Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, industrial, laundry) manufacturing · Kentucky

Henkel Corporation

Bowling Green, KY · ~666 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Henkel Corporation runs at 47% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, industrial, laundry) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Henkel Corporation: 1.6 TCR = 47% of Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, industrial, laundry) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Henkel Corporation safety composite

Henkel Corporation scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 66% 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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.4

2022→2024

Henkel Corporation injury rate improved

Henkel Corporation's TCR fell 1.4 from 2.2 in 2022 to 0.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 2.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=2.2 · 2023=1.7 · 2024=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325611 · Bowling Green, KY AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 47% of ind

  • DART 0.6 DART
  • RANK #2/5
  • PHOTO Ada World Headquarters
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 44 inj
  • SIZE ~666 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ada World Headquarters (0.0 TCR gap)

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Henkel Corporation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Henkel Corporation averages 1.6 TCR (47% of the Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, industrial, laundry) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Henkel Corporation TCR series: 2022=2.2 · 2023=1.7 · 2024=0.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Henkel Corporation falls in its industry

240 Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

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 Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, employers in Kentucky.

Henkel Corporation (666 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Henkel Corporation
Henkel Corporation (666 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Henkel Corporation has more employees than the Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, industria median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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 0.8 0.6 6 1 0
2023 1.7 0.8 15 1 0
2022 2.2 1.2 23 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325611 · KY · Bowling Green

240 Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, industrial, laundry) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 331 employers in Bowling Green, 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 Ada World Headquarters 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR DBA Voyant Beauty 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Colgate- Palmolive 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Croda Mill Hall 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Aisan Industry Kentucky 662 FTE
STATE-SIZE American Fuji Seal 660 FTE
STATE-SIZE Methodist Hospital main campus 660 FTE
STATE-SIZE T. Marzetti Co. -- Horse Cave Drsg 673 FTE
CITY-NEAR Western Kentucky University-Bowling Green 2,237 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Medical Center at Bowling Green 1,872 FTE
CITY-NEAR Magna Bowling Green Metalforming 1,441 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bowling Green Metalforming 1,344 FTE
NAT-TCR OmniSource, LLC. - Memphis 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Affiliated Temporary Help 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR B&G Foods North America Inc., Crisco Plant 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR EMPCOL, Inc 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Jacksonville Memorial Hospital 666 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lax-Ground Ops 666 FTE
NAT-SIZE Saks.com LLC 666 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amphastar Pharmaceuticals 666 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.