Explosives manufacturing · Kentucky

Dyno Nobel Graham, KY.

Graham, KY · ~69 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dyno Nobel Graham, KY. runs at 233% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Explosives manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Dyno Nobel Graham, KY.: 7.7 TCR = 233% of Explosives manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dyno Nobel Graham, KY. safety composite

Dyno Nobel Graham, KY. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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).

F

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Dyno Nobel Graham, KY.: 6.5 → 8.9 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 8.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.5× in 2021

Dyno Nobel Graham, KY.'s TCR rose 2.4 from 6.5 in 2020 to 8.9 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325920 · Graham, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.7 · 233% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #5/5
  • PHOTO Austin Powder Midsou…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~69 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Austin Powder Midsouth LLC - Summit (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dyno Nobel Graham, KY. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dyno Nobel Graham, KY. averages 7.7 TCR (233% of the Explosives manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Dyno Nobel Graham, KY. TCR series: 2020=6.5 · 2021=8.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Dyno Nobel Graham, KY. falls in its industry

78 Explosives manufacturing establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 5 Explosives manufacturing employers in Kentucky.

Dyno Nobel Graham, KY. (69 employees, TCR 7.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 0200400600 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Dyno Nobel Graham, KY.
Dyno Nobel Graham, KY. (69 employees, TCR 7.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Dyno Nobel Graham, KY. has fewer employees than the Explosives manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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
2021 8.9 3.8 3 4 0
2020 6.5 1.3 1 4 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325920 · KY · Graham

78 Explosives manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 3 employers in Graham, 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 Austin Powder Midsouth LLC - Summit 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR GOEX Powder Inc. 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR East Camden Plant 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Maxam Initiation Systems, LLC 6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Spy Coast Farm, LLC 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Warren County Water District 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Verst 300/Corporate 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Heaven Hill Bernheim Distillery 69 FTE
CITY-NEAR EBAD-GM 96 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dyno Nobel 83 FTE
NAT-TCR Alta Services Co. 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 0639 - Sequim Wa Whse 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Red Rock - Nevada #867 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR FINE ART Handcrafted Lighting 7.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rittenhouse Senior Living at Valparaiso 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Party Reflections Charlotte 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fire Department 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE JBDA Mangham Office 69 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: 2021, 2020. 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.