Rubber to Metal Bonding · Kentucky

LORD Corporation - Bowling Green

Bowling Green, KY · ~228 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

LORD Corporation - Bowling Green runs at 46% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Rubber to Metal Bonding workplace, earning a grade A.

LORD Corporation - Bowling Green: 1.5 TCR = 46% of Rubber to Metal Bonding BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

LORD Corporation - Bowling Green safety composite

LORD Corporation - Bowling Green scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 85% 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).

B

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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

−1.4

2016→2024

LORD Corporation - Bowling Green injury rate improved

LORD Corporation - Bowling Green's TCR fell 1.4 from 1.8 in 2016 to 0.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.8 · 2017=2.4 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=1.6 · 2020=2.0 · 2021=1.7 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.9 · 2024=0.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326291 · Bowling Green, KY AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 46% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/8
  • PHOTO Tenneco
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 31 inj
  • SIZE ~228 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tenneco (0.0 TCR gap)

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LORD Corporation - Bowling Green in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows LORD Corporation - Bowling Green averages 1.5 TCR (46% of the Rubber to Metal Bonding BLS benchmark).

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

LORD Corporation - Bowling Green TCR series: 2016=1.8 · 2017=2.4 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=1.6 · 2020=2 · 2021=1.7 · 2022=0 · 2023=0.9 · 2024=0.4 · BLS 3.3

Where LORD Corporation - Bowling Green falls in its industry

266 Rubber to Metal Bonding establishments

Safer than 85% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

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 8 Rubber to Metal Bonding employers in Kentucky.

LORD Corporation - Bowling Green (228 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate LORD Corporation - Bowling Green
LORD Corporation - Bowling Green (228 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 3.6

LORD Corporation - Bowling Green has more employees than the Rubber to Metal Bonding median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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 0.4 0.0 1 0 0
2023 0.9 0.0 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 1.7 0.4 4 0 0
2020 2.0 0.5 4 0 0
2019 1.6 1.2 4 0 0
2018 2.9 2.2 8 0 0
2017 2.4 2.4 5 0 0
2016 1.8 1.8 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326291 · KY · Bowling Green

266 Rubber to Metal Bonding employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 331 employers in Bowling Green, 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 Tenneco 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sumiriko TN-Tazewell 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR DSB ATH 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cherne Industries 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Republic Conduit Manufacturing, LLC 228 FTE
STATE-SIZE Erlanger, Kentucky Lab 228 FTE
STATE-SIZE LDRM Visa Support Services KCC-DTSV 228 FTE
STATE-SIZE Monroe County Medical Center 228 FTE
CITY-NEAR Western Kentucky University-Bowling Green 2,237 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Medical Center at Bowling Green 1,872 FTE
CITY-NEAR Magna Bowling Green Metalforming 1,441 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bowling Green Metalforming 1,344 FTE
NAT-TCR Jamac Facility 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR GSA Custodial 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Pocket Nurse Enterprises, LLC 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR The Neenan Company LLLP 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Coke Northeast - Corporate Office 228 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cardinal FG 228 FTE
NAT-SIZE CenterPoint Energy - Support Service Center 228 FTE
NAT-SIZE KMC Plant #2 228 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.