Garbage collection services · Kentucky

City of Paducah - Public Works

Name: City of Paducah - Public Works Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Paducah, KY · ~59 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 7.6
Avg TCR: 2.6
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

City of Paducah - Public Works runs at 293% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade F.

City of Paducah - Public Works: 7.6 TCR = 293% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Paducah - Public Works safety composite

City of Paducah - Public Works scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 7.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers
DART rate: F 6.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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%).

City of Paducah - Public Works held a steady TCR band

City of Paducah - Public Works's TCR held near 0.2 from 8.0 in 2021 to 8.2 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.86× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=8.0 · 2022=6.7 · 2023=8.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 7.6 · 293% of ind

DART 6.5 DART
RANK #33/45
PHOTO T3 Yard
BOOK 3y book
INJ 11 inj
SIZE ~59 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: T3 Yard (0.0 TCR gap)

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7.6
T3 Yard

7.6
Area Disposal

7.6
Allied Service

7.6
Waste Industri

7.6

What this shows City of Paducah - Public Works averages 7.6 TCR (293% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).

City of Paducah - Public Works TCR series: 2021=8 · 2022=6.7 · 2023=8.2 · BLS 2.6

Where City of Paducah - Public Works falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage collection services establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #33 safest of 45 Garbage collection services employers in Kentucky.

City of Paducah - Public Works (59 employees, TCR 7.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

City of Paducah - Public Works 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
2023	8.2	6.5	4	1
2022	6.7	2.2	2	1
2021	8.0	8.0	5	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · KY · Paducah

2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 198 employers in Paducah, KY · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	T3 Yard	PHILLIPSBURG, NJ	7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Area Disposal Service inc. Clinton HC	CLINTON, IL	7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Allied Services LLC	REEDS SPRINGS, MO	7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Waste Industries of Maryland LLC 1	GAITHERSBURG, MD	7.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Futrell Farms, Inc.	MURAY	59 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Road Builders LLC dba Greenville Quarries	GREENVILLE	59 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Century Construction Inc	ERLANGER	59 FTE
STATE-SIZE	3102 - Kentucky Lock Cofferdam	GRAND RIVERS	59 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Ingram barge Company	Paducah	2,071 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Baptist Health Paducah Hospital	Paducah	1,605 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Baptist Health Paducah	Paducah	1,459 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Baptist Heatlh Paducah	Paducah	1,398 FTE
NAT-TCR	Eyefi, LLC	Las Vegas, NV	7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Haida Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center	Hastings, PA	7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ellerd	Turlock, CA	7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Wpax 1025 (Roanoke, Va - F)	Roanoke, VA	7.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	NorthState - 32	Corning, CA	59 FTE
NAT-SIZE	NorthState - 14	Orland, CA	59 FTE
NAT-SIZE	PSB Industries Inc.	Erie, PA	59 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Isd #2	Hill City, MN	59 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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