Pallet parts, wood, manufacturing · Kentucky

Downey & Sons Pallet

Springfield, KY · ~53 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Downey & Sons Pallet runs at 98% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Pallet parts, wood, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Downey & Sons Pallet: 3.2 TCR = 98% of Pallet parts, wood, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Downey & Sons Pallet safety composite

Downey & Sons Pallet scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 87% 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).

B

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 3.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% 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

−2.8

2016→2024

Downey & Sons Pallet injury rate improved

Downey & Sons Pallet's TCR fell 2.8 from 2.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 13.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.8 · 2017=13.9 · 2018=4.5 · 2019=5.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=3.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321920 · Springfield, KY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.2 · 98% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/26
  • PHOTO Pallets Inc
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pallets Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Downey & Sons Pallet in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Downey & Sons Pallet averages 3.2 TCR (98% of the Pallet parts, wood, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Downey & Sons Pallet TCR series: 2016=2.8 · 2017=13.9 · 2018=4.5 · 2019=5 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=3 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Downey & Sons Pallet falls in its industry

952 Pallet parts, wood, manufactur establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 26 Pallet parts, wood, manufactur employers in Kentucky.

Downey & Sons Pallet (53 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 6.3 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 0100200300400500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Downey & Sons Pallet
Downey & Sons Pallet (53 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 6.3

Downey & Sons Pallet has more employees than the Pallet parts, wood, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.3. 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 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 5.0 5.0 2 0 0
2018 4.5 4.5 2 0 0
2017 13.9 6.9 6 0 0
2016 2.8 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321920 · KY · Springfield

952 Pallet parts, wood, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 12 employers in Springfield, 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 Pallets Inc 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR SPI Woodville 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Detroit,MI - 331 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Blue River Wood Products 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hazard Service Center 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Glasgow Water Company 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Henry's Plumbing 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Youngblood Excavating & Contracting Inc. 53 FTE
CITY-NEAR INOAC Group North America llc 407 FTE
CITY-NEAR INOAC USA 365 FTE
CITY-NEAR Alltech Springfield 59 FTE
CITY-NEAR Haydon Bridge Company 54 FTE
NAT-TCR 3387 Transwheel 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Ong Er N Tul Met Sc 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR American Library Association 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Ft Wayne 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Varland Metal Service, Inc. 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE CW Sheet Metal Inc 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store #14 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Future Mold Corporation 53 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, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.