Garbage collection services · Kentucky

Hardin County Operations

Name: Hardin County Operations Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Elizabethtown, KY · ~27 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 5.7
Avg TCR: 2.6
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Hardin County Operations runs at 220% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade F.

Hardin County Operations: 5.7 TCR = 220% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hardin County Operations safety composite

Hardin County Operations scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 43%), 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).

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 5.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers
DART rate: C 2.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 52% 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

Hardin County Operations: 3.4 → 8.1 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 8.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.47× in 2023

Hardin County Operations's TCR rose 4.7 from 3.4 in 2022 to 8.1 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Elizabethtown, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.7 · 220% of ind

DART 2.7 DART
RANK #21/45
PHOTO Best Way Disposal In…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Best Way Disposal Inc., Watervliet (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Hardin County Operations averages 5.7 TCR (220% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).

Hardin County Operations TCR series: 2022=3.4 · 2023=8.1 · BLS 2.6

Where Hardin County Operations falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage collection services establishments

Safer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 45 Garbage collection services employers in Kentucky.

Hardin County Operations (27 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Hardin County Operations has fewer employees than the Garbage collection services median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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
2023	8.1	2.7	3	0	0
2022	3.4	0.0	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · KY · Elizabethtown

2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 130 employers in Elizabethtown, 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	Best Way Disposal Inc., Watervliet	WATERVLIET, MI	5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	S02916 - Johnstown Hauling	DAVIDSVILLE, PA	5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Conwaste Recogido Mayaguez	GURABO, PR	5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Repulic Services of Raleigh 4939	DURHAM, NC	5.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Jeff Davis Tobacco	PEMBROKE	27 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Robards Growout	ROBARDS	27 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Pikeville Transmission SC	PIKEVILLE	27 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Murray Natural Gas and Murray Water and Sewer System	MURRAY	27 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hardin Memorial Hospital	Elizabethtown	2,311 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Baptist Health Hardin	Elizabethtown	2,058 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Metalsa	Elizabethtown	1,807 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Etown	Elizabethtown	956 FTE
NAT-TCR	Sulco Warehousing & Logistics, LLC	Springfield, MA	5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Thomas Farms, Inc.	San Joaquin, CA	5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ozark Ready Mix Company, Inc.	Osage Beach, MO	5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	South Plant	Oshkosh, WI	5.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Traichal Construction Co / DBA Warren Door	Niles, OH	27 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Altorfer Inc. - Cedar Rapids, IA - 6605 6th Street SW	Cedar Rapids, IA	27 FTE
NAT-SIZE	OGF	Sequim, WA	27 FTE
NAT-SIZE	KC Coring & Cutting Construction	Kansas City, MO	27 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: 2023, 2022. 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.