Vending Machine Operators · Kentucky

Lexington, Ky Branch

Lexington, KY · ~42 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.7
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lexington, Ky Branch runs at 139% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Vending Machine Operators workplace, earning a grade D.

Lexington, Ky Branch: 4.7 TCR = 139% of Vending Machine Operators BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lexington, Ky Branch safety composite

Lexington, Ky Branch scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 69% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% 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

−0.8

2016→2024

Lexington, Ky Branch injury rate improved

Lexington, Ky Branch's TCR fell 0.8 from 6.1 in 2016 to 5.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 9.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.1 · 2017=9.3 · 2018=7.7 · 2019=7.7 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=6.5 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=5.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 454210 · Lexington, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.7 · 139% of ind

  • DART 2.6 DART
  • RANK #1/5
  • PHOTO Kauffman Perf Arts
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kauffman Perf Arts (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lexington, Ky Branch in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lexington, Ky Branch averages 4.7 TCR (139% of the Vending Machine Operators BLS benchmark).

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

Lexington, Ky Branch TCR series: 2016=6.1 · 2017=9.3 · 2018=7.7 · 2019=7.7 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=6.5 · 2023=0 · 2024=5.3 · BLS 3.4

Where Lexington, Ky Branch falls in its industry

311 Vending Machine Operators establishments

Safer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 5 Vending Machine Operators employers in Kentucky.

Lexington, Ky Branch (42 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 7.1 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 0100200300 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Lexington, Ky Branch
Lexington, Ky Branch (42 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 7.1

Lexington, Ky Branch has fewer employees than the Vending Machine Operators median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.1. 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
2024 5.3 2.6 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 6.5 6.5 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 7.7 5.2 3 0 0
2018 7.7 7.7 3 0 0
2017 9.3 9.3 3 0 0
2016 6.1 6.1 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

454210 · KY · Lexington

311 Vending Machine Operators employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 652 employers in Lexington, 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 Kauffman Perf Arts 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR DENVER, NC BRANCH 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR SIDNEY, OH BRANCH 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR TOLEDO, OH BRANCH 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Henderson Municipal Power & Light 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Trace Creek Construction, Inc. 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bosse Construction 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE McD Concrete - Erlanger 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Kentucky - Main Campus - Fayette County 11,013 FTE
CITY-NEAR UK Healthcare 9,922 FTE
CITY-NEAR YMCA of Central KY - Gatton Beaumont 3,933 FTE
CITY-NEAR YMCA of Central Ky - High Street 3,895 FTE
NAT-TCR Lafayette Bakery 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at College of Southern Idaho 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Geisinger Lewistown Hospital 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Desert Shotcrete, Inc. 4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lafayette, in Branch 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Zanesville, Oh Branch 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Erie, Pa Branch 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Houlton 42 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.