Ready-mix concrete manufacturing and distributing · Kentucky
Ernst Concrete Louisville Plant 900
Louisville, KY · ~38 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Ernst Concrete Louisville Plant 900 runs at 197% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Ready-mix concrete manufacturing and distributing workplace, earning a grade D.
Ernst Concrete Louisville Plant 900: 6.5 TCR = 197% of Ready-mix concrete manufacturing and distributing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Ernst Concrete Louisville Plant 900 safety composite
Ernst Concrete Louisville Plant 900 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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).
26/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.51 per 100 workers
Safer than 29% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 11.09 per 100 workers
Safer than 6% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Ernst Concrete Louisville Plant 900: 1.9 → 11.1 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 11.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.7× in 2024
Ernst Concrete Louisville Plant 900's TCR rose 9.2 from 1.9 in 2023 to 11.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.7× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 327320 · Louisville, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 6.5 · 197% of ind
- DART 11.1 DART
- RANK #7/13
- PHOTO VCNA United Material…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 5 inj
- SIZE ~38 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: VCNA United Materials, LLC Lancaster (0.0 TCR gap)
Read with this employer → · Industry book → · Kentucky employers → · Look up another →
Ernst Concrete Louisville Plant 900 in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Ernst Concrete Louisville Plant 900
6.5 TCR
- VCNA United Ma
VCNA United Materials, LLC Lancaster
6.5 TCR
- 39th South SLC
39th South SLC
6.5 TCR
- BESTWAY DENVER
BESTWAY DENVER
6.5 TCR
- Plant 51 Van B
Plant 51 Van Buren
6.5 TCR
What this shows Ernst Concrete Louisville Plant 900 averages 6.5 TCR (197% of the Ready-mix concrete manufacturing and distributing BLS benchmark).
Ernst Concrete Louisville Plant 900 TCR series: 2023=1.9 · 2024=11.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Ernst Concrete Louisville Plant 900 falls in its industry
1,316 Ready-mix concrete manufacturi establishmentsSafer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.
Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 13 Ready-mix concrete manufacturi employers in Kentucky.
Ernst Concrete Louisville Plant 900 has more employees than the Ready-mix concrete manufacturing and dis median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
327320 · KY · Louisville
1,316 Ready-mix concrete manufacturing and distributing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 1,638 employers in Louisville, 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 | VCNA United Materials, LLC Lancaster | 6.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 39th South SLC | 6.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | BESTWAY DENVER | 6.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Plant 51 Van Buren | 6.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Lexington Substation Dept. & Relay | 38 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Muldraugh Compressor Station | 38 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 2057 Mercer Rd | 38 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Field Work | 38 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Jefferson County Public Schools | 18,524 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | KYGRA - WORLDPORT | 11,933 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WORLDPORT (KYGRA) | 9,667 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | KTKY TRUCK | 8,757 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | RUS Industries Inc. | 6.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Gulf Coast Air Systems Inc | 6.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Grande Brownsville | 6.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Clear Solutions Inc | 6.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Monroe Corporate | 38 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Palm Beach | 38 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cahokia | 38 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Eberl Iron Works, Inc. | 38 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.