Materials recovery facilities (MRF) · Kentucky

LFUCG - Materials Recovery Facility

Lexington, KY · ~46 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.9
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

LFUCG - Materials Recovery Facility runs at 575% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Materials recovery facilities (MRF) workplace, earning a grade F.

LFUCG - Materials Recovery Facility: 14.9 TCR = 575% of Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

LFUCG - Materials Recovery Facility safety composite

LFUCG - Materials Recovery Facility scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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).

F

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% 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

−7.1

2022→2024

LFUCG - Materials Recovery Facility injury rate improved

LFUCG - Materials Recovery Facility's TCR fell 7.1 from 20.2 in 2022 to 13.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 20.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=20.2 · 2023=11.4 · 2024=13.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562920 · Lexington, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 14.9 · 575% of ind

  • DART 6.6 DART
  • RANK #5/5
  • PHOTO 8421_19381
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~46 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 8421_19381 (0.0 TCR gap)

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LFUCG - Materials Recovery Facility in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows LFUCG - Materials Recovery Facility averages 14.9 TCR (575% of the Materials recovery facilities (MRF) BLS benchmark).

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

LFUCG - Materials Recovery Facility TCR series: 2022=20.2 · 2023=11.4 · 2024=13.2 · BLS 2.6

Where LFUCG - Materials Recovery Facility falls in its industry

422 Materials recovery facilities establishments

Safer than 3% 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 5 Materials recovery facilities employers in Kentucky.

LFUCG - Materials Recovery Facility (46 employees, TCR 14.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 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 0100200300 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate LFUCG - Materials Recovery Facility
LFUCG - Materials Recovery Facility (46 employees, TCR 14.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8

LFUCG - Materials Recovery Facility has more employees than the Materials recovery facilities (MRF) 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
2024 13.2 6.6 4 2 0
2023 11.4 2.3 2 3 0
2022 20.2 6.7 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562920 · KY · Lexington

422 Materials recovery facilities (MRF) 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 8421_19381 14.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tomra NY Recycling- Rotterdam 15.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kansas City MRF 14.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Puente Hills Material Recovery Facility 15.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Aulbach Land USA, LLC 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Big Rivers Electric Corporation - Green Station 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Riverside Electrical Contractors 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE D & B TRUCKS AND EQUIPMENT SALES 46 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 Washington Senior Living LLC 14.9 TCR
NAT-TCR EH North Fargo Clinic 14.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 109 Farms 14.9 TCR
NAT-TCR International Aerospace Coatings 14.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hess Contracting, Inc. 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Magnolia Marine Transport - Vicksburg 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Midland County Road Commission 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE WCNOC 46 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.