Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers · Kentucky

Dahl & Groezinger

Owensboro, KY · ~21 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dahl & Groezinger runs at 36% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade A.

Dahl & Groezinger: 0.8 TCR = 36% of Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dahl & Groezinger safety composite

Dahl & Groezinger scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 95% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 95% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−4.0

2020→2024

Dahl & Groezinger injury rate improved

Dahl & Groezinger's TCR fell 4.0 from 4.0 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 4.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=4.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Owensboro, KY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 36% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/24
  • PHOTO Cheyenne
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cheyenne (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dahl & Groezinger in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dahl & Groezinger averages 0.8 TCR (36% of the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Dahl & Groezinger TCR series: 2020=4 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Dahl & Groezinger falls in its industry

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl establishments

Safer than 95% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 24 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl employers in Kentucky.

Dahl & Groezinger (21 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 020406080100 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Dahl & Groezinger
Dahl & Groezinger (21 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Dahl & Groezinger has fewer employees than the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 4.0 4.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · KY · Owensboro

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 184 employers in Owensboro, 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 Cheyenne 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR HWI Environmental Technologies, Inc. 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pratt Recycling Memphis, TN. 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Laney Materials, LLC. 0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE AppHarvest Morehead Farm LLC. 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Reed Minerals - Drakesboro 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hardinsburg Office 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Madisonville - Electric Distribution 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR Owensboro Health Regional Hospital 2,305 FTE
CITY-NEAR Owensboro Public Schools 969 FTE
CITY-NEAR Owensboro Independent 903 FTE
CITY-NEAR Swedish Match 816 FTE
NAT-TCR Anderson Express 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Akron - Wilbeth Shop 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Tomahawk Health Services 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Texas Airzone LLC 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Anderson Homes LLC 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Black Cat Dairy 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Veterans National Property Services 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Justin J. Reeves, LLC 21 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, 2021, 2020. 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.