Garbage collection services · Kentucky

Central Kentucky Hauling

Lexington, KY · ~68 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Central Kentucky Hauling runs at 197% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade D.

Central Kentucky Hauling: 5.1 TCR = 197% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Central Kentucky Hauling safety composite

Central Kentucky Hauling scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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).

D

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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

Central Kentucky Hauling: 3.4 → 6.2 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 9.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.9× in 2023

Central Kentucky Hauling's TCR rose 2.8 from 3.4 in 2018 to 6.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 9.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.9× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Lexington, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 197% of ind

  • DART 4.6 DART
  • RANK #20/45
  • PHOTO La Mesa Operations
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~68 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: La Mesa Operations (0.0 TCR gap)

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Central Kentucky Hauling in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Central Kentucky Hauling averages 5.1 TCR (197% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).

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

Central Kentucky Hauling TCR series: 2018=3.4 · 2019=2.2 · 2020=5.2 · 2021=9.1 · 2022=4.7 · 2023=6.2 · BLS 2.6

Where Central Kentucky Hauling falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage collection services establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 45 Garbage collection services employers in Kentucky.

Central Kentucky Hauling (68 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Central Kentucky Hauling
Central Kentucky Hauling (68 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Central Kentucky Hauling has more employees than the Garbage collection services median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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
2023 6.2 4.6 4 0 0
2022 4.7 4.7 3 0 0
2021 9.1 6.1 5 1 0
2020 5.2 5.2 4 0 0
2019 2.2 2.2 2 0 0
2018 3.4 3.4 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · KY · Lexington

2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 652 employers in Lexington, 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 La Mesa Operations 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Transwaste Warner Robins 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR S04145 - IA Independence 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gaeta Recycling Company Inc 5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Richgrove Tobacco 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jackson Purchase Energy Corporation 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mason Structure 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE R. Brian Morrison 68 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Kentucky - Main Campus - Fayette County 11,013 FTE
CITY-NEAR UK Healthcare 9,922 FTE
CITY-NEAR YMCA of Central KY - Gatton Beaumont 3,933 FTE
CITY-NEAR YMCA of Central Ky - High Street 3,895 FTE
NAT-TCR Kondex Corporation 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Upland Brewing 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Mills Company 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR American Red Cross - 600 Park Center Dr 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Meaden Precision Machined Products Company 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE McKenzie Living Eugene 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Town of Chaplin 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Capitol Hill Senior Living 68 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.