Bakery Ingredients Manufacturing · Kentucky
Dawn Food Products - Louisville Manufacturing
Louisville, KY · ~273 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.7
- Avg TCR
- 4.1
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Dawn Food Products - Louisville Manufacturing runs at 65% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Bakery Ingredients Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.
Dawn Food Products - Louisville Manufacturing: 2.7 TCR = 65% of Bakery Ingredients Manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Dawn Food Products - Louisville Manufacturing safety composite
Dawn Food Products - Louisville Manufacturing scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 69% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).
63/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.66 per 100 workers
Safer than 65% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.79 per 100 workers
Safer than 69% 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
−1.2
2016→2024
Dawn Food Products - Louisville Manufacturing injury rate improved
Dawn Food Products - Louisville Manufacturing's TCR fell 1.2 from 2.4 in 2016 to 1.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 4.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=2.4 · 2017=2.9 · 2018=3.1 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=4.2 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=1.1 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=1.2
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311999 · Louisville, KY AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 2.7 · 65% of ind
- DART 0.8 DART
- RANK #4/7
- PHOTO Red Star Yeast Company
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 65 inj
- SIZE ~273 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Red Star Yeast Company (0.0 TCR gap)
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Dawn Food Products - Louisville Manufacturing in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Dawn Food Products - Louisville Manufacturing
2.7 TCR
- Red Star Yeast
Red Star Yeast Company
2.7 TCR
- Hickory Specia
Hickory Specialties DBA Kerry Ingredients
2.7 TCR
- Sensient Flavo
Sensient Flavors Harbor Beach
2.7 TCR
- ESM Technologi
ESM Technologies
2.7 TCR
What this shows Dawn Food Products - Louisville Manufacturing averages 2.7 TCR (65% of the Bakery Ingredients Manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Dawn Food Products - Louisville Manufacturing TCR series: 2016=2.4 · 2017=2.9 · 2018=3.1 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=4.2 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=1.1 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=1.2 · BLS 4.1
Where Dawn Food Products - Louisville Manufacturing falls in its industry
335 Bakery Ingredients Manufacturi establishmentsSafer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.
Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 7 Bakery Ingredients Manufacturi employers in Kentucky.
Dawn Food Products - Louisville Manufacturing has more employees than the Bakery Ingredients Manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311999 · KY · Louisville
335 Bakery Ingredients Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 1,638 employers in Louisville, 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 | Red Star Yeast Company | 2.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hickory Specialties DBA Kerry Ingredients | 2.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sensient Flavors Harbor Beach | 2.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ESM Technologies | 2.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Summit Polymers Inc. P06 | 273 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Eagle Manufacturing | 273 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AFM East US KY Ft Campbell KY AFE KY989 | 273 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Keeneland Hospitality LLC | 273 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Jefferson County Public Schools | 18,524 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | KYGRA - WORLDPORT | 11,933 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WORLDPORT (KYGRA) | 9,667 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | KTKY TRUCK | 8,757 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Delta Plastics | 2.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Vcf 112 | 2.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | CMC Southern Post Texas | 2.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Vcf 116 | 2.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Distribution Center | 273 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cooper Standard-Oscoda Plant | 273 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | OBE - Midway | 273 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Longwood at Oakmont | 273 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.