Generators, motor vehicle electrical, used, merchant wholesalers · Kentucky

Grade A Auto Parts & Scrap Metal Recycling

Louisville, KY · ~65 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Grade A Auto Parts & Scrap Metal Recycling runs at 143% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Generators, motor vehicle electrical, used, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Grade A Auto Parts & Scrap Metal Recycling: 3.1 TCR = 143% of Generators, motor vehicle electrical, used, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Grade A Auto Parts & Scrap Metal Recycling safety composite

Grade A Auto Parts & Scrap Metal Recycling scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 3.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% 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

Grade A Auto Parts & Scrap Metal Recycling: 1.8 → 4.5 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 4.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.95× in 2024

Grade A Auto Parts & Scrap Metal Recycling's TCR rose 2.7 from 1.8 in 2023 to 4.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.95× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423140 · Louisville, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.1 · 143% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #2/5
  • PHOTO AWI Madison WI Wareh…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: AWI Madison WI Warehouse (0.0 TCR gap)

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Grade A Auto Parts & Scrap Metal Recycling in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Grade A Auto Parts & Scrap Metal Recycling averages 3.1 TCR (143% of the Generators, motor vehicle electrical, used, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Grade A Auto Parts & Scrap Metal Recycling TCR series: 2023=1.8 · 2024=4.5 · BLS 2.2

Where Grade A Auto Parts & Scrap Metal Recycling falls in its industry

235 Generators, motor vehicle elec establishments

Safer than 81% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 5 Generators, motor vehicle elec employers in Kentucky.

Grade A Auto Parts & Scrap Metal Recycling (65 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 6.9 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 050100150200 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Grade A Auto Parts & Scrap Metal Recycling
Grade A Auto Parts & Scrap Metal Recycling (65 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 6.9

Grade A Auto Parts & Scrap Metal Recycling has more employees than the Generators, motor vehicle electrical, us median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.9. 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 4.5 3.0 3 0 0
2023 1.8 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423140 · KY · Louisville

235 Generators, motor vehicle electrical, used, merchant wholesalers 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 AWI Madison WI Warehouse 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR U Pull and Pay Aurora 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Auto Value Highland IN 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Auto Gator 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bowlin Group LLC 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ion Apex Electric 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kelsey Construction 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE KIGHT COMPONENT PLANT 536 65 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 Royal Lahaina Resort 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Independent Refrigeration Services, Inc. 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Houghton County Road Commission 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Salvo Auto Parts Dundalk location 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Advanced Custom Cabinets, LLC 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Grove Care and Wellness 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southfield 10070 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE ABC Roofing A Tecta America Company 65 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.