Pressed logs of sawdust and other wood particles, nonpetroleum binder, manufacturing · Kentucky

Duraflame East, LLC

Somerset, KY · ~87 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Duraflame East, LLC runs at 144% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Pressed logs of sawdust and other wood particles, nonpetroleum binder, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Duraflame East, LLC: 4.8 TCR = 144% of Pressed logs of sawdust and other wood particles, nonpetroleum binder, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Duraflame East, LLC safety composite

Duraflame East, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 20%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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

−1.0

2016→2023

Duraflame East, LLC injury rate improved

Duraflame East, LLC's TCR fell 1.0 from 6.3 in 2016 to 5.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.12× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.3 · 2017=4.8 · 2018=4.5 · 2019=5.7 · 2020=4.3 · 2021=5.2 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=5.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321999 · Somerset, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 144% of ind

  • DART 5.3 DART
  • RANK #6/10
  • PHOTO Lignetics of Virginia
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 34 inj
  • SIZE ~87 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lignetics of Virginia (0.0 TCR gap)

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Duraflame East, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Duraflame East, LLC averages 4.8 TCR (144% of the Pressed logs of sawdust and other wood particles, nonpetroleum binder, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Duraflame East, LLC TCR series: 2016=6.3 · 2017=4.8 · 2018=4.5 · 2019=5.7 · 2020=4.3 · 2021=5.2 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=5.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Duraflame East, LLC falls in its industry

405 Pressed logs of sawdust and ot establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 10 Pressed logs of sawdust and ot employers in Kentucky.

Duraflame East, LLC (87 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 050100150200250300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Duraflame East, LLC
Duraflame East, LLC (87 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Duraflame East, LLC has more employees than the Pressed logs of sawdust and other wood p median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2023 5.3 5.3 5 0 0
2022 2.1 2.1 2 0 0
2021 5.2 5.2 5 0 0
2020 4.3 4.3 4 0 0
2019 5.7 4.5 5 0 0
2018 4.5 4.5 4 0 0
2017 4.8 3.6 4 0 0
2016 6.3 3.8 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321999 · KY · Somerset

405 Pressed logs of sawdust and other wood particles, nonpetroleum binder, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 88 employers in Somerset, 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 Lignetics of Virginia 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Richwood Hardwood 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR ConceptWorks Inc. 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hughes Brothers, Inc. 4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Messer Construction - Lexington, KY 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hinkle Construction Services 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE Four Roses Distillery, LLC Lawrenceburg 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE CPVB 87 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital 1,346 FTE
CITY-NEAR Toyotetsu America, Inc. 1,099 FTE
CITY-NEAR Somerset 510 FTE
CITY-NEAR 689 458 FTE
NAT-TCR GROW Associates Inc 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 52030 TIDS-Katy Distribtion Center 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Columbus Marriott 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Allied Professionals, Inc. 4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Corporate 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE Baker-Butler Elementary School 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3804 Maple Heights 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE Unit #2955 87 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.