Garbage collection services · Kentucky

Knott County

Hindman, KY · ~22 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Knott County runs at 137% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade D.

Knott County: 3.5 TCR = 137% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Knott County safety composite

Knott County scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% 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%).

Knott County held a steady TCR band

Knott County's TCR held near 0.0 from 3.5 in 2022 to 3.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 3.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=3.5 · 2023=3.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 3.5 · 137% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #13/45
  • PHOTO Buffalo Hauling
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Buffalo Hauling (0.0 TCR gap)

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Knott County in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Knott County averages 3.5 TCR (137% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).

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

Knott County TCR series: 2022=3.5 · 2023=3.5 · BLS 2.6

Where Knott County falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage collection services establishments

Safer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 45 Garbage collection services employers in Kentucky.

Knott County (22 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 Knott County
Knott County (22 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Knott County has fewer employees than the Garbage collection services median and a lower 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 3.5 0.0 1 0 0
2022 3.5 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · KY · Hindman

2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 13 employers in Hindman, 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 Buffalo Hauling 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 201 - Athens 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR VF Hauling 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR S06991 - Butler Hauling 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Clark tobacco farms inc. 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lexington Meter Dept 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Light Distribution Department 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Franklin Street 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR double kwik Hindman 2 673 FTE
CITY-NEAR double kwik Hindman 1 346 FTE
CITY-NEAR Knott County Health and Rehabilitation Center 137 FTE
CITY-NEAR Knott County Health & Rehabilitation Center 114 FTE
NAT-TCR 035-Odessa/W University 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Recreation 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Aireko Energy Solutions Us LLC 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 55444 Okc Rac 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ralston 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Lewisville 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pace International Wenatchee 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Castlewood Farmers Elevator 22 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.