Cranes, construction-type, manufacturing · Kentucky
Link-Belt Cranes
Lexington, KY · ~684 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Link-Belt Cranes runs at 89% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Cranes, construction-type, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Link-Belt Cranes: 2.9 TCR = 89% of Cranes, construction-type, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Link-Belt Cranes safety composite
Link-Belt Cranes scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% 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).
62/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.93 per 100 workers
Safer than 63% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.44 per 100 workers
Safer than 70% 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
−1.7
2016→2024
Link-Belt Cranes injury rate improved
Link-Belt Cranes's TCR fell 1.7 from 3.9 in 2016 to 2.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.15× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=3.9 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=3.6 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=2.2 · 2021=2.9 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=2.5 · 2024=2.2
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 333120 · Lexington, KY AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 89% of ind
- DART 0.4 DART
- RANK #4/8
- PHOTO Blastcrete Equipment…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 176 inj
- SIZE ~684 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Blastcrete Equipment Company LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Link-Belt Cranes in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Morbark LLC
Morbark LLC
3 TCR
- This site
Link-Belt Cranes
2.9 TCR
- Blastcrete Equ
Blastcrete Equipment Company LLC
2.9 TCR
- The Robbins Co
The Robbins Company
2.9 TCR
- HiLine
HiLine
2.9 TCR
What this shows Link-Belt Cranes averages 2.9 TCR (89% of the Cranes, construction-type, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Link-Belt Cranes TCR series: 2016=3.9 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=3.6 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=2.2 · 2021=2.9 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=2.5 · 2024=2.2 · BLS 3.3
Where Link-Belt Cranes falls in its industry
400 Cranes, construction-type, man establishmentsSafer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.
Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 8 Cranes, construction-type, man employers in Kentucky.
Link-Belt Cranes has more employees than the Cranes, construction-type, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.5 | 1.2 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.6 | 0.6 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.9 | 0.7 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
333120 · KY · Lexington
400 Cranes, construction-type, manufacturing 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 | Blastcrete Equipment Company LLC | 2.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | The Robbins Company | 2.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Morbark LLC | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | HiLine | 2.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | TMNA North American Parts Center Kentucky | 684 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CTA Acoustics, Inc | 683 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 2643-16110001-161101 | 683 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Zenith Logistics Louisville | 686 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 | Crown Cork & Seal USA, Inc. - Kankakee Plant | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cleveland Cliffs Monessen | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | P. J. Albert, Inc. | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Great Lakes Energy - Newaygo | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | IKEA US Service Office | 684 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Columbia | 684 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | The Signature Condominiums llc | 684 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Delta Air Lines - MS6 | 684 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.