Cups, polystyrene foam, manufacturing · Kentucky
Dart Container Horse Cave
Horse Cave, KY · ~1,450 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Dart Container Horse Cave runs at 41% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Cups, polystyrene foam, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
Dart Container Horse Cave: 1.4 TCR = 41% of Cups, polystyrene foam, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Dart Container Horse Cave safety composite
Dart Container Horse Cave scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 84% 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).
69/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.35 per 100 workers
Safer than 84% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.09 per 100 workers
Safer than 64% 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
−2.4
2016→2023
Dart Container Horse Cave injury rate improved
Dart Container Horse Cave's TCR fell 2.4 from 2.5 in 2016 to 0.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.07× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=2.5 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=0.8 · 2021=0.5 · 2022=0.5 · 2023=0.2
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 326140 · Horse Cave, KY AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE
Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 41% of ind
- DART 0.1 DART
- RANK #2/7
- PHOTO Lifoam Peabody
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 161 inj
- SIZE ~1,450 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Lifoam Peabody (0.0 TCR gap)
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Dart Container Horse Cave in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Dart Container Horse Cave
1.4 TCR
- Lifoam Peabody
Lifoam Peabody
1.4 TCR
- Dart Container
Dart Container, Inc. of KY
1.4 TCR
- Tallmadge Plan
Tallmadge Plant
1.4 TCR
- Burley XPS
Burley XPS
1.3 TCR
What this shows Dart Container Horse Cave averages 1.4 TCR (41% of the Cups, polystyrene foam, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Dart Container Horse Cave TCR series: 2016=2.5 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=0.8 · 2021=0.5 · 2022=0.5 · 2023=0.2 · BLS 3.3
Where Dart Container Horse Cave falls in its industry
260 Cups, polystyrene foam, manufa establishmentsSafer than 84% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.
Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 7 Cups, polystyrene foam, manufa employers in Kentucky.
Dart Container Horse Cave has more employees than the Cups, polystyrene foam, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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 | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 41 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
326140 · KY · Horse Cave
260 Cups, polystyrene foam, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 9 employers in Horse Cave, 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 | Lifoam Peabody | 1.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Burley XPS | 1.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Dart Container, Inc. of KY | 1.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Tallmadge Plant | 1.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Magna Bowling Green Metalforming | 1,441 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Baptist Health Paducah | 1,459 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Ghent Kentrucky | 1,440 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 6458-NOKY | 1,431 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | T. Marzetti Co. -- Horse Cave Drsg | 673 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Marzetti Company | 525 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sister Schubert's | 247 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | LP Horse Cave, LLC (Hart Co) | 107 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Pauls Valley Terminal-NON DOT | 1.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | West Memphis AR Terminal-DOT | 1.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Northfield Block Mundelein | 1.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Big Lots Store #5102 Pompano Beach, FL | 1.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Smithfield Foods, Inc | 1,450 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | W.E.Bowers | 1,450 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | BALDOR Bronx | 1,450 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Supply Chain - Decatur | 1,450 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.