Processed meats manufacturing · Kentucky
F B Purnell Sausage Co., Inc
Simpsonville, KY · ~238 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 8.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
F B Purnell Sausage Co., Inc runs at 268% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Processed meats manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
F B Purnell Sausage Co., Inc: 8.8 TCR = 268% of Processed meats manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
F B Purnell Sausage Co., Inc safety composite
F B Purnell Sausage Co., Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 49% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 2%), 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).
24/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 8.83 per 100 workers
Safer than 15% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.51 per 100 workers
Safer than 49% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- F 1
Safer than 2% 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
−2.1
2020→2024
F B Purnell Sausage Co., Inc injury rate improved
F B Purnell Sausage Co., Inc's TCR fell 2.1 from 6.4 in 2020 to 4.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 16.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2020=6.4 · 2021=16.1 · 2022=9.1 · 2023=8.3 · 2024=4.3
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311612 · Simpsonville, KY ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 8.8 · 268% of ind
- DART 2.5 DART
- RANK #9/9
- PHOTO Vernon Plant
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 120 inj
- SIZE ~238 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Vernon Plant (0.0 TCR gap)
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F B Purnell Sausage Co., Inc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
F B Purnell Sausage Co., Inc
8.8 TCR
- Vernon Plant
Vernon Plant
8.8 TCR
- Union Ave
Union Ave
8.8 TCR
- Kountry Boys S
Kountry Boys Sausage - Plant
8.8 TCR
- Kiolbassa Prov
Kiolbassa Provision Company Brazos
8.8 TCR
What this shows F B Purnell Sausage Co., Inc averages 8.8 TCR (268% of the Processed meats manufacturing BLS benchmark).
F B Purnell Sausage Co., Inc TCR series: 2020=6.4 · 2021=16.1 · 2022=9.1 · 2023=8.3 · 2024=4.3 · BLS 3.3
Where F B Purnell Sausage Co., Inc falls in its industry
613 Processed meats manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.
Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 9 Processed meats manufacturing employers in Kentucky.
F B Purnell Sausage Co., Inc has more employees than the Processed meats manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.3 | 2.5 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 8.3 | 4.0 | 22 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 9.1 | 4.5 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 16.1 | 9.7 | 43 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.4 | 5.1 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311612 · KY · Simpsonville
613 Processed meats manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 8 employers in Simpsonville, 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 | Vernon Plant | 8.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Union Ave | 8.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Kountry Boys Sausage - Plant | 8.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Kiolbassa Provision Company Brazos | 8.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Dow Elizabethtown | 238 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Nicholasville Folding | 238 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Nemak Plant 2 | 238 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 526 | 238 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Simpsonville, Kentucky | 121 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Simpsonville Data Center, DCC, & TCC | 113 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Neff Packaging Solutions | 110 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Auto Truck Louisville | 83 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Superior Beer | 8.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sytech Inc | 8.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Peacock Suites | 8.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | The Pointe At Kilpatrick | 8.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Gold Bond Inc | 238 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Sugar Land | 238 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 154 - E 96th St Indianapolis | 238 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 220 - New Albany | 238 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.