Desserts, frozen (except bakery), manufacturing · Kentucky

Dippin Dots

Paducah, KY · ~303 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dippin Dots runs at 109% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Desserts, frozen (except bakery), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Dippin Dots: 3.6 TCR = 109% of Desserts, frozen (except bakery), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dippin Dots safety composite

Dippin Dots scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 63% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 47%), 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

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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→2024

Dippin Dots injury rate improved

Dippin Dots's TCR fell 0.7 from 3.1 in 2016 to 2.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.1 · 2023=5.2 · 2024=2.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311520 · Paducah, KY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.6 · 109% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK P63
  • PHOTO THLP CO, LLC Searcy
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~303 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: THLP CO, LLC Searcy (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dippin Dots in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dippin Dots averages 3.6 TCR (109% of the Desserts, frozen (except bakery), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Dippin Dots TCR series: 2016=3.1 · 2023=5.2 · 2024=2.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Dippin Dots falls in its industry

111 Desserts, frozen (except baker establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Dippin Dots (303 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 139 employees and a TCR of 4.8 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Dippin Dots
Dippin Dots (303 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 139 employees and a TCR of 4.8

Dippin Dots has more employees than the Desserts, frozen (except bakery), manufa median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. 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 2.5 2.5 5 0 0
2023 5.2 5.2 8 0 0
2016 3.1 2.2 8 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311520 · KY · Paducah

111 Desserts, frozen (except bakery), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 198 employers in Paducah, 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 THLP CO, LLC Searcy 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tamaqua Plant 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR North Ice Cream Plant 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tyler IC 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Continental Mills Hopkinsville 303 FTE
STATE-SIZE SC - Steering Columns 303 FTE
STATE-SIZE BLUEGRASS (KYBLU) 303 FTE
STATE-SIZE KY_Florence_7906 Dixie Highway_NSGHTFLR 303 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ingram barge Company 2,071 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baptist Health Paducah Hospital 1,605 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baptist Health Paducah 1,459 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baptist Heatlh Paducah 1,398 FTE
NAT-TCR Georgia Development Partners 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR MH Masonry & Associates, Inc. 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Verdant Specialty Solutions University Park 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Independence Corrugated LLC 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Black Tux LLC 303 FTE
NAT-SIZE Detroit Chassis LLC 303 FTE
NAT-SIZE Loews Ventana Canyon Resort 303 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Westin Charlotte 303 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.