Forklifts manufacturing · Kentucky

CLARK - Lexington

Lexington, KY · ~181 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

CLARK - Lexington runs at 155% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Forklifts manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

CLARK - Lexington: 5.1 TCR = 155% of Forklifts manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

CLARK - Lexington safety composite

CLARK - Lexington scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 26%), 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

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.7

2016→2023

CLARK - Lexington injury rate improved

CLARK - Lexington's TCR fell 0.7 from 2.8 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 15.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.8 · 2017=4.1 · 2018=3.5 · 2019=2.7 · 2020=5.3 · 2021=15.3 · 2023=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333924 · Lexington, KY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 155% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #9/10
  • PHOTO Main
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 38 inj
  • SIZE ~181 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Main (0.0 TCR gap)

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CLARK - Lexington in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows CLARK - Lexington averages 5.1 TCR (155% of the Forklifts manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

CLARK - Lexington TCR series: 2016=2.8 · 2017=4.1 · 2018=3.5 · 2019=2.7 · 2020=5.3 · 2021=15.3 · 2023=2.1 · BLS 3.3

Where CLARK - Lexington falls in its industry

167 Forklifts manufacturing establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 10 Forklifts manufacturing employers in Kentucky.

CLARK - Lexington (181 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate CLARK - Lexington
CLARK - Lexington (181 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 3.0

CLARK - Lexington has more employees than the Forklifts manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 2.1 1.6 4 0 0
2021 15.3 10.0 3 20 0
2020 5.3 3.3 8 0 0
2019 2.7 2.1 5 0 0
2018 3.5 2.3 6 0 0
2017 4.1 3.5 7 0 0
2016 2.8 2.3 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333924 · KY · Lexington

167 Forklifts manufacturing 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 Main 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Elgin Sweeper 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Great Dane 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stringfellow, Inc - Nashville 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Qualex Manufacturing LLC 181 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pan oston 181 FTE
STATE-SIZE Owens & Minor Louisville 181 FTE
STATE-SIZE UPS E-LOGISTICS/ELIZABETHTOWN (KYELI) 181 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 4223-M2200 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR DDM Energy 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Corbion Caravan Ingredients 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Sommers Automotive 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Roanoke 181 FTE
NAT-SIZE Greater Peoria Mass Transit District 181 FTE
NAT-SIZE Merit Brass Company 181 FTE
NAT-SIZE Push, Inc. 181 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.