Charcoal briquettes, wood, manufacturing · Kentucky

Cowboy Charcoal - Albany

Albany, KY · ~45 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cowboy Charcoal - Albany runs at 116% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Charcoal briquettes, wood, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Cowboy Charcoal - Albany: 3.8 TCR = 116% of Charcoal briquettes, wood, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cowboy Charcoal - Albany safety composite

Cowboy Charcoal - Albany scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 16%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% 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

−9.0

2016→2022

Cowboy Charcoal - Albany injury rate improved

Cowboy Charcoal - Albany's TCR fell 9.0 from 9.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2016 at 9.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.0 · 2017=2.7 · 2018=5.4 · 2019=5.4 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=4.3 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325194 · Albany, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 116% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/6
  • PHOTO Coopers Creek Chemic…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Coopers Creek Chemical Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cowboy Charcoal - Albany in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cowboy Charcoal - Albany averages 3.8 TCR (116% of the Charcoal briquettes, wood, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Cowboy Charcoal - Albany TCR series: 2016=9 · 2017=2.7 · 2018=5.4 · 2019=5.4 · 2020=0 · 2021=4.3 · 2022=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Cowboy Charcoal - Albany falls in its industry

58 Charcoal briquettes, wood, man establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 6 Charcoal briquettes, wood, man employers in Kentucky.

Cowboy Charcoal - Albany (45 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Cowboy Charcoal - Albany
Cowboy Charcoal - Albany (45 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Cowboy Charcoal - Albany has fewer employees than the Charcoal briquettes, wood, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 4.3 4.3 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 5.4 5.4 2 0 0
2018 5.4 5.4 2 0 0
2017 2.7 2.7 1 0 0
2016 9.0 9.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325194 · KY · Albany

58 Charcoal briquettes, wood, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 8 employers in Albany, 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 Coopers Creek Chemical Corporation 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 076-ROE Summersville 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR West Plains 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 044-ROE Salem 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hatchery 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE PMI Field 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE CLAYTON WATKINS CONSTRUCTION CO INC 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Western Kentucky Construction 45 FTE
CITY-NEAR Albany Plant 1,193 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Medical Center at Albany 100 FTE
CITY-NEAR LP Albany, LLC---Clinton 71 FTE
CITY-NEAR Save A Lot #137 29 FTE
NAT-TCR MTR 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 0427 - Scottsdale Az Whse 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Fox Powersports 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Vintage Park of Paoloa 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ace Irrigation & MFG. Co 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Grand Meadow Senior Living 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Titus - Williamsport 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE 49871 - Sylmar Fac. 45 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.