Awnings and canopies, outdoor, made from purchased fabrics · Kentucky

Central Plant

Stearns, KY · ~120 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Central Plant runs at 241% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Awnings and canopies, outdoor, made from purchased fabrics workplace, earning a grade F.

Central Plant: 8.0 TCR = 241% of Awnings and canopies, outdoor, made from purchased fabrics BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Central Plant safety composite

Central Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 61% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 23%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.7

2022→2024

Central Plant injury rate improved

Central Plant's TCR fell 2.7 from 8.5 in 2022 to 5.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 9.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.14× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=8.5 · 2023=9.6 · 2024=5.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 314910 · Stearns, KY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.0 · 241% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #8/10
  • PHOTO DJ&R
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 36 inj
  • SIZE ~120 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: DJ&R (0.0 TCR gap)

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Central Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Central Plant averages 8.0 TCR (241% of the Awnings and canopies, outdoor, made from purchased fabrics BLS benchmark).

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

Central Plant TCR series: 2022=8.5 · 2023=9.6 · 2024=5.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Central Plant falls in its industry

141 Awnings and canopies, outdoor, establishments

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 10 Awnings and canopies, outdoor, employers in Kentucky.

Central Plant (120 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 4.9 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Central Plant
Central Plant (120 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Central Plant has more employees than the Awnings and canopies, outdoor, made from median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.9. 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
2024 5.8 1.1 10 0 0
2023 9.6 2.4 12 0 0
2022 8.5 1.2 14 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

314910 · KY · Stearns

141 Awnings and canopies, outdoor, made from purchased fabrics employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 6 employers in Stearns, 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 DJ&R 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR SugarHouse Industries 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tacoma Tent & Awning Co., Inc. 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Academy Manufacturing 8.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Azteca Milling, L.P. 120 FTE
STATE-SIZE Morehead Wood Products 120 FTE
STATE-SIZE US KY Bowling Green Plant 120 FTE
STATE-SIZE CC Metals and Alloys 120 FTE
CITY-NEAR OVC Central Plant 111 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stearns -Plant 1 90 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stearns Mfg 75 FTE
CITY-NEAR OVC Engineered Solutions 75 FTE
NAT-TCR Coho Distributing LLC - Springfield 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Double V, LLC 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Rentex Inc. Coppell 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Benevento Concrete Corp 8.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Giant 239 120 FTE
NAT-SIZE Giant 304 120 FTE
NAT-SIZE Giant 349 120 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rockledge Health and Rehabilitation Center 120 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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