Department stores (except discount department stores) · Kentucky

Elder Beerman

Name: Elder Beerman Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Ashland, KY · ~50 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.8
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Elder Beerman runs at 141% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Department stores (except discount department stores) workplace, earning a grade D.

Elder Beerman: 4.8 TCR = 141% of Department stores (except discount department stores) BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Elder Beerman safety composite

Elder Beerman scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 25%), 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).

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 4.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Elder Beerman: 3.3 → 6.2 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 6.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2017

Elder Beerman's TCR rose 2.9 from 3.3 in 2016 to 6.2 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452111 · Ashland, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 141% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #28/34
PHOTO 053 - Rockaway
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 053 - Rockaway (0.0 TCR gap)

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4.8
053 - Rockaway

4.8
Unit # 2616

4.8
Hilltop 329

4.8
Town Center Pl

4.8

What this shows Elder Beerman averages 4.8 TCR (141% of the Department stores (except discount department stores) BLS benchmark).

Elder Beerman TCR series: 2016=3.3 · 2017=6.2 · BLS 3.4

Where Elder Beerman falls in its industry

1,987 Department stores (except disc establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #28 safest of 34 Department stores (except disc employers in Kentucky.

Elder Beerman (50 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Elder Beerman has more employees than the Department stores (except discount depar median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2017	6.2	0.0	1	0	0
2016	3.3	0.0	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452111 · KY · Ashland

1,987 Department stores (except discount department stores) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 79 employers in Ashland, KY · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	053 - Rockaway	ROCKAWAY, NJ	4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Unit # 2616	CENTERVILLE, GA	4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hilltop 329	RICHMOND, CA	4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Town Center Plaza 609	LEAWOOD, KS	4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Cumberland Valley Electric	GRAY	50 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Heimbrock, Inc.	LOUISVILLE	50 FTE
STATE-SIZE	E-Z Construction Company, Inc.	LOUISVILLE	50 FTE
STATE-SIZE	STANDAFER BUILDERS INC	WEST LIBERTY	50 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Kings Daughters Medical Center	Ashland	4,069 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital	Ashland	1,282 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1426	Ashland	380 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 1426	Ashland	375 FTE
NAT-TCR	Village of Elk Rapids	Elk Rapids, MI	4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ft. Lauderdale (Flftl)	Lauderhill, FL	4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	300 - Mechanicsburg	Mechanicsburg, PA	4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Location 15035	Long Beach, CA	4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	N and R of Camdenton Inc	Camdenton, MO	50 FTE
NAT-SIZE	N and R of California Inc	California, MO	50 FTE
NAT-SIZE	06- Knoxville, TN	Oak Ridge, TN	50 FTE
NAT-SIZE	AmeriGas - Ft. Lauderdale, FL	Ft Lauderdale, FL	50 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: 2017, 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.