Converted paper (except stationery and office supplies) merchant wholesalers · Kentucky

Kentucky Division

Richwood, KY · ~84 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kentucky Division runs at 267% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Converted paper (except stationery and office supplies) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Kentucky Division: 5.9 TCR = 267% of Converted paper (except stationery and office supplies) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kentucky Division safety composite

Kentucky Division scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 19%), 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

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.04 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

−1.4

2016→2017

Kentucky Division injury rate improved

Kentucky Division's TCR fell 1.4 from 6.5 in 2016 to 5.2 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.5 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.5 · 2017=5.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424130 · Richwood, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.9 · 267% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #6/7
  • PHOTO Bunzl Northeast, LLC…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~84 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bunzl Northeast, LLC (DBA Bunzl Scotia) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kentucky Division in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kentucky Division averages 5.9 TCR (267% of the Converted paper (except stationery and office supplies) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Kentucky Division TCR series: 2016=6.5 · 2017=5.2 · BLS 2.2

Where Kentucky Division falls in its industry

290 Converted paper (except statio establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 7 Converted paper (except statio employers in Kentucky.

Kentucky Division (84 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 2.9 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Kentucky Division
Kentucky Division (84 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Kentucky Division has more employees than the Converted paper (except stationery and o median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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
2017 5.2 1.0 1 4 0
2016 6.5 3.3 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424130 · KY · Richwood

290 Converted paper (except stationery and office supplies) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 5 employers in Richwood, 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 Bunzl Northeast, LLC (DBA Bunzl Scotia) 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR PR Chemical & Paper Supply 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR RJ Schinner Branch 2 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 5830 Charlotte SC 5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Trade-Mark Industrial 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE Arkema Inc. Louisville Plant 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE Daicel Safety Technologies America, Inc. 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE ATI Forged Products - Lebanon 84 FTE
CITY-NEAR International Paper 53 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ohio CAT Northern Kentucky 46 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kustom Group 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ohio CAT - Northern Kentucky 27 FTE
NAT-TCR EOS Fitness - Las Vegas South 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Masda Mushroom LLC 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Hydro Resources, MDC Garden City 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 734 - Deer Park 5.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE SCG Mechanical 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE North Walk Villa 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE Prostar, Inc 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Nichols Center 84 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: 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.