Commercial bakeries · Kentucky

Flowers Baking Company of Bardstown

Bardstown, KY · ~323 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Flowers Baking Company of Bardstown runs at 79% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Commercial bakeries workplace, earning a grade B.

Flowers Baking Company of Bardstown: 2.6 TCR = 79% of Commercial bakeries BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Flowers Baking Company of Bardstown safety composite

Flowers Baking Company of Bardstown scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% 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

−0.8

2016→2024

Flowers Baking Company of Bardstown injury rate improved

Flowers Baking Company of Bardstown's TCR fell 0.8 from 3.1 in 2016 to 2.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.74× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.1 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=1.5 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=1.9 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311812 · Bardstown, KY AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 79% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #7/8
  • PHOTO OKLAHOMA CITY OK DEPOT
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 82 inj
  • SIZE ~323 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: OKLAHOMA CITY OK DEPOT (0.0 TCR gap)

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Flowers Baking Company of Bardstown in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Flowers Baking Company of Bardstown averages 2.6 TCR (79% of the Commercial bakeries BLS benchmark).

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

Flowers Baking Company of Bardstown TCR series: 2016=3.1 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=1.5 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=1.9 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=2.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Flowers Baking Company of Bardstown falls in its industry

1,014 Commercial bakeries establishments

Safer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 8 Commercial bakeries employers in Kentucky.

Flowers Baking Company of Bardstown (323 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 117 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 01,0002,0003,000 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Flowers Baking Company of Bardstown
Flowers Baking Company of Bardstown (323 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 117 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Flowers Baking Company of Bardstown has more employees than the Commercial bakeries median and a lower 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 2.3 1.9 6 0 0
2023 4.2 3.8 12 0 0
2022 2.6 1.6 8 0 0
2021 2.5 2.5 9 0 0
2020 1.9 1.9 7 0 0
2019 2.9 2.0 10 0 0
2018 1.5 1.2 5 0 0
2017 2.5 2.5 10 0 0
2016 3.1 2.3 15 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311812 · KY · Bardstown

1,014 Commercial bakeries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 70 employers in Bardstown, 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 OKLAHOMA CITY OK DEPOT 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kwik Trip Bread and Bun Bakery 979 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Crown Bakeries, LLC 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Country Home Bakers 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE L'Oreal - Florence Manufacturing 323 FTE
STATE-SIZE ISCO Industries, Inc - Witherspoon 323 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 143 323 FTE
STATE-SIZE 655 323 FTE
CITY-NEAR American Fuji Seal 660 FTE
CITY-NEAR Heaven Hill Brands 505 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC - Bardstown I 498 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tower Automotive Operation USA, LLC - Bardstown 1 494 FTE
NAT-TCR Hunter Contracting Co. 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Connct-Dpp-the Mill at Auburn 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Pasco Inc 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Araco Civil 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE WEBASTO Roof Systems 323 FTE
NAT-SIZE Health Advocates Network, Inc. 323 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tyler Jobsites 323 FTE
NAT-SIZE MediSys Management. LLC 323 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.