Correctional institutions · Kentucky

Little Sandy Correctional Complex

Sandy Hook, KY · ~266 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Little Sandy Correctional Complex runs at 91% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Correctional institutions workplace, earning a grade C.

Little Sandy Correctional Complex: 2.9 TCR = 91% of Correctional institutions BLS 3.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Little Sandy Correctional Complex safety composite

Little Sandy Correctional Complex scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 54%), 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)
B 2.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers

DART rate
B 1.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 54% 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

−2.8

2019→2024

Little Sandy Correctional Complex injury rate improved

Little Sandy Correctional Complex's TCR fell 2.8 from 3.8 in 2019 to 1.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 4.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=3.8 · 2020=4.0 · 2021=4.5 · 2022=2.4 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=1.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922140 · Sandy Hook, KY AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 91% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #4/18
  • PHOTO Batavia Detention Ce…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 35 inj
  • SIZE ~266 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Batavia Detention Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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Little Sandy Correctional Complex in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Little Sandy Correctional Complex averages 2.9 TCR (91% of the Correctional institutions BLS benchmark).

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

Little Sandy Correctional Complex TCR series: 2019=3.8 · 2020=4 · 2021=4.5 · 2022=2.4 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=1 · BLS 3.2

Where Little Sandy Correctional Complex falls in its industry

482 Correctional institutions establishments

Safer than 77% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 18 Correctional institutions employers in Kentucky.

Little Sandy Correctional Complex (266 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 240 employees and a TCR of 5.8 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 05001,0001,500 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate Little Sandy Correctional Complex
Little Sandy Correctional Complex (266 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 240 employees and a TCR of 5.8

Little Sandy Correctional Complex has more employees than the Correctional institutions median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.8. 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 1.0 1.0 3 0 0
2023 1.8 1.6 7 1 0
2022 2.4 1.0 5 5 0
2021 4.5 3.3 7 8 0
2020 4.0 1.5 4 7 0
2019 3.8 3.8 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922140 · KY · Sandy Hook

482 Correctional institutions employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 4 employers in Sandy Hook, 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 Batavia Detention Center 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Virginia Department of Corrections 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dept. of Corrections (22) 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE General Cable Industries Inc 266 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 2548 266 FTE
STATE-SIZE Radial Richwood 1 266 FTE
STATE-SIZE LHS/Services North Drive Self Building 266 FTE
CITY-NEAR ELLIOTT NURSING AND REHAB 97 FTE
CITY-NEAR KYDOC Little Sandy Correctional Complex 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sandy Hook Save-A-Lot 23 FTE
NAT-TCR First Student 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR EZ Form Cable Corp 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR J C Porter Construction 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Kirk Williams Piping and Plumbing Company 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE CR Facility 266 FTE
NAT-SIZE Central Specialties 266 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pye Rdc 266 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cupertino Electric, Inc. - New Mexico Operations 266 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.