workplace, earning a grade A.

Castle and Key Distillery: 0.5 TCR = 14% of Distilleries BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Castle and Key Distillery safety composite

Castle and Key Distillery scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 99% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

81/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 99% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

Castle and Key Distillery held a steady TCR band

Castle and Key Distillery's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 1.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=0.0 · 2020=1.3 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 312140 · Frankfort, KY AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 14% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/35
  • PHOTO New Riff Distilling
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~109 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: New Riff Distilling (0.1 TCR gap)

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Castle and Key Distillery in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Castle and Key Distillery averages 0.5 TCR (14% of the Distilleries BLS benchmark).

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

Castle and Key Distillery TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=1.3 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Castle and Key Distillery falls in its industry

114 Distilleries establishments

Safer than 99% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 35 Distilleries employers in Kentucky.

Castle and Key Distillery (109 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Castle and Key Distillery
Castle and Key Distillery (109 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Castle and Key Distillery has more employees than the Distilleries median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 1.6 1.6 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 1.3 1.3 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

312140 · KY · Frankfort

114 Distilleries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 104 employers in Frankfort, 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 New Riff Distilling 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Four Roses Distillery, LLC Lawrenceburg 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Barton Brands of California 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Barn 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Messer Construction - Louisville, KY 109 FTE
STATE-SIZE A&K Construction 109 FTE
STATE-SIZE Landmark Sprinkler Inc. 109 FTE
STATE-SIZE Green Mechanical Construction, Inc - Glasgow 109 FTE
CITY-NEAR KYTC Central Office 945 FTE
CITY-NEAR Human Resource Bldg 892 FTE
CITY-NEAR Montaplast of North America Inc 784 FTE
CITY-NEAR EECSOWER 754 FTE
NAT-TCR Fun Company 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR LeHigh Acres 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 575 - Production Planning Chicago 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Michigan Scientific Corporation 0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Magic Laundry Services Inc 109 FTE
NAT-SIZE PREISS-DPP-CORPORATE 109 FTE
NAT-SIZE 007k - Denver Co Rntl 109 FTE
NAT-SIZE 060a - Dallas Ar Call Center Fas 109 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, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.