Academies, elementary or secondary · Kentucky

Jefferson County Public Schools

Louisville, KY · ~18,524 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Jefferson County Public Schools runs at 273% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Academies, elementary or secondary workplace, earning a grade F.

Jefferson County Public Schools: 3.8 TCR = 273% of Academies, elementary or secondary BLS 1.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Jefferson County Public Schools safety composite

Jefferson County Public Schools scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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).

D

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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

−0.9

2016→2023

Jefferson County Public Schools injury rate improved

Jefferson County Public Schools's TCR fell 0.9 from 4.2 in 2016 to 3.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 5.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.52× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.2 · 2017=3.9 · 2018=4.0 · 2019=5.4 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=3.5 · 2023=3.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611110 · Louisville, KY ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade F · TCR 3.8 · 273% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #5/10
  • PHOTO UCP - Administration
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 2,911 inj
  • SIZE ~18,524 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: UCP - Administration (0.0 TCR gap)

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Jefferson County Public Schools in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Jefferson County Public Schools averages 3.8 TCR (273% of the Academies, elementary or secondary BLS benchmark).

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

Jefferson County Public Schools TCR series: 2016=4.2 · 2017=3.9 · 2018=4 · 2019=5.4 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=3.5 · 2023=3.3 · BLS 1.4

Where Jefferson County Public Schools falls in its industry

3,374 Academies, elementary or secon establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 10 Academies, elementary or secon employers in Kentucky.

Jefferson County Public Schools (18,524 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 05,00010,00015,00020,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Jefferson County Public Schools
Jefferson County Public Schools (18,524 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Jefferson County Public Schools has more employees than the Academies, elementary or secondary median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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 3.3 2.0 396 6 0
2022 3.5 2.5 391 6 0
2021 2.5 1.6 289 5 0
2019 5.4 3.7 507 8 0
2018 4.0 3.2 448 7 0
2017 3.9 2.9 427 6 0
2016 4.2 2.8 453 17 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · KY · Louisville

3,374 Academies, elementary or secondary 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 UCP - Administration 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cato-Meridian Central School District 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR MSD of Pike Township Eastbrook Elementary School 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pitt County Schools 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE KYGRA - WORLDPORT 11,933 FTE
STATE-SIZE University of Kentucky - Main Campus - Fayette County 11,013 FTE
STATE-SIZE Toyota Motor Mfg Kentucky, Inc 10,036 FTE
STATE-SIZE UK Healthcare 9,922 FTE
CITY-NEAR WORLDPORT (KYGRA) 9,667 FTE
CITY-NEAR KTKY TRUCK 8,757 FTE
CITY-NEAR Supply Chain - Appliance Park 7,202 FTE
CITY-NEAR Louisville Jefferson Co Metro Gov't 6,303 FTE
NAT-TCR Carrollton 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR TSUI-Medley 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Buckingham Correctional Center 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Loparex, Hammond 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE University of Arizona 18,951 FTE
NAT-SIZE UC San Francisco 18,070 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brigham and Womens Hospital 19,004 FTE
NAT-SIZE OHSU Main Campus 18,003 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, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.